Archives for June 2007

'Let’s say they can get a hometown discount and sign both Briere and Drury for a combined total of $12 million or $13 million. That takes them up to $41.4 million. Vanek and Roy will cost a combined $3 million, which takes you to $44.4 million. A backup goalie and Peters will cost a combined $1 million and they’ll be able to sign Paille for $800,000 on a … [Read more...] about Sabres can keep both big UFA's

'The Buffalo Sabres and MSG Network, the team's cable TV partner, will again replay a dozen games from the 2006-07 season with an added twist -- hockey fans will be able to decide which games are rebroadcast.' … [Read more...] about Fans can choose Sabres rebroadcast sked

'The Sabres will be rebroadcasting 12 games from this season on MSG starting Monday, June 18th in a series entitled Sabres 12 to Remember, the 06-07 season. The games on Monday will air in a 2-hour format from 8-10 pm, and will re-air on Tuesday from Noon - 2pm every week for 12 consecutive weeks.' … [Read more...] about MSG to rebroadcast 12 memorable games

'Love him or hate him, Larry Quinn is the reason why the Buffalo Sabres have survived in Western New York for the past 15 years. If it wasn’t for the Knox brothers appealing to Quinn’s sense of loyalty to the region back in 1992, he wouldn’t have taken on the Crossroads project that became HSBC Arena.' … [Read more...] about Quinntessence

'The Sabres are virtually certain to sell out every home game next year, while the Bills are optimistic that their marketing efforts, their strong home schedule and their onfield prospects will help sell out all eight home games. So the secondary ticket market will be alive and well in the coming year, leaving some winners and losers.' … [Read more...] about Secondary market key to tickets

'Under the deal, the Sabres will provide the Americans with a minimum of prospects and the team’s entire coaching staff.' … [Read more...] about Sabres sign new deal with Amerks

'The Sabres seem content with sending only 10 players to Rochester. They continue to offer contracts only to draft picks they believe have definite NHL potential. In the past decade no team has been better at developing players through the farm system than the Sabres, whose marriage with the Amerks is heading to the 29th year.' … [Read more...] about Panthers, Sabres will still stock Amerks

'In the court papers, Donner is accused of a "complete disregard of the corporate method and procedure for conducting business."' … [Read more...] about Suit targets top Amerks exec

'The Sabres have unfortunately and unwisely painted themselves into a corner, making it very likely that at least one of their co-captains will be hitting the road in the coming weeks. And from the various rumors bouncing around in local media and on various websites, it appears the Sabres are making -- or will make -- a hard play at Chris Drury before deciding what to do with … [Read more...] about Defending Danny

'These trends illustrate an important facet of the Sabres’ play, this past season. They reflect a glaring absence of control and expose a lack of discipline; a level of poorly structured habits which verged on mediocrity.' … [Read more...] about Heartaches by the numbers

'Rochester will continue to be the top developmental team for the Buffalo Sabres. The affiliation agreement calls for the Buffalo Sabres to provide the Amerks organization with a minimum of 10 prospects and the entire coaching staff. The remainder of the roster will be filled by Rochester.' … [Read more...] about Sabres, Amerks sign affiliation agreement

'Over the last eight seasons, the Rochester Americans have been the most successful AHL team in terms of number of points earned.' … [Read more...] about Sabres retain Rochester as AHL affiliate

'Next season will be Rochester's 29th as the Sabres' farm club. It is the longest affiliation in the NHL.' … [Read more...] about Sabres And Amerks Staying Together In '07-'08

'"Our organization is very happy to once again have the Rochester Americans affiliated with the Buffalo Sabres," said DiPofi. "Over the past few seasons, the Amerks organization and the City of Rochester have been a key to the success of our franchise both on the ice and in the Western New York community.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres and Amerks sign one-year agreement

'Under the deal, the Sabres will provide the Americans with a minimum 10 prospects and the team's entire coaching staff. The Sabres consider the Americans an ideal partner, considering Rochester is an hour drive from Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Sabres sign 1-year deal with AHL Rochester