Archives for February 2012

'Regier has set them up nicely heading into the summer. The door is open to make tremendous upgrades. Regier still has to walk through.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Take Positive Step at Deadline

'"Like I've said, we don't make those decisions. That's more proof because if I had any more influence Paul would still be here. I appreciate the way he plays. He's been one of my best friends for a long time there. Obviously, that's going to continue, but it was nice to have him as a teammate and have those other intangibles."' … [Read more...] about Miller laments the loss of Gaustad

'Darcy Regier pointed toward prospect Marcus Foligno as a player who played a similar style to Zack Kassian. No arguments here. Foligno is smaller at 6-foot-2, 215 pounds, but he was the more polished player and more mature person coming out of junior. So why wasn't the left winger, terrific for the past month in Rochester, summoned to help the struggling Sabres for more than a … [Read more...] about Deadline day in the NHL was a dud

'The Sabres' new center, acquired from Vancouver with defenseman Alexander Sulzer on Monday, had to fly from the West Coast to Buffalo to file immigration papers and undergo a physical. He completed that Tuesday morning and promptly flew back west to join his new teammates in California.' … [Read more...] about Hodgson arrives in California — well traveled

How they match up: Ducks-Sabres (Orange County Register) Up next for the Ducks: Wednesday vs. Buffalo (Los Angeles Times) Buffalo (27-27-8) at Anaheim (27-26-10) (AP) Buffalo Sabres (27-27-8) at Anaheim Ducks (27-26-10) (The Sports Network) Ducks set to host new-look Sabres (NHL.com) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Anaheim Coverage

Recruits eager to learn, win (Vancouver Province) Kassian compared to Lucic (Vancouver Province) Kassian aims to fly under the radar (Vancouver Sun) Kassian deserves chance to win over doubters (Vancouver Sun) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Vancouver Coverage

'"No matter how you view hockey, you have to understand how important players like Paul can be and how long it takes to develop a guy who plays that way at such a high level. Winning those faceoffs is not easy, killing those penalties is not easy and there aren’t a lot of guys willing to do those jobs and he was.” … [Read more...] about Sabres Miller angry about Gaustad trade

'General Manager Darcy Regier said Hodgson being Canadian and coming from a Canadian team had to go through Visa issues. Regier said all has been taken care of and both passed physicals and the new players will be ready to play Wednesday in Anaheim.' … [Read more...] about Sabres new players get immigration problems settled

'If I were Adam, I'd be thinking about really working on my defensive game given that there is an immediate opening on the roster created by the departure of Gaustad.' … [Read more...] about Flexibility

'Regier gets an “A” in the other deal, landing a first round draft pick for Paul Gaustad. I didn’t think a third or fourth line center who is a rental player could fetch a first rounder but he did and the Sabres absolutely had to make that deal. Buffalo now has 2 first round selections and 2 second round selections in the June draft giving Regier flexibility. He can keep the … [Read more...] about A Good Day For Darcy

'Ruff on what he might do with Hodgson initially: That’s going to be a little bit of trial and error. I think the original thought was to maybe give him Ennis and Stafford, put him in the middle between those two. It’ll shake itself out. We’ll find something that’ll work and we’ll run with it.' … [Read more...] about Time to move forward

'Tropp re-joins the Sabres for his fifth career recall. He has appeared in 15 games for the Sabres this season, collecting two points (1+1) and 15 penalty minutes.' … [Read more...] about Sabres recall forward Tropp from Rochester

Deadline brings good and bad news for Amerks' Rolston (WGR-AM) amerks bring three-game winning streak into March (Amerks.com) Amerks assign Fienhage, MacKenzie to Gwinnett (Amerks.com) Foligno looking to make the 'Jump' (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Rochester Coverage

'"The center position is the second-most difficult position to fill behind goaltender," Regier said before flying to California for Wednesday's game against Anaheim. "Most teams are struggling to find top-two-line centers. When we started to go through the process of 'where are we going to get centers going forward,' it became a priority."' … [Read more...] about Sabres add Hodgson, deal Gaustad in separate deadline trades

'And there's this simple question: Whom would you trust more to make the proper evaluation at this stage, Canucks GM Mike Gillis or Regier?' … [Read more...] about Regier chooses to take the long-term outlook