Archives for February 2012

'“I know a lot of people have said I’m just a mutt, a fourth-liner; I’m just going to go out and hit,” Kaleta said Monday inside the First Niagara Center after the Sabres prepared for tonight’s tilt against the New Jersey Devils. “I take that personally. I take that as a challenge. I love challenges and I love having people say that about me because it motivates me to do even … [Read more...] about Sabres agitator Kaleta earning more ice as he alters his style

Devils up next: Sabres (Bergen Record) New Jersey (31-20-4) at Buffalo (24-25-6) (AP) New Jersey Devils (31-20-4) at Buffalo Sabres (24-25-6) (The Sports Network) Sabres chase important two points against Devils (NHL.com) Devils look to rebound in Buffalo (NewJerseyDevils.com) … [Read more...] about Tuesday’s New Jersey Coverage

'As you know, Kaleta likes to hit and talk trash on the ice which doesn’t make him a favorite around the league. When his assignment is shutting down the other team’s best player he said he uses physical and mental tactics, “I do both, whatever way I can make them adjust and worry about me and at the same time, for myself to play my game and do things that I need to do, either … [Read more...] about Sabres Kaleta’s role expanding

'“I was hoping for last game. Even if I do go back Tuesday, I’m going to need help because there are situations there where you can’t vocalize loud enough, especially with the crowd and react quick enough to have people ready so if I do go back there, I’ll have James sort of in the same role.” … [Read more...] about Sabres Ruff may come back limited

'So with the Sabres taking Sunday off, here's a quick shift of focus to Feb. 27: Two weeks from today and seven games away, the NHL trade deadline will hit at the stroke of 3 p.m., just before the Sabres board their plane for Anaheim and a week-long road trip.' … [Read more...] about Sabres approach a deadline

“I thought we were going to tie it up,” center Derek Roy said after the Sabres’ 2-1 loss. “We worked hard. We got some pucks at the net. We had looks. We hit a crossbar late. Those got to go in. We worked hard in the third, and we got to come out at the start of the game like that.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres fight to finish, fall to Lightning

'What they can learn from Saturday's showing is 20 minutes of effort won't cut it. Of course, that's a lesson they should have learned long ago.' … [Read more...] about Loss to Lightning puts Sabres in must-win mode

'"There were some tough times," said Stamkos, who signed a five-year, $37.5 million contract in July. "We went through some injuries, obviously didn't play as well as we wanted at the beginning of the year, maybe realizing what we did last year and how special that was and maybe coming into this year expecting to win and not earning it."' … [Read more...] about Stamkos steady as Tampa Bay catches up

'“We’ve had some instances where we were down a goal late, up a goal late,” he said. “We knew how to react to those situations. You have that poise and that swagger you need to do well in this league that we didn’t have in the beginning of the year and it cost us some games.”' … [Read more...] about Bolts look to rebound from rough start

Garon, Bolts grind out win over Sabres (Tampa Tribune) Boucher tries not to change chemistry (Tampa Tribune) Tampa Bay Lightning beats Buffalo Sabres 2-1 (Tampa Bay Times) Tampa Bay Lightning coach Guy Boucher supports fine of Dominic Moore for Ruslan Fedotenko hit (Tampa Bay Times) Lightning 2, Sabres 1 (TampaBayLightning.com) Photo gallery (TampaBayLightning.com) Photo … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Tampa Bay Coverage

'“We played one period, but one period is not good enough,” Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. “I was glad to see at least we came out in the third with some determination to try to make a difference.”' … [Read more...] about Stamkos leads Lightning to 2-1 win over Sabres

'It’s the third time the Sabres’ 2009 first-round draft pick has been called up this season. Saturday’s move comes a day after forward Cody McCormick was hurt in a 3-2 shootout win over Dallas.' … [Read more...] about Sabres recall Kassian; loan 2 to AHL Rochester

'Buffalo had its chances to tie the game down the stretch.' … [Read more...] about Tampa Bay 2, Buffalo 1

'The Sabres continued to add pressure as the final period went on, coming up with a couple of great scoring chances with about 5 minutes to play in regulation. Vanek and Pominville both had quality opportunities, with the latter player robbed by Garon on a one-time shot from the near faceoff circle. Christian Ehrhoff had the best chance to tie the score in the game's final … [Read more...] about Lightning Hold Off Sabres 2-1

'Lindy Ruff said, “Right now Adam's confidence level is low. He needs to go play, he needs to go play a lot of minutes, he needs to get back on the scoresheet and I don’t think it’s unlike a lot of young players, it’s been a tough stretch for him and Zack has been going well down there, he’s been scoring.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres demote Adam