Archives for February 2014

'he pending unrestricted free agent could be a highly coveted player because of his leadership skills and playoff experience. The last-place Sabres are in the midst of a major rebuild, and it would be folly to turn down asset-laden offers.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Ott keeps eye on trade window

'The Sabres have a ridiculous minus-64 goal differential. No other team is below 48. Three teammates are a minus-19 or higher, so he’s hardly alone.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Mike Weber confident he’s playing well despite NHL-worst rating

'“I’ve been in this same situation throughout my career and you just control what you can control and that’s going out there and playing as hard as you can. It’s great to be wanted and the rumor stuff always continues to float around when anybody’s a UFA. I think’s it’s just continue to be a professional, go out there do what you’ve done and everything else takes care of … [Read more...] about Sabres Ott is calm about the deadline

'Now that practice is a little more normal Steve Ott said they’re getting it back, “Today was a big difference. It’s our third day so to say it usually takes a couple is probably correct, just to get your hands and your feet going again. Guys are in pretty good shape so yes, a couple of weeks you might lose a little bit, but most guys I’m sure did a little something over the … [Read more...] about The Sabres starting to get their legs back

'“Right now we’ve just got to find his groove, and his groove I believe is going to be a power forward. Those power forwards are tough to find. We have one right here, so we’ve got to fine-tune it and develop him.”' … [Read more...] about Foligno hopes long break ends his slump

'The exhibit, which runs though May 25, starts with “1965-70: Crashing the NHL Party,” recalling the campaign led by Seymour H. Knox and his brother Northrup to bring an NHL franchise to Buffalo, with the franchise awarded in December 1969.' … [Read more...] about Exhibit on Sabres’ first years shows joys, sorrows

'So are there untouchables? Murray hasn’t said. In my mind there are VERY few. Girgensons might be the one and only on that list. If I were to move Pysyk, Ristolainen or Zadorov it would have to be for a first line, top flight forward. If not, they would stay part of my team. No matter what happens, I think it’s going to be interesting.' … [Read more...] about Where do the Sabres go from here?

Amerks end home stretch with win over Hamilton (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Zigomanis scores winner as Americans hand Bulldogs their fourth straight loss (CP) Amerks nip Bulldogs with 3-2 win (Amerks.com) Americans down Bulldogs 3-2 (HamiltonBulldogs.com) … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Rochester Coverage

'“We’ll rest in the summertime,” Nolan said after the Sabres ended their Olympic break with a workout in First Niagara Center.' … [Read more...] about Nolan, Sabres get back to business

'“I just look at it optimistically. We’ll move forward and do the right thing,” Pegula said. “One team wins the Stanley Cup every year. We will build toward that goal. We’re daily working on that goal."' … [Read more...] about Terry Pegula String of woeful seasons fails to derail quest for highest goal

'“They’re all feeling good, which is great,” coach Ted Nolan said in First Niagara Center. “One good thing about the Olympics is it gave all the guys that got injured time to heal.”' … [Read more...] about Moulson, Myers use Olympic break to heal

'“It was just one of those unique opportunities I’ll never forget, for sure,” he said. “And to represent a country, especially one like Latvia, it’s a really cool country and the people are tremendous. People that don’t know too much about the country, they can look it up and go visit it sometime because it’s a tremendous (place).”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Ted Nolan moved by Olympic experience, proud of Latvia’s effort at Sochi Games

'Defenseman Tyler Myers (lower body, two games) and forward Cody McCormick (hand, 24 games) will likely play Tuesday, interim Sabres coach Ted Nolan said.' … [Read more...] about Matt Moulson ready to return; Sabres will use weary goalie Tuesday

'"This is going to become a mecca of sorts," Ogrean said during a recent visit to Buffalo. "I don't even think they know yet everything that they might do. But the potential is enormous."' … [Read more...] about Buffalo rebranding itself as hockey mecca

'Moulson had a rib injury. He said, “I just got bumped, it looked like my skate got caught. I was making sure the puck got in and it was almost like my own elbow went into my rib. I originally thought I popped my rib out, but that wasn’t the case. It was a little bit of a cartilage thing in the ribs, I’ve had it before so it’s just rest and it heals up.” Moulson added, “It came … [Read more...] about Sabres get back to work with Moulson and Myers