Archives for July 3, 2016

'Nilsson made $1 million last season and had accepted St. Louis' qualifying offer but became expendable when the Blues signed Nashville's Carter Hutton Friday on the opening day of free agency to back up Jake Allen. Nilsson will ostensibly battle Linus Ullmark for the right to play behind Lehner or be the No. 1 goaltender in Rochester. The Sabres lost Chad Johnson to free … [Read more...] about Sabres acquire potential backup goaltender in Blues’ Nilsson

'"He’s told me they have a young team, and stuff like that,’’ said Vesey. "And that it’s a good place to play, with passionate fans. But he said he’s not going to harass me or anything . . . obviously, it’s my decision and that’s that.’’' … [Read more...] about Vesey to Boston Globe: ‘I’m still going to go to free agency’

'The Sabres’ potential of quickly moving up the standings may be as much about the goofiness some of their rivals are exhibiting as it is about their own process.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ divisional foes running into trouble

'Reaching the audience entails a different way of thinking for sports leagues and their teams than simply putting games and shoulder programming on TV and radio. As with everyone else in their space, the Bills and Sabres are operating with a strategy that increasingly pushes content to smart phones and tablets.' … [Read more...] about Brandon: Sabres-Bills deal with MSG provides content-hungry fans ‘everything they were looking for’

'After the Sabres lost goalie Chad Johnson to his hometown Calgary Flames on Friday, Murray said another backup verbally agreed to an $850,000 contract. The Sabres had even placed the goalie on their depth chart.' … [Read more...] about Sabres acquire goalie Anders Nilsson for draft pick

'He will likely replace forward Tim Schaller, who signed with the Boston Bruins on Friday.' … [Read more...] about Sabres add forward depth with Derek Grant

'“Whether he has done these things or not or he’s guilty of these things or not, it’s not something I like getting up in the morning and reading about, that’s for sure,” Murray said. “We’re going to let the process happen. We’ll go with whatever the ruling is. Whatever the ruling is, we’re obviously going to have a sit-down (talk)."' … [Read more...] about Sabres GM Tim Murray wants Evander Kane to change behavior

'The sight of the Vesey-Eichel combination (with Nick Lappin, AHL Albany, filling out the trio) would have Sabres fans fogging up every pane of glass in the arena’s three rinks, just thinking what it might be like if they were to team up in Buffalo. The Buffalo fandom embraced Eichel in his rookie season, and will spend these next six weeks sending vibes down Route 90, hoping … [Read more...] about Jimmy Vesey mulling his NHL future

'Nilsson, 26, was acquired by the Blues last season in a trade with the Edmonton. In need of an experienced goalie when Elliott went down with a knee injury, they sent the Oilers goalie prospect Niklas Lundstrom and a fifth-round pick in 2016.' … [Read more...] about Blues deal goalie Nilsson to Buffalo for draft pick

'The Sabres lacked an experience backup behind starter Robin Lehner after losing free agent Chad Johnson, who signed with Calgary.' … [Read more...] about Sabres acquire goalie Anders Nilsson in trade with Blues

'Nilsson, 26, was expendable after the Blues recently settled on Jake Allen as their top goaltender for next season.' … [Read more...] about Blues ship G Nilsson to Sabres

'Terry and Kim Pegula convinced Robyn Regehr to waive his no-trade clause to come to Buffalo and Murray said, “If we can get in front of somebody and have a chance to talk about the organization and ownership and the city, that only good things can come of it, so we’re excited going down and having a chance to have a face to face chat and have a real good give and take with … [Read more...] about Vesey said he’s waiting until the end

'His numbers over 52 NHL games are pretty unimpressive going 19-22-4 with a 3.09 goals against and .900 save percentage.' … [Read more...] about Sabres pick up a goalie

'The center ripped it up in the AHL scoring 27 goals and 45 points in 36 games. With the Flames, Grant had no goals and one assist.' … [Read more...] about Sabres bring in Grant for Rochester depth

'Meeting with reporters following a wild day of free agency, in which the Sabres nabbed the top winger in Kyle Okposo, Murray say he intends on meeting with Vesey next week.' … [Read more...] about Jimmy Vesey: ‘I’m still going to go to free agency’