‘O’Reilly has skated in 44 games this season. In the 18 wins, he has 10 goals, 23 points and a plus-13 rating. In the nine overtime losses, he has seven assists, eight points and a plus-1.’
Archives for February 11, 2017
Sabres Notebook: Buffalo has a ball; Franson injures foot
‘The Sabres visit Toronto on Saturday and host Vancouver on Sunday, but a long-term injury to Franson would clearly be bad for him and the team. He’s been one of the most productive defensemen lately, boosting his numbers to three goals and 13 assists, so he’d be needed for a successful run. If that run doesn’t come, however, Franson is a pending unrestricted free agent who would bring assets at the March 1 trade deadline.’
Sabres allow Eichel fan to meet his ‘towering’ influence
‘“It’s a pretty cool thing you’ve got going on,” Eichel said before autographing a puck. “Add it to the tower.”’
Dan Dunleavy impresses; ‘SNL’ ratings soar here
‘Dan Dunleavy, who is replacing a vacationing Rick Jeanneret for a month on Buffalo Sabres play-by-play, is getting deserved plaudits for his call of Evander Kane’s winning goal off a feed from Jack Eichel in the Sabres’ 5-4 overtime win Tuesday over San Jose Tuesday. “Eichel carries, Kane buries,” said Dunleavy. I don’t envy him. He has a tough act to follow in Jeanneret, who I said months ago sounds much better this season that last season. The Sabres-San Jose game had a 7.2 rating on MSG, about a 10 percent bump from the season average.’
Buffalo Sabres’ Jack Eichel didn’t need to poke fans for booing
‘If they want to boo the Sabres for what, to that point, had been a brutal performance, then Eichel needs to suck it up and take it. He doesn’t have to like it, but he also doesn’t need to call the fans out for it.’
Sabres’ Ryan O’Reilly knows he must stand out
‘“If we want to make the playoffs, I myself have to contribute every game for that,” said O’Reilly, who’s earning $11 million this season. “(Thursday’s game), I don’t think that was good enough. It’s frustrating, but going forward I myself have to be a lot better.”’
Sabres’ Cody Franson out after blocking shot
‘If the Sabres chose to be sellers before the upcoming trade deadline, Franson, an unrestricted free agent following the season, could be one of their most valuable assets. But a long-term injury could change that.’
Saturday’s Toronto Coverage
Sabres reassign F Rodrigues
‘Rodrigues, 23, has a goal and an assist in four career games with the Sabres. He has two shots on goal in two games this season.’
The Sabres stayed off the ice again
‘Zemgus Girgensons isn’t progressing quickly. Bylsma said, “He’s more than day-to-day at this point, he’s more through the weekend, so not as fastly or as well as we like, but we’ll see on Monday.”’