Buffalo News

'The Sabres (29-25-8) have won five of their last six games to close within six points of the Atlantic Division's third-place Toronto Maple Leafs. Buffalo will now embark on a four-game road trip, which begins Wednesday night in Colorado.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Sabres 2, Jets 1

'The start to the game Saturday afternoon was everything coach Ralph Krueger envisioned when preparing the Buffalo Sabres.' … [Read more...] about Sabres rediscover their identity, start fast in 5-2 win over Pittsburgh

'"I felt pretty good," Skinner said with a smile. "I don’t know. I feel like I scored a few times and usually it feels pretty good. ... You can use ‘relief,’ I guess, if that sort of fits the story line because of how long it’s been. I don’t know. I just feel happy to get another goal and add to the lead a little bit more."' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Jeff Skinner ends scoring drought with third-period goal

'The Sabres (28-25-8) have won four of their last five games and won both of their games in Pittsburgh, including a season-opening win Oct. 3. Jeff Skinner snapped his career-long 22-game goal drought by scoring 5:39 into the third period, his first goal since Dec. 2 and 12th in 51 games this season.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Sabres 5, Penguins 2

'There's only a small chance the Sabres are going to emerge as a better team come Monday afternoon. The much more likely scenario is they're actually worse, given the potential of trades involving pending unrestricted free agents such as Jimmy Vesey, Conor Sheary, Johan Larsson or Zemgus Girgensons that will likely yield only draft picks in return.' … [Read more...] about On Deadline Day, Sabres fans can only hope for a (pleasant) surprise

'In October 2017, Knox said, his code wouldn’t open the gate to allow access to his storage unit in Cheektowaga. He had rented it years earlier and filled it with items that had overwhelmed the leaky basement of his small home near Delaware Park. Bins of family photos, documents and memorabilia, artwork and seasonal clothes. Knox walked into the manager’s office to address the … [Read more...] about The ‘calamity of errors’ that cost the Knox family the Sabres’ expansion certificate

'"It's sticking within your system. When you lose a guy like Sid (Crosby) in their lineup or if Jack Eichel goes down in our lineup, it's time for other guys to step up," Sheary said. "You get more opportunity and you have to take advantage of that. If you stay within the system, that's when the team is at its best and it's not an individual game. They've done a really good job … [Read more...] about There’s lots of lessons for Sabres to take from Penguins’ season

'Once Bogosian clears, the Sabres will officially be off the hook for the remaining $3.9 million of his salary cap hit. He was costing the team $5.124 million until he was sent to Rochester last week, which initially reduced the number. The Sabres suspended him for failing to report to the AHL and Friday's move now locks in the cap hit at zero.' … [Read more...] about Bogosian placed on contract termination waivers, ending Buffalo career

'Vesey, on paper, is a player the Sabres may want to consider re-signing, but he probably hasn't produced enough without Eichel or Reinhart to justify a multi-year commitment. There's also the question of whether Vesey would be interested in returning. He did not want to play in Buffalo after his rights were acquired by the team in 2016, and he didn't choose to play for the … [Read more...] about Sabres who are most, least likely to be traded as deadline looms

'"He’s in a good place," Krueger said of Ullmark following practice Thursday. "He’s got some skates on now, which is obviously an important step to be taking, and let’s see how it goes. But we are optimistic about the way rehab is going at this point. There’s been no setbacks and he’s on schedule."' … [Read more...] about Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark resumes skating after suffering injury last month

'Teams looking for blueline help are filling their needs while the Sabres are still holding their bag.' … [Read more...] about Hard to imagine things could get any worse for Sabres GM Jason Botterill

'Neither coach Ralph Krueger nor his players could explain how it all unraveled so quickly. However, all involved acknowledged the consequences of blowing a two-goal lead amid a desperate playoff push. The Sabres (27-25-8) are in jeopardy of having another season defined by missed opportunities.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fail to recover after allowing four quick goals in 7-4 loss

'Center Artem Anisimov scored two of the Senators' four goals to take a 4-2 lead into the first intermission. Vladislav Namestnikov, Drake Batherson and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also had goals for Ottawa (21-28-11), which went 2-5-2 in its previous nine games. Pageau scored his second of the game in the third period to push the lead to 6-4, and Anthony Duclair added an empty-netter … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Ottawa Senators 7, Buffalo Sabres 4

'The Pegulas have preferred to have the general manager report directly to them since Pat LaFontaine abruptly resigned as director of hockey operations in March 2014, a little more than three months after he was hired in that role.' … [Read more...] about Pegulas do not plan to hire president of hockey operations for Sabres, source says

'It’s a bit of a paradox for the Sabres to be sure. Where most of Buffalo’s organizational decisions over the last couple of years have failed, Vesey has gone the opposite direction. You might balk at the third-round pick Buffalo gave up to acquire him in last summer’s trade with the New York Rangers considering he was one year removed from free agency. But lost in this year’s … [Read more...] about Jimmy Vesey shows promise with playmakers, but will Sabres invest in him?