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'New owner Tom Dundon and new coach Rod Brind'Amour are not distinguishing themselves this season. Same for General Manager Don Waddell. The Canes' playoff drought stretches to 2009, the longest in the NHL, and shows no signs of stopping. Especially when you trade players like Jeff Skinner, Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin.' … [Read more...] about Inside the NHL: Skinner trade tops bizarre string of moves by Hurricanes’ new sheriffs

'"It's going to be a very good test," said coach Phil Housley. "Washington is healthy right now. They've got their full lineup so it's going to be a great challenge for our guys to get ready to play in difficult circumstances in their building not getting the matchups we want. There's going to be a lot of responsibility, especially on our young guys, to face a heavy team."' … [Read more...] about Sabres can get a true gauge of their progress in matchups with Caps

'"It's going to be special for me," Dahlin said after practice Friday in HarborCenter. "Playing Ovechkin and then playing Backstrom, who's been one of my biggest idols since I started playing hockey is going to be huge. But it has to be like every other game: You go out and play my game and not focus on them too much."' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Dahlin excited to return to Washington

'"That’s important," Sabres center Jack Eichel, who registered only one shot on goal, said of secondary scoring. "That’s big for us. Great to see Mittsy get on the board there, and Roddy gets a big goal for us in the third to extend the lead."' … [Read more...] about Mittelstadt, Rodrigues provide Sabres with secondary scoring in 3-1 win

'There's been plenty of good times for Hutton, by far the best player the Sabres have had in the net since Ryan Miller was traded nearly five years ago.' … [Read more...] about With the puck in his glove or on his stick, Hutton’s good times keep rolling for Sabres

'Buffalo, 19-9-4 with 42 points, has won two in a row and is 5-3-2 over its last 10 games. It also improved to 11-3-2 at home, on pace for its best home record since 1979-80. Mittelstadt and Skinner scored 6:06 apart in the first period before Arizona answered with Christian Fischer's goal at 7:19.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Sabres 3, Coyotes 1

'“His development has been pretty quick,” Eichel said. “You see some of the stuff he does on the ice and it’s just, we in the room laugh about it when he does stuff, and to think he’s only 18 years old, he doesn’t even know how good he is, to be honest with you. We realize it and we know how good he’s going to be, but he’s just getting better every day. He’s such a good kid and … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Jack Eichel: Rasmus Dahlin ‘doesn’t even know how good he is’

'The bad habits that led to that defeat haunted them in the second period Tuesday night; however, the Sabres finally looked like the team that won 10 in a row, albeit for only 22 minutes.' … [Read more...] about Sabres mount another comeback, snap skid with overtime win over Kings

'The Kings are a terrible team, a shell of the group that won Cups in 2012 and 2014. They're 30th in the NHL's overall standing and going nowhere. And while playing on a back-to-back against a rested team, they came to town and had a 3-1 lead through 40 minutes.' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Sabres make another great comeback but still have to deal with reality

'His potential return is good news for the Sabres, who are in need of blue-line help. Injured defensemen Jake McCabe and Casey Nelson remain week to week, while Marco Scandella wore a white non-contact jersey during an optional morning skate Tuesday.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Hunwick nearing return, joining Rochester for conditioning assignment

'Miller, 38, is in his second year with Anaheim, posting a 4-2-1 record with a 2.71 goals-against average and .922 save percentage. He was traded by the Sabres at the deadline in 2014 and played the next three seasons in Vancouver. Miller is the Sabres' all-time leader among goalies in games played (540) and wins (284).' … [Read more...] about Ryan Miller out six weeks, won’t come to town with Ducks

'It was the sixth time this season they won despite trailing after two periods, surpassing their total from last season. Eichel and Larsson scored less than four minutes apart to tie the score, and Skinner scored on the power play after the Kings took back-to-back penalties near the end of regulation. Linus Ullmark, making his third consecutive start, stopped 26 of 29 shots.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Sabres 4, Kings 3, OT

'Housley had Tage Thompson on the third line with Vladimir Sobotka and Jason Pominville, returned Kyle Okposo to the second line with Conor Sheary and Casey Mittelstadt and gave Rasmus Dahlin a chance at the point on the top power play with Rasmus Ristolainen.' … [Read more...] about Sabres need their silent scorers to start making some noise

'"It's good to see him back on the ice. He looked really good," said Housley. "We'll talk to the trainers after today and see where he is tomorrow. It was good to see him back battling. He looked like his old self back there. I'm sure he was glad to be back out on the ice after this little stint."' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: As Carter Hutton’s return looms, Cal Petersen might start for Kings

'"We’ve been pretty good at home this year and I think that that game might’ve been coming for a little bit," Okposo, an alternate captain, said. "That’s unacceptable. We’ve addressed it and we feel like we have a pretty good plan in place for how to deal with it and how we’re going to come out on Tuesday. We’ve just got to get back to being us and we’ve got to learn from that … [Read more...] about Sabres hopeful for turnaround following ‘tough conversations’ in team meeting