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'"He won't reach the level he was at before the season started last year," Ruff said Tuesday before the Sabres crushed the Boston Bruins, 7-1, in HSBC Arena. "There's no chance of getting to that level of fitness. But we feel that we can get him to the level where he'll play and help the team. I'm guessing in six to eight weeks."' … [Read more...] about No short cuts for Connolly

'"We caught them in a perfect scenario. We knew our energy should be better, and we did a good job of making sure we took it to them."' … [Read more...] about Bruins bear brunt of Sabres’ mood

Bruins again flat-out beaten (Boston Globe) As Chiarelli fishes around, Jurcina is the bait (Boston Globe) It’s now embarrassing (Boston Herald) Krejci debut ends quickly, painfully (Boston Herald) A Buffalo Stampede, 7-1 (BostonBruins.com) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Boston Coverage

'"It's a step in the right direction," said Briere, who played his first home game since earning All-Star MVP honors last Wednesday in Dallas. "We don't want to get too confident because it's just one game, but we needed this to realize that we're OK here."' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 7, Boston 1

'"We were struggling with the one goal lead," said Briere. "Tonight we made sure we didn?t stop with the one goal lead, we just kept scoring goals. We knew they played late last night, got in late. We wanted to get at them right from the beginning. We wanted to come out strong."' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 7, Boston 1

'With five minutes remaining in the period and Gaustad off for boarding Jason Pominville notched a short handed goal to give the Sabres a four goal lead. Then just minutes later Daniel Briere scored his second of the night and his twentieth of the season to make it 6-1 heading to the third.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Bounce Back; Beat Bruins 7-1

'"It's isn't easy to fly in, get in late, not skate [in the morning] and try to find the energy to play the next night," said head coach Lindy Ruff. " It didn't look like tonight they could generate any energy. And they are a good skating team."' … [Read more...] about Skating Away With Huge Victory

'On a cold January eve at HSBC Arena, the red-light was flashing as the Sabres did the bashing, racing out of the gates with the desperation and hunger that had eluded their play in recent weeks, and steamrolling the Bruins in one of their patented offensive explosions.' … [Read more...] about Game # 52: Sabres 7, Bruins 1

'Maybe Nathan Paetsch can do it all.' … [Read more...] about Paetsch, Briere wear many hats in rout of Bruins (Updated 9:15 a.m.)

Kreps and The Moose to visit E. Irondequoit Library tonight (Amerks.com) … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Rochester Coverage

'"Ryan needs a few days. He needs three or four good practices to get back into a groove," Ruff said. "He's played some situations differently. I haven't seen just a relaxed state. It seems that everything is a little bit of a reaction here or a reaction there where some of it is reading the play, some of it looks like a little bit of frustration in his game. The fact that … [Read more...] about Ruff Updates Connolly; Biron to start against Boston

'C Paul Gaustad leads Sabres and is 35th in NHL with 95 hits.' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Bruins

'"He needs two or three real good practice days where he just gets back to what I call a relaxed comfort zone," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "He seems like he's been uptight. He's put a lot of pressure on himself, which he usually does."' … [Read more...] about Sabres' Miller sits down for rest

'The Sabres need to have a handle on Connolly within the next couple of weeks. The Sabres would be up against the salary cap if Connolly can play. If he remains on long-term injured reserve, the club will be able to use his $2.9 million cap number to make moves before the Feb. 27 trade deadline.' … [Read more...] about Connolly may be near concussion comeback

'"Last year was a good learning experience for me and I wasn't happy with how the season ended," Vanek said. "I just prepared myself better over the summer. I worked on conditioning more and tried to be in better shape because with the way the game has changed you have to be prepared each and every night to skate and work hard."' … [Read more...] about Vanek conquers attack on confidence