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'"I was very interested in the position that he was offering. I was interested in the situation and the challenge with Buffalo, and the opportunity and the potential on the team. But also the roll is important to me, because I didn’t want to be looked at as somebody who's retiring or who doesn’t want to do work. I want to be 100% in, 24/7, doing everything I can to help Kevyn … [Read more...] about Before joining Sabres, Jarmo Kekalainen took some time to decide what was next for him

'The Bills have a state-of-the-art draft room and they offered it to Kevyn Adams and the Sabres to set up shop for the Draft on June 27 and 28.' … [Read more...] about Bills have invited Sabres to use the stadium for NHL Draft

'Kekalainen served as the Blue Jackets' general manager from 2013 until 2024. Under his tutelage, Kekalainen helped build a Columbus team that went 410-362-97 in 869 regular-season games.' … [Read more...] about Sabres hire Jarmo Kekalainen to serve as senior advisor under Kevyn Adams

'Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson was the hero for the United States on Wednesday at the 2025 IIHF World Championship. He completed a hat-trick, including the game-winning goal in overtime of a 6-5 win over Norway.' … [Read more...] about Thompson scores hat-trick in overtime thriller against Norway

'He is currently serving as the performance coach for the U.S. men's national team at the World Championship in Denmark.' … [Read more...] about Sabres hire Brian Galivan as team’s director of performance

'Buffalo needed speed and a good two-way center and McLeod seemed perfect for the role. Kevyn Adams mentioned that they thought there was offensive upside to this player and we found out this season that was true.' … [Read more...] about McLeod found his offensive stride with Sabres

'"As I looked for ways to enhance our existing staff, I wanted to add somebody to our group that has a fresh perspective and the direct experience of winning at all levels of hockey," said Adams in a team statement on Wednesday. "Eric was one of the first people I thought of when I originally became general manager, so it is fitting that he is the first addition to our … [Read more...] about Sabres hire Eric Staal to join hockey operations department

'This will mark the third time in franchise history the Sabres will draft 9th overall.' … [Read more...] about Sabres selected to pick 9th overall after the Draft Lottery

'“I still remain very confident, I’m angry with myself for not getting the job done and the realization is I’ve got a lot better take on the players. “There’s lots of different reasons, but I didn’t think we started well enough, our inconsistency hurt us as the season went on, you know win three, lose three, but at the end we got terrific goaltending, we scored more."' … [Read more...] about Ruff feels better culture will produce better results

'“We’ll have meetings with Terry coming in the very near future where we will review everything, talk about the roster and everything in the organization in hockey operations, where we can improve, what we need to focus on and we’ll make any decision that we need to make that we think will help us get better."' … [Read more...] about Adams and Pegula still have to meet about changes within

'"That happened originally and when I got here it just kept getting worse. I probably came back a little early originally back in February and it really didn’t get better.”' … [Read more...] about Norris couldn’t play due to a torn oblique

'“Overall, disappointed, the last 20 games we got better, but it hasn’t been good enough, I’m sitting here this year again with no playoffs, it’s not good enough. We’ve had a lot of games that have been winnable and we haven’t won those games.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres Dahlin said he’ll do whatever it takes to make the playoffs

'There are countless factors to blame as the cause of another failed push to the playoffs, with strong arguments to be made for each one. An anemic power play that failed to come through in the moments you needed it. A seemingly disjointed group that couldn’t wrap their minds around the way their coach wanted them to play until it was too late. An inability to hold the leads … [Read more...] about Opinion: Parker: Buffalo’s latest goaltending conundrum

'The Sabres finished out their 2024-25 campaign Thursday night with a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at KeyBank Center. With the victory, Lindy Ruff earned his 900th career win as an NHL head coach.' … [Read more...] about Sabres win season finale over Flyers

'Ruff hasn’t wanted to talk about that or anything other than winning hockey games and learning how to play better, but with no more games left, he decided to comment after Thursday’s game,' … [Read more...] about Sabres win the season’s final game over Philadelphia