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'“Growing up in the Boston area with the Celtic/Laker final, I got a chance to follow him a bit, and since then I just look at the way his life has gone on and it seemed like he was really getting into life after basketball and you see how involved he was with his daughter. It’s such a tragedy that the two of them passed away.”' … [Read more...] about The Sabres remember Kobe Bryant

'Skinner has not scored a goal in his last 12 games, but his level of play seemed to be better. Skinner agreed that he was starting to feel it, “I felt like I was playing pretty well, obviously during the season you go through stretches where you feel better than others.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Jeff Skinner returns to practice

'Many are trying to do the math on what the Sabres have to do during the rest of the season to try to sneak in, but none of that math matters in the least unless three teams falter.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres have a tall task ahead of them

'But what the team wears is different, isn’t it? Haven’t we learned anything from all the different jersey changes over the years? The “slug” and the “Turd Burger” are not known by those names because we don’t care what the players are wearing.' … [Read more...] about Yes, an article about jerseys

'Another indication that Pilut will be back for practice on Sunday is the AHL has announced that Pilut will be unavailable for the AHL All-Star game this weekend in Ontario, California. Pilut has been an All-Star in both seasons he played in the American Hockey League, but he will not have played in either game.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Pilut will not play in the AHL All-Star Game

'Lazar is one of the few Sabres that will stand in front of the net. He also drives the goaltenders crazy because he’ll get a piece of them and brush by them, and make it look totally innocent. He's tough along the walls and wins many battles all over the ice. He hits, and does something else not many on this team can do - win faceoffs.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Lazar has earned a spot to stay in Buffalo

'Ralph Krueger said there’s a good chance that Jeff Skinner will rejoin the group when the come back from break so I wouldn’t expect all three of these players back when play resumes.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres send three to Rochester

'Late in the 3rd, Jack Eichel took a tripping penalty, and Nashville immediately capitalized. Craig Smith found the puck off a faceoff and fired a shot that hit the post but hit Linus Ullmark in the back of the pad to slide in and give Nashville a lead late in the 3rd.' … [Read more...] about Sabres lose 2-1 in Nashville

'The last three road games in Detroit, Dallas and Nashville showed me that this team can play a better brand of hockey away from the arena and they’ll have to in March.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres couldn’t overcome two bad bounces

'“He knows when I’m looking for something or when I’m struggling a little bit, and maybe there’s been three or four instances this year when he’s pipped up and said something or went out of his way to watch a game or two and I’ll look out for his advice.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ fathers enjoying their time with their sons

'The Sabres stood pat against an unforgiving Stars attack in the third, and ended up only giving up five shots on goal.' … [Read more...] about Sabres defeat the Stars, 4-1

'Earlier I talked about the all-out press Dallas employed in the second period. Buffalo actually had the better of the play in the third as it seemed like the Stars wore themselves out.' … [Read more...] about All-around effort helps Sabres win rare game in Dallas

'He’s had some battles in front where I’ve counted more than 20 cross checks between the two players. Penalties are never called in those situations and that’s what Ristolainen wants, “I like it when it’s both ways, so you’ve got to pay the price to go to the net and I can take shots. But I’m going to give them back and so it all works out.”' … [Read more...] about Ristolainen enjoying his playing time under Krueger

'"I would say we're continuing to develop and continuing to grow, and we're just looking for that consistency. I believe our fanbase can feel the game we want to play. We want to play on our toes, we want to play aggressive, we want to play attractive hockey here in Buffalo, but we want to do it day-in and day-out. We're not doing it yet, we understand that. Everybody needs to … [Read more...] about Krueger: ‘I believe our fanbase can feel the game we want to play’

'That 28-goal marker is a milestone, as it tied his career-high set last season. Eichel still has 35 games ahead of him this year to improve upon that total in a major way.' … [Read more...] about Sabres double up on the Golden Knights, 4-2