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'What I liked about Pekar’s game was he’s strong on his stick. Kyle Olson gave him a perfect pass even thought Pekar was covered, but he used his strength to fight through it and win the battle. It was the same when Lukas Rousek found him for his second goal. Going to the net hard, that's Pekar's game.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Pekar is making a name for himself

'New defenseman Henri Jokiharju came as advertised. The 20-year-old played 38 games in Chicago last season and 30 games in Rockford. I thought he was excellent against the Devils and not just because he had two assists.' … [Read more...] about Sabres come out flying in front of a full Harborcenter

'About 10 days ago, Cozens told me he was doing well, but still needed to build the strength back up. He said mission accomplished, “I didn’t use it for a while so the biggest focus was just restrengthening it and being able to do all the normal day things again.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Cozens can’t wait to play in a game

'Of all the players taking part in this weekend's tournament, Olofsson is the prospect that many observers see having a spot with the Sabres for the season opener on October 3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.' … [Read more...] about Who to watch: Sabres Prospects Challenge

'Asplund is very close to being NHL ready, but Jason Botterill already has a logjam on the roster. Asplund said he’s ready for the competition, “It’s great, I think it’s good for everyone to have that competition and in every practice you really need to show yourself or your best side.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Asplund is ready to make the next step

'Reinhart said he had a good offseason with his training staff back in Vancouver. Reinhart played for Team Canada at the IIHF World Championship in May, winning a silver medal. Reinhart had three goals and two assists in 10 games, and Jason Botterill has said it was important for the winger and for Jack Eichel to play important games since Buffalo wasn’t in the playoffs. … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Reinhart said playing for Team Canada gave him a feel of the postseason

'Eichel comes in as the 42nd ranked player in the NHL, which is three spots better than where he was ranked last year. Back in the summer of 2017, Eichel was ranked as the 37th best player in the NHL before being knocked back eight spots.' … [Read more...] about Eichel ranked 42nd in NHL Network’s ‘Top-50 Players Right Now’ list

'Okposo takes everything to heart and sometimes it may affect his play. The winger took a lot of time in the off season to evaluate, “I indentified a few things that I wanted to work on and it took me a long time to get over the year and I wasn’t happy about it, I wasn’t happy with the way things ended, I wasn’t happy with Phil getting fired, I felt like it reflected on my … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Okposo is impressed with Ralph Krueger

'This year's training camp will primarily be held at KeyBank Center, and will feature three sessions that will be open to the public on Sunday, September 15, Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27.' … [Read more...] about Sabres set to open training camp on September 12

'Cozens is still recovering from a thumb injury that required surgery after development camp in late June. The 18-year-old has been on the ice working to get back from surgery, but is not quite ready to return to take part in the Prospects Challenge. The hope now is that Cozens will be ready for training camp, which gets started in less than two weeks.' … [Read more...] about Sabres release roster for Prospects Challenge

'Buffalo now has eight defensemen in Rasmus Ristolainen, Rasmus Dahlin, Jake McCabe, Colin Miller, Brandon Montour, Henri Jokiharju, Marco Scandella and Casey Nelson. Lawrence Pilut and Zach Bogosian will start the season on injured reserve.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Hunwick to miss the entire season with an injury

'Cozens doesn’t want to miss training camp. That will start the same week the tournament ends and he would rather be ready for that, “I’d say main camp is probably more important, so I’m not going to rush into the Prospects Challenge and delay myself longer and wind up missing main camp, so we’re going to see what the doctors say and we’re not going to rush.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Cozens isn’t going to rush to play in the Prospects Challenge

'Pominville is back in Buffalo and working out at Harborcenter with a handful of guys that include Rasmus Dahlin. Pominville said it’s day-by-day, “I definitely would like to play, I’ve kept myself ready, skated and worked out and so I still enjoy playing, but I don’t know if I’d go anywhere to be honest, so if it’s the right opportunity, I’d like to play.”' … [Read more...] about Former Sabre Pominville still would like to come back

'Before Kruger got the job as head coach of the Sabres, he walked around town for two days. He watched playoff hockey in bars talking to fans that had no idea who he was. On Saturday, he got another chance to interact with fans at Fan Fest and he said, “It keeps getting confirmed over and over again from my first walks in the city and today I got a deeper understanding of the … [Read more...] about Sabres new coach Ralph Krueger is still listening to the fans

'Vladimir Sobotka did not want to be in Buffalo last season and took very little if no responsibility for his poor play. One solution would be to loan Sobotka to a team in Europe. Botterill said, “I would say that maybe he wasn’t a happy player, but none of our players were very happy at the end of the season, we didn’t have a successful second half of the season and our … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Botterill is enjoying the 50th anniversary