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'If they finished where they are now, the Sabres would have a greater than 50-50 chance of picking 6th or 7th. The kind of pick that won't get anyone excited for next season. Their chances of getting a top three pick, however, would be enough to have Sabres fans paying attention to the draft lottery.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres find themselves back in the lottery conversation

'The lone bright spot was for Buffalo was winger Victor Olofsson, who notched his first career NHL goal on a late power play to ruin the shutout bid for former Sabre Robin Lehner. Eichel was the only other Sabre to register a point, making the pass for Olofsson's goal.' … [Read more...] about Sabres get dominated by Lehner and the Islanders, 5-1

'You know what? I’m going to stop there. There’s no point going over every goal and telling this team has quit. You watch the games, you can decide for yourself.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres quit on another game

'"I feel like they came out really strong, but I feel like we worked our way back in the first period a little bit. Then, obviously, it didn't go the way we wanted, so we just got to get right back at it tomorrow."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Islanders

'Buffalo has only won two of the 15 games he’s played in. They didn’t do a lot of winning in Anaheim when he was there either and Montour said, “It hasn’t happened all year, I think if you look at my season with Anaheim we didn’t have the best results there too, so I think every player goes through these seasons and unfortunately mine was this year."' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Montour is eating up a lot of minutes

'"It would've been amazing to get that first goal, and that's another dream I've always had - to score a goal in the National Hockey League," Olofsson said. "I was thinking about that last night, but I was trying to be as calm as I can be and I just went out there and played my game."' … [Read more...] about Olofsson: NHL debut was ‘a dream come true’

'Mittelstadt scored two minutes later to bring Buffalo back within a goal, 4-3. The goal was the forward's 12th of the season. Jeff Skinner and Jason Pominville assisted on the goal. Less than a minute later Jack Eichel was able to use a strong wrist shot in the slot to beat Howard and tie the game 4-4 in the third period. Victor Olofsson recorded his first career NHL point on … [Read more...] about Sabres comeback falls short, 5-4 in OT against Detroit

'Olofsson has done a nice job of improving his game this season in Rochester. It was very obvious in the preseason that he wasn’t near NHL ready and Chris Taylor and his staff have helped him learn the North American and the pro game. Olofsson along with Will Borgen are a perfect examples of what proper development looks like. In my opinion Tage Thompson’s development is the … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Olofsson has a succesful NHL debut

'"I think it was important for us to fight back, like I said, it was tough, tough to give up those two and then obviously it was a good job by us to fight back, keep going, and like I keep saying [we> gotta finish it off in overtime."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Red Wings

'This move is likely a chance for Olofsson to showcase himself with the Sabres in the final handful of games in the regular season. Buffalo has six games remaining in the 2018-19 season, while the Amerks have nine remaining in the regular season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres call up Olofsson from the Amerks

'Playing in his first career NHL game, Sabres defenseman Will Borgen saw 14:20 of ice time, dishing out three hits along the way. Rasmus Dahlin led all skaters with 22:29 time on ice.' … [Read more...] about Sabres blanked in Ottawa 4-0

'You can boil this game down any way you want to, but we watched this team quit on the way to losing to the league’s worst team.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres finally hit the point where they quit on a game

'"I said this before, everyone has something to play for. At this point, really, everyone has something to play for. Just the way that the last little bit's gone, it's been embarassing for us. If you can't play for self-pride, find something, find some motivation to play for. But everything has to get better."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Senators

'The Americans will get some much-needed depth on defense with the addition of Fitzgerald. With the Sabres' recent call-up of Will Borgen and the trade for Brandon Montour that sent Brendan Guhle to Anaheim, Rochester's blueline has gotten a little thin.' … [Read more...] about Sabres sign Fitzgerald to entry-level contract

'This will be the first time Botterill has had any involvement with Hockey Canada in a managerial role. Botterill is the only player to ever win three-consecutive gold medals with Team Canada at the IIHF World Junior Championship from 1994 to 1996.' … [Read more...] about Botterill to help run Team Canada at the IIHF World Championship