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'"You don't really want to rally behind a loss, but with the position we are in it was important to follow it up against one of the best teams in the league."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Capitals

'O'Regan has had a pretty good season with the Amerks this season with 18 goals and 34 points in all 53 games played. The 25-year-old is fourth in overall team scoring this season, and tied for third on the team in goals. He was also on pace to set a career-high in goals through 76 games this season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres call up O’Regan, Wilson; assign Pilut to Rochester

'"He may finish second in the NHL in goals. The Sabres have a lot of cap space, so he'll have a lot of leverage but Skinner has to know there's a cap on his value. If the asking price is $7.5 to $8 million dollars, the Sabres have to meet that demand. If he asks for around $10 million dollars, then yes, that might be a point where you have to move on."' … [Read more...] about Larkin: Strongly believe the Sabres ‘need to pay Jeff Skinner whatever he wants’

'Kucherov and Steven Stamkos both scored in the shootout for the Lightning, while Eichel and Casey Mittelstadt were not able to score on Vasilevskiy, giving Tampa Bay the win.' … [Read more...] about Lightning defeat Sabres 2-1 in shootout

'If we had seen that kind of effort against the Rangers, Devils and Panthers, they would’ve won all three games.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres need to match the game they played in Tampa every night

'"It sucks to lose, but we got one point and some of our confidence back."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Lightning

'"We believe that there are as many as five teams, in the moment, that have expressed interest in Matt Duchene. The three serious contenders, and this could change literally hour-by-hour, are Nashville [Predators], the [New York] Islanders, and [the Columbus Blue Jackets]. There are some who think Buffalo is in, some who aren't so sure about that. Likewise for the San Jose … [Read more...] about Are the Sabres in on Duchene?

'Fox believes that even though Skinner would be a valuable piece at the deadline on Monday, Botterill is looking to keep him in town. When the offseason comes, Fox thinks that Botterill can easily convince Skinner to extend with the Sabres.' … [Read more...] about Fox: Trading Skinner would be ‘disheartening to the fan base’

'Rodrigues played with Eichel for one game before he got injured last season. Phil Housley added, “We’re just trying to mix it up again, we’re not getting a lot even strength, but that’s really not my concern, it’s when we don’t have the puck, that’s going to give us the best chance to win, but Evan has been playing really well and it’ll be interesting to see how that pans … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Rodrigues getting a chance with Eichel

'"They want a coaching change? No. We've made progress as an organization compared to last year. We're in a position where we've been in games. I see the results on the ice. I see the communication we're going through here. There's not going to be a coaching change."' … [Read more...] about Botterill: ‘There’s not going to be a coaching change’

'What an arduous season this has become. A respectable start. A 10-game winning streak through Thanksgiving and it sure did look like the playoffs were finally going to be back for the Buffalo Sabres. Hahahahalolololololol.' … [Read more...] about Grandpa, tell me about when the Sabres were good

'The roles were reversed in the final period, with Florida striking early and often. The Panthers scored three goals in a span of 2:35 to start the 3rd, taking a commanding 3-1 lead. Jonathan Huberdeau was left all alone on the far side, took a pass from Frank Vatrano and walked in on Linus Ullmark for Florida's first goal of the evening. Jayce Hawryluk put the Panthers on top … [Read more...] about Panthers ride big third period to 4-2 win over Sabres

'This is a group that does not respond to coaching whether it’s Phil Housley, Dan Bylsma or Ted Nolan. It just never seems to matter who the coach is. This is a group that sometimes follows the game plan and when they do, they’re successful.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres seem too fragile to be able to achieve their goals

'"Just a couple lapses; mistakes. They ended up in their net. We're a fragile group right now. Things seem to be going the opposite of how they were. It's an uphill climb for us."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Panthers

'“I thought we had a tremendous push in the third period. We couldn’t get that second goal and we had a lot of good looks," said Sabres head coach Phil Housley, reflecting on the Sabres game against New Jersey with Howard Simon and Jeremy White on Tuesday morning. "Larsson hits his shoulder and Mittelstadt’s really in a good prime scoring area, and we don’t get that goal.”' … [Read more...] about Housley: We had good looks, but ‘couldn’t get that second goal’