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'For 45 minutes on Sunday, Phil Housley skated his team hard, but it was drills done with pucks. It was a definite punishment for the lack of effort shown Saturday against Dallas.' … [Read more...] about Housley keeps his promise of a tough practice

'The building is pretty quiet, despite being packed today for the kid's day matinee. There were very few empty seats when this game started, and with so many young fans here today it would have been a good opportunity for Buffalo to really get this place excited early. Unfortunately this game has gone the way many have before.Now it feels like there should be a running clock … [Read more...] about Stars rout Buffalo 7-1

'"I'm sure we'll come to work tomorrow and have one of those practices that are going to be about battle and compete. But yeah, we should know at this point. I mean, c'mon, guys have been around. It's the way it is. Every coach will take pride in telling us if we competed or if we didn't. Tonight, it's pretty easy to see that we didn't and they just outplayed us."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Stars

'Housley may want to take Baptiste to Calgary on Sunday if Josefson isn’t ready. He said, “I just think he’s doing the things that they’re telling him to do, he’s heavy and tenacious on the forecheck, he’s really strong down low, he’s getting to the net more and he’s creating things offensively, so that’s why he’s up here.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Okposo misses practice, but will play Saturday

'Buffalo tied the game three times, but New York sealed the win with a late goal by Pavel Buchnevich.' … [Read more...] about Rangers hold off Sabres 4-3

'"I think we made a couple too many turnovers and mistakes. The shift right after a goal is huge, and we were sloppy [in that regard]. That cost us the game."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Rangers, Indoor Edition

'"If you look at a lot of the teams that come out of that bye week, they're not doing very well," Housley said with Howard Simon and Jeremy White, Wednesday morning. "We've got to send that message that this team is ready to go, and we have to be ready to play because they have a lot to play for. We're going to have to be ready, so we've got to get our minds geared up, set in … [Read more...] about Housley hoping to avoid a slow start off the bye week

'As the Sabres get into the second half of the season, they’ll be working on improving the power play. Getting one extra goal in a game could help this team win a lot more Eichel said it was starting to get better before the break, “In the last few games, we had been doing a lot of good things. Even in games where we didn’t score, we had some good looks and I think it was going … [Read more...] about The Sabres come back to practice refreshed

'Kane isn’t the type of person that sits awake worrying about being traded. He said, “I’m not holding my breath, that’s for sure, but I’m aware of the position I’m in with my contract and it’s part of the business and it’s not something I worry about or concern myself too much with.”' … [Read more...] about Kane is being realistic about if he’ll remain a Sabre

'With Beaulieu out an uncertain amount of time, Buffalo has called up defenseman Casey Nelson from the Rochester Americans. It is the second time this season that Nelson has been called up to the big club, but he did not play the last time he was in Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Nelson called up from Rochester

'Ullmark will not play in Rochester's game on Friday night against the Binghamton Devils. It will be Adam Wilcox getting the start in goal for the Amerks. It is still unknown whether or not Guhle will play with the Amerks playing Saturday night in Syracuse.' … [Read more...] about Ullmark and Guhle returned to Rochester

'The biggest difference in Ullmark's game this year is he's so calm and composed no matter what is happening in front of him.' … [Read more...] about Sabres hold on for 3-1 win over Columbus

'"I thought he was really compact and calm in net. That was the first game I've ever seen him play live. Obviously, though, we don't want to give up 45 shots."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Blue Jackets

'"Our situation that we're looking at mainly, when you're talking with teams that are buyers at the deadline, most of them want to keep their team intact. We all would like to bring young NHL players into our organization right now. But, they're buyers, they just want to add to their group. That's where you're looking at it more that it's draft picks... or prospects who we feel … [Read more...] about Botterill – You have to be prepared for a call to come in tomorrow”

'Kane felt bad for Bogosian. They’ve been teammates since Atlanta and he said, “It was weird, we were just battling and got tangled up and we were both falling and obviously he was in some discomfort and just a freak accident and hopefully he’ll be OK.' … [Read more...] about Tempers boil over during Sabres practice