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'Thursday night's game was young when Pominville flung a backhand past Carey Price to open the season's scoring. It was a great moment, reminiscent of when a young Pominville poured in goals for the last great Sabres team. A team that was dramatically altered when it took the ice October 5, 2007, and has never been the same since.' … [Read more...] about Ten years gone

'A weak goal that Robin Lehner would want to have back has tied the game at two. Philip Danault is able to sneak from below the goal line and slide the puck under Lehner and into the net short handed. I need my goaltender to stop the chance and push the puck away from the net. Instead, it is a tie game. 2-2 tie.' … [Read more...] about Canadiens down Sabres 3-2 in shootout

'“There’s a lot of good leaders in that team and we’re going to rely on all of them to be a part of it.”' … [Read more...] about The Sabres will have four alternate captains

'"I think our guys did a terrific job... We out-shot a team, we out-chanced a team, we just didn't beat them on the scoreboard. But, I really liked the effort from our guys, you can see things were coming together, we took a step forward tonight. We don't like the result, obviously, but I think we can take a lot of things from this game moving forward in the future here, … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Canadiens

'Sabres will contend, but just miss out on the playoffs.' … [Read more...] about 2017-18 Sabres: Five bold predictions

'"I couldn't be more excited about the future in Buffalo. Both sides wanted to get a deal done. The Pegulas have a lot of faith in me."' … [Read more...] about Eichel happy to remain in Buffalo for the next nine years

'Housley was also tight lipped on if he’ll name a captain or not, “We’re going to evaluate that today, we might have something tomorrow, but obviously we’re going to have to have captains tomorrow in our lineup and we’re going to evaluate that today and we’ll see where that leaves us tomorrow.”' … [Read more...] about Housley won’t rule out Bogosian for Thursday

'Redmond will report to the Americans to add to a defense corps that already includes Nathan Paetsch, Taylor Fedun, Casey Nelson, and Brendan Guhle among others. The Amerks will open their season on Friday when they host the Syracuse Crunch at Blue Cross Arena.' … [Read more...] about Sabres send Deslauriers to Montreal

'Connor McDavid signed an extension that will average $12.5 million starting next season. Leon Draisaitl got $8.5 million on his extension.' … [Read more...] about Eichel and the Sabres agree on a contract extension

'This is why it was so important to win that race to the bottom. For their woeful play for one season, the Sabres locked up an elite talent for what contractually will amount to eleven years. Simply put, there is no other way to acquire a player like this. Teams do not get access to them. They’re available at the top, and the Sabres got in before the NHL took the floor out of … [Read more...] about JW: Great Start

'There are 10 new faces on the Buffalo roster, which is 40-percent of the team.' … [Read more...] about Sabres send down two players. Two go on IR

'“Yes, we did have injuries in the previous years, but even our starts in this preseason have been very subpar, so that’s something that we really need to dial in here at the start of the season and especially in our first game, make a statement in front of our home crowd that you know we’re coming to play this year and we really have to have a good first 20 minutes to set the … [Read more...] about McCabe felt good in practice

'Dan Bylsma used to talk about keeping Rasmus Ristolainen's minutes down, but he couldn't resist in a game often getting him up to 27 to 30 minutes. Phil Housley is going to play a demanding style and he too wants to keep his top defenseman's minutes down, “It's a long season. I'd like to see him get 22, 23 to 24 minutes.”' … [Read more...] about Bogosian misses practice on Sunday

'After a very good performance at the Prospects Challenge, Bailey was one young player looking to make the Sabres' roster from the start of the 2017-18 season. In four games played this preseason, Bailey failed to register a point and put up only five shots on goal.' … [Read more...] about Sabres cut four from training camp roster

'Another bad period for the Sabres as they are being outshot 12-7 in the game and 7-3 in the middle frame. I recognize that not everyone is in the lineup that will be here on Thursday, but they will need to pick up the pace when the season starts.' … [Read more...] about Sabres upended 3-1 by Islanders