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'"Everyone around the world watches the Olympics, and you want the best athletes in the Olympics. If we’re the cream of the crop in ice hockey, then we should be there."' … [Read more...] about Sabres players very happy NHL is returning to Winter Olympics

'Stars goalie Jake Oettinger was stellar in goal, turning away 47 shots in the victory.' … [Read more...] about Oettinger shines in win over Sabres

'The Sabres did a good job of competing and setting up good offensive opportunities. The problem is with the situation the team has put itself in this season, there is no choice than to bottom line this. Playing well is not good enough. If you play this well, you must come away with a win.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Oettinger too much for Sabres with 47-save effort to beat Buffalo

'"There's more opportunity, obviously more ice time now with a guy that [has been] consistently out of the lineup. I think that responsibility is going to be picked up by the group, really," said Granato during his weekly appearance on WGR during the "Jeremy and Joe Show" on Tuesday. "I think the group is ready for it, based on just watching through the season, the progressions … [Read more...] about Granato: Sabres have to ‘stay grounded’ through injuries

'"This one was special," said Dahlin following Sunday's practice. "It was in Toronto, the hockey mecca, so the NHL did an unbelievable job. The fans were unbelievable, and it was just an overall unbelievable weekend."' … [Read more...] about Dahlin enjoyed third trip to NHL All-Star game for many reasons

'Samuelsson finished the game in Anaheim against the Ducks, but didn’t play in the final two games of the road trip. Quinn got hurt midway through the game in Los Angeles against the Kings.' … [Read more...] about Mattias Samuelsson to miss remainder of season following surgery to repair upper-body injury

'Lance Lysowski of the Buffalo News is reporting that Buffalo Sabres forward Jack Quinn had surgery on Monday to repair a lower body injury and will miss eight weeks after suffering the injury Saturday, January 27th, against San Jose.' … [Read more...] about Report: Jack Quinn to miss 8 weeks with lower body injury

'Rochester will have three games while the Sabres are off giving the rookie a chance to play.' … [Read more...] about Sabres send Devon Levi back to Amerks

'In the first period, Buffalo's slow starts showed up to hurt them once again. The Sharks scored two goals in three minutes of game time, with goals from defensive defensemen Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Jan Rutta.' … [Read more...] about Peterka scores twice to power Sabres over Sharks

'Buffalo got some really bad news in this game as Jack Quinn had to be helped off the ice when his left leg folded under him. Quinn had already missed 32 games with a torn Achilles suffered in June and Don Granato told reporters after the game,' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres go into their break dumping the Sharks

'The Buffalo Sabres put a degrading loss to Anaheim in the rearview on Wednesday evening, as the blue and gold played comeback against the Los Angeles Kings. Down 3-1 after 20-minutes, the Sabres enjoyed the next four goals of the game en route to a 5-3 final inside Crypto.com Arena.' … [Read more...] about Sabres erase early deficit, take down Kings

'There was no excuse for this team not to beat the Ducks, but they were a complete no show. On Wednesday, it was like a whole new team showed up as the work ethic was there, the shot mentality was there and they didn’t let a two goal deficit detour them.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres did complete turnaround, beat Kings with four unanswered goals

'The home side opened the scoring less than six-minutes into the contest.' … [Read more...] about Sabres doubled up by Ducks

'It’s pretty bad when the national announcers from ESPN call out the effort of your team.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres put in six minutes of effort, which spells loss in Anaheim

'"He gave me confidence by his daily routine a year ago. The practice intensity, the focus, ability to learn, the speed of learning. Those are all signs that pointed to his ability to get back up after maybe a bad game or a lousy performance, his ability to reset," said Sabres head coach Don Granato on Tuesday during his weekly appearance on the "Jeremy and Joe Show" on WGR.' … [Read more...] about Granato believes Sabres’ offense will come back with time