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'"As I looked for ways to enhance our existing staff, I wanted to add somebody to our group that has a fresh perspective and the direct experience of winning at all levels of hockey," said Adams in a team statement on Wednesday. "Eric was one of the first people I thought of when I originally became general manager, so it is fitting that he is the first addition to our … [Read more...] about Sabres hire Eric Staal to join hockey operations department

'This will mark the third time in franchise history the Sabres will draft 9th overall.' … [Read more...] about Sabres selected to pick 9th overall after the Draft Lottery

'“I still remain very confident, I’m angry with myself for not getting the job done and the realization is I’ve got a lot better take on the players. “There’s lots of different reasons, but I didn’t think we started well enough, our inconsistency hurt us as the season went on, you know win three, lose three, but at the end we got terrific goaltending, we scored more."' … [Read more...] about Ruff feels better culture will produce better results

'“We’ll have meetings with Terry coming in the very near future where we will review everything, talk about the roster and everything in the organization in hockey operations, where we can improve, what we need to focus on and we’ll make any decision that we need to make that we think will help us get better."' … [Read more...] about Adams and Pegula still have to meet about changes within

'"That happened originally and when I got here it just kept getting worse. I probably came back a little early originally back in February and it really didn’t get better.”' … [Read more...] about Norris couldn’t play due to a torn oblique

'“Overall, disappointed, the last 20 games we got better, but it hasn’t been good enough, I’m sitting here this year again with no playoffs, it’s not good enough. We’ve had a lot of games that have been winnable and we haven’t won those games.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres Dahlin said he’ll do whatever it takes to make the playoffs

'There are countless factors to blame as the cause of another failed push to the playoffs, with strong arguments to be made for each one. An anemic power play that failed to come through in the moments you needed it. A seemingly disjointed group that couldn’t wrap their minds around the way their coach wanted them to play until it was too late. An inability to hold the leads … [Read more...] about Opinion: Parker: Buffalo’s latest goaltending conundrum

'The Sabres finished out their 2024-25 campaign Thursday night with a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at KeyBank Center. With the victory, Lindy Ruff earned his 900th career win as an NHL head coach.' … [Read more...] about Sabres win season finale over Flyers

'Ruff hasn’t wanted to talk about that or anything other than winning hockey games and learning how to play better, but with no more games left, he decided to comment after Thursday’s game,' … [Read more...] about Sabres win the season’s final game over Philadelphia

'The fans voted for Tuch again in 2024-25. The “Rico Award” is given to the player who best demonstrates on-ice excellence, resiliency, and dedication to the community.' … [Read more...] about Tuch is selected for the Rick Martin Memorial Award

'The Sabres fell to the Maple Leafs 4-0 Tuesday night at KeyBank Center. Anthony Stolarz led the way for Toronto with a 36 save shut out, while Auston Matthews scored his 400th career goal in the victory. Ukko-Pekka Luukonen was solid in net stopping 28 Toronto shots, despite the loss.' … [Read more...] about Stolarz shines in shutout of Sabres

'The game’s No. 1 star Toronto goalie Anthony Stolarz picked up his third shutout in four games and has only given up eight goals in seven games. Buffalo had many Grade-A opportunities, but he was stopping one-timers from Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka as well as rebound attempts that it looked like he had no chance.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Luukkonen was superb, but Sabres show there’s still much to be done

'When talking about another year of missed playoffs, Adams didn’t shy away from taking blame including potentially wanting a re-do on staying put during the teams 13 game losing streak. “For sure I would have done it differently, maybe I would have made a change. Even if it was just calling up a player, do something, to change the dynamic of Buffalo.”' … [Read more...] about Adams ” We need to be better in front of Luukkonen”

'"We are in a better place. I talked a lot earlier about dealing with adversity, and we didn't deal with it very well. I think if you look at where we're at now, we've been dealing with a couple big injuries this last three, four weeks, with Norris and Greenway out of the lineup, and how young our centers are, and we've dealt with that adversity a lot better. We look at some of … [Read more...] about Ruff: “We are in a better place”

'The Buffalo Sabres went out with a whimper in the team's final road game of 2024-25.' … [Read more...] about Sabres no match for Lightning in Tampa