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'"When we can elevate a guy with his skill, we can elevate their self-expectation, their self-image. That goes a long, long way," Granato said with Howard Simon and Jeremy White.' … [Read more...] about Listen: Granato: Dahlin is ‘a legitimate All-Star’

'Dahlin is younger than Victor Hedman. The Swedish defenseman is quite a bit older than Dahlin and the kid enjoyed being in the locker-room with him and on the bench, “It was great, it was awesome, just to be able to talk to him and hang out with him, so I just asked him a couple of questions, so it was a lot of fun.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Dahlin hopes to bring what he learned at the All-Star game to his game in Buffalo.

'Dahlin was part of the Honda NHL Accuracy Shooting contest, along with Sebastian Aho of the Carolina Hurricanes, Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins, Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers, Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames, Jake Guentzel of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Clayton Keller of the Arizona Coyotes, Jonathan Marchessault of the Vegas Golden Knights and Troy Terry of … [Read more...] about Dahlin takes fourth place in NHL Accuracy Shooting contest

'The Sabres have had a slew of injuries and he said it’s interrupted what he’s tried to accomplish this season, “When you have injuries you’ve already targeted progress that you think you can make and then you start having to deal with injuries and you get sidetracked and you’re almost in survival mode, so for me, I hope we can get more consistently healthy, so with what we’re … [Read more...] about Rasmus Dahlin to take part in Accuracy Shooting event during NHL Skills Competition

'Vegas wasted little time taking a 1-0 lead over the Sabres in the opening period. Reilly Smith scored his third goal of the season on a two-on-one opportunity. William Karlsson and Jonathan Marchessault were credited with the assists on the goal that came just 33 seconds into the game.' … [Read more...] about Sabres had no answers in loss to Golden Knights

'Buffalo did put 32 shots on Robin Lehner including 17 in the second period, but don’t let that fool you, sloppy, loose play helped the Golden Knights dominate.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres play way too loose, get blown out in Vegas

'The blue and gold were the latest in a long line of 18-consecutive victims on Colorado's home ice to come out on the wrong end of a final score. On Sunday night, it was a 4-1 final favoring the Avalanche.' … [Read more...] about Sabres dropped by white-hot Avalanche

'That's another two young players out for the Sabres for the foreseeable future, but the question is: Why is everyone getting hurt so much?' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Three observations: Avalanche continue to roll over Sabres

'There was a testing problem in the lab in Arizona, which gave the Sabres positive tests on Saturday and put three players out of their lineup. All eight people with the Sabres re-tested and were found negative, so they got flights from Arizona to get to Denver for the game. Only Rasmus Asplund didn’t make it in time.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres were in tough spot, gave all they had in Colorado

'The Sabres needed to dress seven defenseman because of the added players entering Covid-19 Protocol today. However, Will Butcher suffered an apparent injury less than three minutes into the game, putting the team down another player.' … [Read more...] about Sabres start road trip with win in Arizona

'Anderson has missed almost three months with an upper-body injury, but he never missed a beat. His teammates were superb in front of him for 51:30 winning battles in all three zones and staking him to a 3-0 lead. Then, they gave up a goal to the worst power play in the NHL and they went from playing great hockey to mass retreat.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Craig Anderson sparkles in his return as the Sabres win in Arizona.

'Arizona was all over Anderson, as they spent the rest of the game in Buffalo’s end, but Anderson was a wall in net.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Anderson sparkles in return; Sabres win in Arizona

'You might be thinking that leaves the Sabres with no goalies under contract that can play, but wait - both Craig Anderson and Dustin Tokarski practiced fully again on Friday.' … [Read more...] about Michael Houser enters NHL’s COVID-19 protocols

'Anderson said up to this point, everything has been positive for him since he started practicing with the team on Jan. 21. He said it’s too early to tell about being in the lineup against the Coyotes, “It was my first full practice with my own net, so we’re just trying to see how the recovery is."' … [Read more...] about Anderson still trying to see if he can play this weekend

'Many of the Sens described the hit as a cheap shot and The Department of Player Safety felt that Batherson was not near the puck and was not eligible to be body checked.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Dell is suspended by the NHL for three games