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'Ahead of this season, Johansson played the majority of his games with the Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, and compiled a 25-11-4 record and a .908 save percentage in his AHL career. He was selected to the league's All-Star game in the 2019-2020 season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres trade goalie Johansson to Colorado for 2021 sixth round pick

'The Sabres played the Bruins on Thursday. That game had been in question after a member of the Sabres hockey staff entered the NHL's COVID-19 protocol.' … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Sabres vs Bruins game postponed due to NHL’s COVID protocol

'The Sabres have struggled through the 2021 season, and are 6-18-4 as of Wednesday morning. Things got worse for the team after their season paused for two weeks in February because of a COVID-19 outbreak among the team. Krueger also tested positive for the virus in that time frame, and said he experienced moderate to severe symptoms, like aches and fatigue.' … [Read more...] about Sabres fire head coach Ralph Krueger

'I’ve confirmed that in a meeting with Terry and Kim Pegula, Adams outlined his vision for this organization, and the Pegulas put the team in his hands. Originally they gave Krueger the same type of power they gave Sean McDermott, and they found out quickly that it was an utter failure.' … [Read more...] about Hamilton Take2: Adams takes command; Sabres’ search for coach begins

'The Sabres say they teamed up with Quest Diagnostics to assist fans with COVID-19 testing.' … [Read more...] about First Sabres tickets go on sale Thursday for season-ticket holders, Friday for public

'First, in all my years covering this team, I have never seen them as hated from their fan base as they are now. The vile and negative things I read from fans on a daily basis shouldn’t even be said in private.' … [Read more...] about Hamilton Take2: Why Ralph Krueger is still the Sabres’ coach

'Fans will need to download the CLEAR app and verify their identity. They will then be able to link to their test results to confirm their test status before entering the building.' … [Read more...] about Sabres announce ticketing policy for limited attendance March 20

'Eichel appeared to have been dealing with an injury late in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders and was seen on the game broadcast rubbing his neck on the bench.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Jack Eichel out at least a week with apparent neck injury

'There was a buzz and a compete factor from the Sabres after Skinner's goal. About four minutes later, Colin Miller pulled Buffalo within one, with a goal assisted by the Sabres' stars, Jack Eichel and Taylor Hall, and the Islanders led it 3-2.' … [Read more...] about Skinner ends scoring drought, but Sabres drop 7th straight game

'In my mind it’s looking more and more as if Adams is going to have to just rip the whole thing down. Adams said he doesn’t think that’s necessary.' … [Read more...] about Hamilton: No vote of confidence for Sabres coach Ralph Krueger from GM Kevyn Adams

'"I'm not wired that way," Krueger said. "I'm wired to to work on solutions and to take responsibility, and I do both right now."' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Krueger not worried about job security after losing eight of last 10 games

'I bet the fans really enjoyed watching Joel Farabee stand in front of Dahlin with a little over a minute left in the game and challenge a 20-year-old kid from Sweden that is supposed to be a future star in this league. Maybe that’s what Dahlin was talking about. If Rob Ray or Andrew Peters or Craig Rivet or Pat Kaleta or Cody McCormack or Adam Mair were on that team a full … [Read more...] about Hamilton: Sabres don’t have the players to execute Ralph Krueger’s system

'"The principles that we expect everybody to do their best at executing. If principles are off here and there... sometimes they just don't embrace certain things and if they do, they'll be rewarded with minutes played, with roles. We are an environment of accountability," said Krueger.' … [Read more...] about Krueger: Skinner benching is about ‘principles’

'"Jack's lower body complication showed up in the warm-up actually. It was not related to him not skating this morning, so it definitely caught us all by surprise. The first diagnosis on it is day to day and the feeling that he had that there was a risk of putting him into the game situation," Krueger said.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Jack Eichel day-to-day with lower body injury

'The Sabres will host the Boston Bruins in a Saturday afternoon game March 20. That will be the first game that a limited number of fans will be allowed to attend, and it's the only game specified as part of the announcement. The Sabres say fans will have access on only "select" home games instead of the full schedule from that point on.' … [Read more...] about Sabres to open KeyBank Center to limited fans on March 20