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Eleven I’m going to have to respectfully disagree with this you on this one. The only truly obscure answer here was Russell, but the rest people got pretty easily and personally I love a tour of Sabres history. Also a trivia question should have some challenge to it otherwise it’s just common knowledge. How about you give it a try.

Congrats. He is No. 10 and yes Grier was mentioned earlier. He was the Sabres Asst coach and Rochester head coach who finished his career in Buffalo and played with Mike Foligno and Mike Ramsey. His teammate is the last player on the list. I'm going to give the answer because I doubt anyone will ever guess. He finished his career with the Sabres the same two seasons as Don Lever. He only managed to play 18 games over those two seasons, but that was enough to get him over the 1000 game threshold. His name is Phil Russell. Next!

Has a goalie ever reached 1000 games? Off to play poker. Last hints. The missing players were also teammates in Buffalo with Mike Foligno and Mike Ramsey. PS: and his last words were “Peter Pucks survives”

Mike didn’t reach his 1000th game with the Sabres. He played 911 games for the Sabres.

He was old. He was 34 when he got to Buffalo. Remember he was an original 6 guy. In 8 years in Tor he only played 264 games. In 4 if those seasons he played 12 games or less. Still two to go. One should be easy.

Horton was still in Tor when he reached 1000. Hillman didn’t get to 800 NHL games.

The Ryan Johnson and Novikov signing made all the difference. It gave us a top layer of near ready D prospects, with a solid layer underneath them talent wise in Strbak and McCarthy, plus an additional 2 in Komarov and Lindgren who show some promise. To add a layer between the top 2 guys and the newly drafted, Ka has added 3 college/chl UFAs in Metsa, Jandric and Savoie. Maybe one of them will become something. Savoie is only 21. My hope is KA continues to add at least 1 D in the top 3 rounds annually.

Ruff no. Only 691 games. Finally, Hawerchuk! No. 9, No. 9, No. 9 etc…. 2 to go! I am surprised by how quickly someone mentioned Marshall. If y’all remember Marshall, this 1000 gamer should come to mind and it’s the not former coach.

Goyette never reached 1000 games (940) and Marshall had his 1000th with the Rags before he came to Buffalo. 3 to go. You are missing a HoF center and two guys who played their last games in Buffalo, one of these two spent years coaching for the Sabres organization. I’d dare says he’s better remembered here as a coach vs as a player.

Well done. No. 7 Pommers is 8.

Dicky Duff is 5 and Gionta is 6. 5 to go. Staal is a no and Teppo no. Teppo got his in PHX, and Staal in MN.

Grier 3, Patrick 4. Gilles never reached 1000 games.

Sadly no to Andreychuk and Dougy got his in Tor 3 years before he came here. A few more hints. 2 came during this rebuild. 3 played on the Drury/Briere teams, including one who retired during the rebuild, one who is currently a top Jr coach whose brother also played for the Sabres, and one who is a current NHL GM. Another is a HOF center. Another is 6x Cup winner and HoF LW who somehow ended his career in Buffalo. The last 3 all played their final game in Buffalo after long and solid careers.

Luce didn’t even get to 1000 games. Craig Ramsay is No. 2. Mike Ramsey actually got his 1000th Det. 9 to go. Gilbert and Ramsay are the only two Sabres to play their entire career in Buffalo and reach 1000. The other 9 guys played the later stages of their careers in Buffalo, but 5 of these players made significant impact here in Buffalo. One was also a Sabres draftee.

1 down 10 to go.

I have added a goaltending poll to gauge our collective feelings on who will be our goalies to start the season.

Charlie Barton was the old Courier Express columnist who won the Ferguson Award from the NHL HHOF. He died in 1972. No wonder I don't remember him. With @Taro T's permission, I'll re-post this follow-up question now that we have completed the prior question. With KO and Skinner on the verge of 1000 games in Blue and Gold, how many others reached that milestone while playing for the Sabres? My research on this question actually revealed 11 players so far who played their 1000th game as a Sabre.

Especially when you give the Sabres a 22 of 32 in goaltending when Levi is one of the top 5 goalie prospects in hockey.

That's not what you wrote. You should have said 5 Buffalo media members. Jim Kelley is certainly one and probably someone from the long-dead Courier Express By the way only Foster Hewitt is the only media member who is an elected HHof Member.

You said 5 media guys with ties to Buffalo, why doesn't Harry count?

RJ, Ted Darling, Harry Neale are easy. I'll have to think on the last 2. PS I thought I answered TW's question on the Masterson.

Serious question because NHL arbitration is Voodoo. Can the current team trade the player after the player has filed arbitration? Can they trade the player during arbitration? How long does the team have to accept the arbitration award? Can the Sabres make an offer sheet once the player files for arbitration? Could this end up being a sign-and-trade type situation? For example, the arbitrator awards Samsonov $5 mill for the next season. Toronto accepts the award but then trades him to another team. I'm sure Toronto would love to move Matt Murray but no one is taking him at any price. They also just spent $10 mill on Bertuzzi, Domi and Klingberg. Is Nylander getting traded to help them get under the cap? I doubt Minn lets Gustavsson walk at any price. Swayman is the most interesting situation. If you're Boston, do you try to keep both goalies? Do you trade Ullmark to keep Swayman or vice versa? Or do you keep both and trade someone else to stay cap compliant?

I just spent a few minutes with Hockey-reference and I find there are currently 11 players who played their 1000th game as a Sabres. Good luck, a couple are pretty obscure.

This is a follow up to my previous question. With KO and Skinner on the verge of 1000 games in Blue and Gold, how many others reached that milestone while playing for the Sabres? I’m not sure whether I have the complete answer for this one. You think the 3rd was easy? You have a better memory than I do.

Who is the 3rd Sabres after Luce and Patty? Of the 3 other former Sabres, 2 were pretty easy and the 3rd was truly obscure considering he only played 18 games for us.