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'"He's a devastating hitter," coach Lindy Ruff said. "When he hits, he hits hard. "He plays a fearless game. I think you need a mix of players, and he plays on the edge. He irritates people. He's hit some people awfully hard in camp, and there's times when he's pulled up and not tried to hurt people, especially people on his own … [Read more...] about Begin visualizes a big year

'Martin won't travel on a regular basis with the team but will attend team practices here a couple of times a week, and do video study of some players. Also, he will keep tabs and offer specialized instruction to all players in the organization.' … [Read more...] about Sabres hope Martin can turn players into shooting stars

Buffalo Sabres Head Coach Lindy Ruff announced today Rick Martin, one of the franchise's all-time great players, will join the Sabres coaching staff this season as a skill development coach. In this capacity, Martin will work with various Sabres individually on offensive skills, particularly on shooting. … [Read more...] about Sabres add Rick Martin to coaching staff

'The Sabres are going their own way from others in the NHL. First Lindy Ruff hired Jim Corsi to be a full time goaltending coach. Now, they've gone into Buffalo Sabres past hiring Rick Martin to be a part time skills development coach. No team in the NHL has that kind of specialty coach. Martin is second all time on the Sabres goal scoring list with 382 goals. Martin … [Read more...] about The Sabres Are First In The NHL To Hire A Skills Coach

'''Rick's got an incredible passion for the game. I think he will be a tremendous asset to our team,'' coach Lindy Ruff said.' … [Read more...] about Sabres appoint Martin skill development coach

'Martin on Monday was named the Sabres' skill development coach. In the position, he will be responsible for working with players on their offensive skills, particularly shooting.' … [Read more...] about Sabres name Rick Martin skill development coach

'It was a meaningless game really, a slow, sloppy display of professional hockey. It was too warm outside, too sunny to invest much time or interest in the outcome for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who played to a less-than-capacity crowd at the Air Canada Centre last night.' … [Read more...] about Leaf hopefuls show promise

The Leafs were 0-for-4 with a man advantage and gave up three goals on six power-play chances by Buffalo. … [Read more...] about Sore losers

It may not be the stuff of which Stanley Cups are made, but Buffalos realistic goal is to make the playoffs and it should be good enough for that. … [Read more...] about Sabres have edge back

'The game itself was a typical pre-season dud complete with strong performances from career minor leaguers and a crew of Leafs who were still obviously fatigued from the overseas trip.' … [Read more...] about Tired Leafs take a hit

'The Sabres should be a much-improved club compared with the team that placed 26th overall last year. Unlike Leafs general manager John Ferguson Jr., who wasn't hired until Aug. 29, Sabres GM Darcy Regier had all summer to bolster his roster that failed to qualify for the playoffs the past two seasons.' … [Read more...] about Add Antropov to injured list

'Buffalo was without leading scorer Miro Satan, who remains in Slovakia in a contract impasse; Curtis Brown, Maxim Afinogenov, James Patrick, Dmitri Kalinin, Adam Mair, Henrik Tallinder and Jay McKee, who also remains unsigned.' … [Read more...] about Leaf fans love free agents

'Drury scored on Buffalo's second shot on Centomo, giving the Sabres a 4-1 lead at 1:44 of the third. Buffalo went 3-for-6 on the power-play.' … [Read more...] about Sabres 4, Maple Leafs 2

'The steps the Buffalo Sabres took to improve their power play in the offseason already are paying dividends.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 4, Toronto 2

'The Sabres, who opened the preseason with a 3-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Friday, will play the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Air Canada Centre at 7 tonight (Radio 107.7 FM).' … [Read more...] about Sabres send 14 to Amerks