What’s the best way to cap off a season in which you failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs, fired your head coach and traded away your captain? How about angering an already disgruntled fanbase. That’s exactly what the Buffalo Sabres did with moves that collectively illustrate what not to do when managing PR for ...
Eisbären Berlin captured the 2012-2013 Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) title for the third straight year Sunday. More impressively, this marks the seventh time they’ve done so in nine seasons. Despite the team’s unprecedented success, they don’t seem to get the recognition or accolades they deserve. In Germany, soccer is king of the sports world. Outside ...
They can’t. They won’t. They couldn’t possibly…. They did. In a game that they were supposed to lose, that would have even been acceptable to lose — and a game where fans may have even wanted them to lose — the Buffalo Sabres prevailed. Even when this team wins, they leave you scratching your head. ...
While fans and analyst can point to several reasons why the team has struggled this season, the greatest catalyst for the Buffalo Sabres disappointing 2013 is their poor play on the power play and on the penalty kill. The Sabres rank dead last in the NHL when it comes to converting with the man advantage, ...
The days leading up to this year’s NHL Trade Deadline for the first time in nearly a decade marked a significant time of change for the Buffalo Sabres. For so long the franchise appeared to be set in its ways by sticking with the same group of core players and personnel. All that changed when ...
The short-term actions of the Buffalo Sabres will have significant long-term ramifications for the future of the franchise. In typical Sabres fashion, the team has won three games in a row to give fans just enough hope to not lose faith in the season. The squad’s performance over the next five games may play a ...
With quarrels among teammates, management uncertainty and a spot near the bottom of the standings, there have certainly been Better Days (please excuse the Goo Goo Dolls reference) in the place known as Hockey Heaven (which now seems more like a Purgatory for the games cast offs and under performers). However damning the current state of the franchise ...
Although the season is looking quite bleak for the Buffalo Sabres, lets give it a little bit more time before we officially throw in the towel and waive the white flag. Instead, lets look at four key players who could lead a resurgence if they step it up during the second half of the truncated ...
It just so happens that the Buffalo Sabres recent stretch of improved play in which the team has a 4-game point streak has coincided with the resurgence of forward Nathan Gerbe. The Boston College product ended a 21-game goal scoring drought when he netted two in the Sabres 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers on ...
The biggest question surrounding the Buffalo Sabres has been, what is the major contributor to their recent struggles. Some point to their atrocious power play, while others look to their lack of discipline and turnovers, and then there is this issue at the faceoff dot. While all of these things are indeed facets of the ...
