Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsIt’s been no secret these days that the Buffalo Sabres are in a rebuild. Not that anyone in the front office will formally say it but when you start trading away veterans and acquiring draft picks, it’s pretty transparent no matter what type of image you’re trying to maintain. One of the casualties of the ...
The NHL Trade Deadline left more than a void on the first line with the departure of scoring winger Jason Pominville. It left a void in the captaincy of the Buffalo Sabres. The team, in what many feel was the right decision so late in the season, decided against naming a captain, instead naming three ...
While not playing in the playoffs is devastating to an NHL player, one bright spot of missing, or being knocked out early, is the opportunity for some players to play for their nation in the IIHF World Hockey Championship. Since 1930, this annual event has brought together the best players in the world. For many ...
The 2013 NHL Draft was already set to be an exciting time for both the league and the Buffalo Sabres. A draft this deep could turn around the fortunes of several franchises in just one day. For Buffalo, the day could hold far more impact. Already possessing the 8th and 16th picks in the first ...
Given all that happened for the Buffalo Sabres during the shortened 2012/13 NHL season, it ended on a fairly high note. Granted, they’d dug themselves such a deep hole that it proved too much to emerge from, missing the playoffs for the second year in a row and raising plenty of questions. Still, their play ...
A few days ago, Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced that the team has intentions to move up from the eighth overall pick in June’s NHL Entry Draft. In a draft loaded with top end talent – Seth Jones, Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin, Aleksander Barkov to name a few – this certainly would seem like ...
Perhaps to the dismay of Sabres fans it is official. Ron Rolston has had the interim tag removed and is the 16th coach in the history of the Buffalo Sabres, joining the likes of Scotty Bowman, Punch Imlach and Ted Nolan to name a few. Why He’s The Guy Rolston took over the bench from ...
Bright and early on May 7th, the Buffalo Sabres took another important step in the rebuilding process. General Manager Darcy Regier announced that former interim coach Ron Rolston will be the permanent head coach of the team heading into the 2013-14 season. The move makes sense for a couple of reasons. Firstly: he earned it. ...
Earlier this week, Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier was asked if he had made a decision on the future of interim coach Ron Rolston. As reported in the Buffalo News’ Sabres Edge blog, Regier had this to say, in Rochester on the Americans locker clean-out day. “No decisions yet. Fairly soon in the case ...
This off-season is an important one for the Buffalo Sabres. It’s been a long, long time since the franchise was in a state of flux quite like this. Lindy Ruff, long-time head coach and security blanket of sorts is gone. No longer can Sabres fans point to him as the longest-tenured coach in the game ...
