The Longest Hockey Game Ever: The 11-Day Power Play Jeff Seide | July 3, 2017 This is the third and final installment covering the 11-Day Power Play: Fighting cancer with the world’s longest hockey game. To read the first, click here. To read the second, click…
Botterill’s Moves Quickly Shaping the Sabres Jeff Seide | July 2, 2017 Buffalo Sabres’ general manager Jason Botterill has had a busy first few months. Since being hired in the middle of May, he’s hired an assistant general manager (Randy Sexton), two…
Sabres Could Use Jaromir Jagr Jeff Seide | June 30, 2017 Forget about defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk and his long-term, big-money deal. I want the ageless Jaromir Jagr in blue and gold next season. Signing the 45-year-old Czech wouldn’t be a public…
World’s Longest Hockey Game Reaches Halfway Point Jeff Seide | June 28, 2017 This is the second installment covering the 11-Day Power Play: Fighting cancer with the world’s longest hockey game. To read the first, click here. After more than a year in…
Sabres’ Quiet Draft Weekend is Disheartening Jeff Seide | June 25, 2017 The Montreal Canadiens. The Arizona Coyotes. The Chicago Blackhawks. The Columbus Blue Jackets. The New York Rangers. The Minnesota Wild. The Dallas Stars. The St. Louis Blues. The Philadelphia Flyers.…
Pittsburgh Bids Farewell to the Flower Jeff Seide | June 23, 2017 In the end, it was Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford who couldn’t come up with a crucial save. After the emergence of young goaltender Matt Murray over the past…
2017 NHL Awards: All You Need to Know Jeff Seide | June 21, 2017 The 2016-17 NHL season was officially closed at the NHL Awards ceremony at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Wednesday night. In addition to the awards, the much-anticipated announcement of the Vegas…
Losing Carrier to Vegas Not the End of the World Jeff Seide | June 20, 2017 Only in Buffalo could there be so much love for a five-goal scorer. When the Sabres’ list of protected and available players came out Sunday, some were surprised, even astonished…
Off the Crossbar: Top 5 Theories for the NHL’s 30-Minute Delay of Protected Lists Jeff Seide | June 19, 2017 So, there we all were Sunday morning, the entire hockey world, waiting patiently with our laptops open, our morning coffee by our side and swirling thoughts of who would be…
Off the Crossbar: McPhee Ready to Squeeze GMs Jeff Seide | June 18, 2017 Vegas Golden Knights general manager George McPhee is salivating at the chance to willfully and legally extort his fellow general managers. “For the next 72 hours, my staff and I…
Sabres’ New Dynamic Duo: Botterill & Housley Jeff Seide | June 17, 2017 It took six years, but Sabres owner Terry Pegula appears to have made some smart, calculated hires for his hockey toy called the Buffalo Sabres. With rising stars Jason Botterill…
How Clutch is Matt Murray? Jeff Seide | June 15, 2017 Late in the 2015-16 season, Pittsburgh’s third round (83rd overall selection) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, got his shot in the NHL when Marc-Andre Fleury fell to a concussion.…
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