Buffalo Sabres
Sabres' Housley Rips Team After Loss
March 22nd, 2018 Buffalo Sabres head coach Phil Housley doesn’t exactly have the fiery intensity or snarling bite of John Tortorella. He doesn’t bark or snap at members of the media. At times he often comes across as pollyanna despite all of his team’s losses. That wasn’t the...
Sabres Mittelstadt Has Decisions to Make
March 21st, 2018 Now that University of Minnesota Golden Gophers have been eliminated from the NCAA tournament, the Casey Mittelstadt watch has begun. The freshman had an impressive freshman year, putting up 11 goals and 19 assists for 30 points in 34 games. He was also a dominating figure...
Reinhart Making His Case For a Long-Term Deal?
March 20th, 2018 Believe it or not, the Buffalo Sabres have played pretty well lately. Sure, the pressure has been off for months, but instead of coasting into the offseason, certain players have brought their game to the next level. One of them is the ever-polarizing Sam Reinhart. Since...
Buffalo Sabres Promising Prospect Pipeline
March 17th, 2018 Hope is on the horizon. The Sabres have a number of exciting players that are already in their system. There is a definite group of players ready for NHL play. And there is a distinct group that is close but, realistically, at least a year away. One never knows exactly...
Sabres Season Still Has Value
March 15th, 2018 It's the worst time of year for Sabres fans isn't it? The team is once again miles away from anything resembling a playoff conversation and fans don't even have the trade deadline to look forward to anymore. Despite what continues to be a bleak situation in Western New...
Sabres Botterill Has Big Decisions Looming
March 12th, 2018 Rookie general manager Jason Botterill will be desperate to prevent his Buffalo Sabres from finishing last, again, in April 2019. However, he's going to have to be one of professional sports’ busiest executives in the next six months to prevent such a fate; and he'll have...
Sabres Top 4 Prospects 2018
March 10th, 2018 It's no secret that the Buffalo Sabres have struggled this season. At 22-35-11, they sit securely at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. In a year where the team hasn't provided much to cheer about at KeyBank Center, fans have shifted their focus toward the...
Sabres Host Bills’ Zay Jones First Hockey Game
March 9th, 2018 Buffalo Bills’ rookie wide receiver Zay Jones didn’t quite break the internet Wednesday night in Western New York, but he put a decent-sized dent in it. Zay, short for Isaiah, announced on Twitter he was going to his first-ever Sabres game. He was clearly excited but...
Sabres Mishandling Ristolainen
March 6th, 2018 Fans of the Buffalo Sabres are angry, and rightfully so. The team hasn't made the playoffs since 2011, and the blue and gold faithful have been forced to endure another race against the Arizona Coyotes to the league basement. Prolonged exposure to the Sabres' perpetual...
Sabres Roster: Who Stays, Who Goes?
March 5th, 2018 As it stands, only a few players should be locks to make the Buffalo Sabres' roster next season. Although, it will be next to impossible for Jason Botterill to uproot the entire lineup this summer like many have clamored for. No matter how many armchair general...
Maple Leafs' Recent Swaps With the Sabres
March 4th, 2018 Their rivalry is separated by a border and a highway. Fans of both teams show up at away games so easily that they can change the feel of the atmosphere for one another’s home games. But when it comes to trading, there hasn’t been much action between the Toronto...
The Sabres Have No Quick Fixes
February 27th, 2018 Buffalo Sabres fans need to face the truth. On one hand, they complain about how bad the team is - which they are - with a 19-33-11 record. On the other hand, they’re steaming mad that their rookie general manager, Jason Botterill, couldn’t get a decent return for...
Boston Terriers Reunited in Buffalo
February 27th, 2018 The NHL trade deadline has come and gone and inaction on the part of the Buffalo Sabres' front office has left fans disappointed. In a season that has failed to meet expectations, the trade deadline followed suit, truly capturing the zeitgeist of the 2017-18...
