Posts About "Dan Bylsma"
Frustrations Boiling Over After Another Sabres Loss
January 22nd, 2018 Everyone has a breaking point. When loss after loss piles up for a professional team that hasn’t had a sniff of the playoffs in years, frustrations are bound to eventually boil over. Tempers will flare. That opening paragraph was as true on Jan. 18, 2012 as it was on Jan. 20, 2018 for the Buffalo Sabres head coaches Lindy Ruff and...
Can Housley Fix the Sabres?
January 17th, 2018 When Phil Housley took to the podium for his inaugural press conference, he promised a fast-paced, high octane offensive approach, the likes of which the fans in Buffalo hadn't seen in over a decade. Fresh off of a deep playoff run with the Nashville Predators, he was the odds-on favorite to return to coach the team that drafted him in...
Girgensons' Best Fit May Be in Sabres Top-6
August 18th, 2017 The Buffalo Sabres signed their final restricted free agent Zemgus Girgensons on Thursday evening to a two-year $3.2 million contract. Now that the forward put ink to paper the task of trying to figure out the proper role for Girgensons begins. In his four NHL seasons, he's played up and down the line up for the Sabres. We've seen...
Sabres' Okposo Returns to Ice After Health Scare
July 23rd, 2017 A welcome site occurred for fans of the Buffalo Sabres as Kyle Okposo took to the ice for the first time nearly in four months. While Da Beauty League might not be the NHL, it provided the right winger with an opportunity to return to the ice in a semi-competitive atmosphere. This is a major step forward for Okposo. Okposo’s last...
Sabres Anomalies From the 2016-17 Season
July 20th, 2017 Last season for the Buffalo Sabres and their fans was weird, to say the least. Like straight out of an episode of Stranger Things, the 2016-17 season was chock-full of freak injuries, aberrant statistical inconsistencies, and an overabundance of drama that would give any primetime show a run for its money. You could even give it a name,...
Sabres' New Dynamic Duo: Botterill & Housley
June 17th, 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 as general manager and Phil Housley as head coach, the franchise has injected youth, passion and legitimacy. Botterill, who has been an assistant general...
