December 1st, 2017In the first season following the 2004-05 lockout, the on-ice product in the NHL had shifted drastically. Gone were the days of the "clutch and grab" that allowed slow, lumbering defensemen to drape themselves on smallish, skill-players. The league experienced a renaissance of sorts, dubbed the "New NHL". Whether it was unprecedented...
April 30th, 2016The Buffalo Sabres have agreed to a new one-year contract with forward Johan Larsson. According to CapFriendly.com, Larsson's new contract will pay him a sum of $950,000 next season. Larsson would have become a restricted free agent this summer. The forward's previous contract for the 2015-16 season was also a one-year deal which...
February 16th, 2016Strange news broke out of Arizona back on February 2nd, when it was first reported that Coyotes assistant general manager Darcy Regier was leaving the organization for "personal reasons." Seeing such an important member of an NHL team's front office up and leave the franchise in the middle of a season is indeed a rare occurrence. It's...
August 1st, 2015On October 27th, 2013 in what would turn out to be his final move as the Buffalo Sabres General Manager, Darcy Regier traded Thomas Vanek to the New York Islanders. In return the Sabres picked up winger Matt Moulson, a 1st round pick (turned out to be 2015) and a 2nd round pick in 2015. For Regier, who has a reputation as a great...
July 28th, 2015The Buffalo Sabres have toiled through a difficult rebuild but the club finally seems to be headed in a new direction. The Sabres finished in last place for the past two seasons. As a result, the club managed to secure the second overall picks in both the 2014 and 2015 NHL Entry Drafts. Sabres hockey has been ugly during a good portion...
June 14th, 2015Entering the 2nd offseason in the post Darcy Regier era of the Buffalo Sabres, mistakes of the previous regime are beginning to haunt the organization. Tim Murray has been put in a bad spot by the previous management group and has very difficult decisions to make on a few young players.
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November 15th, 2014As the Buffalo Sabres continue to struggle, any distraction is welcomed by the fans. Along those lines, Dominik Hasek receiving his Hall Of Fame ring ahead of Monday’s induction definitely qualifies. During his time in Buffalo the Pardubice, Czechoslovakia native earned a reputation as one of the NHL’s best between the pipes. In...
June 22nd, 2014On July 1, 2011, the Buffalo Sabres signed free agent forward Ville Leino to a six year, $27 million contract. To put things mildly, Leino was unable to live up to his giant contract. After a season in which he scored no goals and only fifteen assists in fifty-eight games, GM Tim Murray decided the time had come to part ways with the...