Posts About "Darcy Regier"
Johan Larsson Re-Signs with the Buffalo Sabres
April 30th, 2016 The 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...
Did Darcy Regier Leave Coyotes Because Of John Scott Trade?
February 16th, 2016 Strange 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...
Regier's Last Gift Has Set Up The Sabres Future
August 1st, 2015 On 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...
Gaustad Trade Started Buffalo Sabres' Rebuild
July 28th, 2015 The 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...
Errors of Past Regime Haunting Sabres
June 14th, 2015 Entering 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. Finding the Fit For Grigorenko The Mikhail...
Dominik Hasek Not Always Popular With Buffalo Sabres Fans
November 15th, 2014 As 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...
Buffalo Sabres Part Ways with Ville Leino
June 22nd, 2014 On 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...
Religion & The Sabres Season
April 14th, 2014 When Terry Pegula took over the reins of the Sabres, Ted Black proclaimed "A clarion call should go out to the league that Buffalo is hockey heaven." Fans of the organization rejoiced as the team finally had an owner committed to putting forth a supreme on-ice product. However, Pegula seems to be more false prophet than Savior. Hockey...
Conacher Returns to Western New York
March 22nd, 2014 At the trade deadline last season, the Ottawa Senators traded goaltender Ben Bishop to the Tampa Bay Lighting for forward Cory Conacher and a 4th round draft pick. After the trade was announced, there was a sense of disappointment among some Sabres fans. Conacher was having a productive rookie campaign. With signs pointing towards an...
Buffalo Sabres: The Week Ahead
November 18th, 2013 Things are a little different for the Buffalo Sabres since the last time I wrote one of these. Darcy Regier was still the general manager and the embattled Ron Rolston was still head coach, hanging on by a thread. Since then? Both are gone and a few nostalgic faces have replaced them: Pat Lafontaine as the President of Hockey...
Buffalo Sabres: A New Hope
November 14th, 2013 Just as the devout followers of Hockey Heaven began to lose faith, their prayers were finally answered with the firing of GM Darcy Regier and head coach Ron Rolston. The exodus of these rebuked men came with the joyful and triumphant returns of Ted Nolan as interim head coach and Pat LaFontaine as president of hockey operations, riding...
Buffalo Sabres Make The Wrong Call Again
November 13th, 2013 Once again, the Buffalo Sabres have turned well meaning into the wrong move. It’s no secret by now that the team has relieved general manager Darcy Regier and head coach Ron Rolston of their duties. In the door? New President of Hockey Operations Pat Lafontaine and interim head coach (and blast from the past) Ted Nolan. Many felt...The Buffalo Sabres Are the Laziest Team in Hockey
Going into this season, everyone expected it to be a challenging year in Buffalo as GM Darcy Regier infamously stated that Sabres fans will need to endure "suffering" before the team is good again. While the growing pains and bumps in the road are to be understood with a very young team slowing developing and learning to adapt to the...
