Posts About "Jason Pominville"
6 Most Underrated Sabres of All-Time
June 20th, 2018 Every franchise has a handful of players who, in retrospect, were much better than they are given credit for. Maybe they were run out of town during a regime change or phased-out in favor of a younger core. Perhaps they simply wanted to leave for greener pastures. Regardless of the circumstances of their departure, the Buffalo Sabres...
Minnesota Wild: Buyers or Sellers?
February 9th, 2018 The Minnesota Wild have been a perennial playoff team during the franchise's longest playoff streak over the course of the last five seasons. General manager Chuck Fletcher has been in a buying state around the trade deadline ever since. The Wild have acquired many talented players with hopes to help bolster their roster. The loss of...
Silver Linings to Sabres’ Sluggish Start
October 23rd, 2017 Between the horrendous turnovers and atrocious giveaways, amid the troublesome lack of effort and inept passes, and lost in the avalanche of losses, there are actually a few positives to build on with the Buffalo Sabres. Getting overshadowed by the all of this are the performances of Jack Eichel, Evander Kane, and Jason...
Sabres: Love Them, Hate Them or Both
October 16th, 2017 The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Anaheim Ducks Sunday night, 3-1 for their first win of the season. On one hand, the goose egg in the win column is officially gone; the monkey is off their back. Phil Housley has his first win as a head coach. After being called up from Rochester, Justin Bailey infused energy and speed into the lineup,...
Who Should Be Jack Eichel's Wingers?
September 26th, 2017 One of the first changes Phil Housley made to the Sabres' lineup was moving Sam Reinhart to centre. Reinhart was a centre in junior and a good one, drafted 2nd overall in 2014. But when he arrived in Buffalo, Jack Eichel and Ryan O’Reilly were already established as the top centres under Dan Bylsma. Reinhart put up decent numbers...
Sabres Win with Wild Trade
July 6th, 2017 Time will tell if the Minnesota Wild or the Buffalo Sabres got the best of their recent deal. Both teams’ fans have claimed it a win for them, which usually means it’s a pretty fair deal. While that may be the case, the deeper one digs into the deal right now, the better it looks for the blue and gold. In fact, the word fleeced comes...
