Posts About "Marco Scandella"
Sabres Defense Drawing Mixed Reviews
October 15th, 2018 Through five games this season, the Buffalo Sabres are a noticeably improved squad. Following an offseason that saw the team go through a significant roster overhaul, the new-look lineup is off to a good start. Of course, there is still room for improvement and with so many new faces, it will take time for the team to begin firing on all...
Sabres Defense: What It'll Look Like for 2018-19
August 22nd, 2018 All it took was a lottery win and the addition of a generational talent to shift the outlook of the Buffalo Sabres' defense. What was widely considered one of the worst blue lines in the league last season now resembles a group with outstanding potential. With Swedish sensation, Rasmus Dahlin now in the fold, players who were forced into...
Sabres' Logjam on Defense
June 29th, 2018 As the roster currently stands, the Buffalo Sabres have nine NHL defensemen under contract for the 2018-19 season. While this isn't necessarily a "bad problem" to have, Jason Botterill could still be looking to add talent to a group that was one of the worst in the league last season. He started the defensive revitalization process...
Buffalo Sabres 2017-18 Season Preview
September 11th, 2017 Last year started off with a really bad omen when Jack Eichel went down in the final minutes of practice on the eve of the puck dropping on the season. The Buffalo Sabres never really seemed to recover from that point on. Eichel went on to miss the first 21 games of the season. They started off slow and even after the star center's...
Sabres' Defense in Unfamiliar Territory
August 6th, 2017 For the first time in several seasons, the Sabres defense will not be the glaring weakness of the team. The lack of depth caused some major problems with the team over the past few seasons, forcing players on defense to play larger roles than necessary. In addition, there was a lack of organizational depth. There were questions that...
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...
