Posts About "Phil Housley"
Panthers Fire Boughner, Sabres Fire Housley
April 7th, 2019 The first day after the conclusion of the NHL regular season is always a rough one for coaches of teams that didn't qualify for postseason contention. While some are able to keep their position and work towards improving in the future, there are often those who don't get that same courtesy and who find themselves promptly out of a...
Sabres Can't Buy a Goal
March 26th, 2019 After the game in the locker room, Jack Eichel sat in his stall, pads and skates still on, sweat still dripping down his neck. He stared straight ahead but his shoulders drooped. The Buffalo Sabres captain was ready and willing to answer questions from the media. Instead, the microphones and cameras took turns, herding around Evan...
Phil Housley’s Seat Is Red Hot
March 15th, 2019 The Buffalo Sabres' post-game answers have become as cliché as they get. The excuses flow faster than outlet passes from their zone. The blank stares match their scoreboard total. There's talk about adding jam to their game. Competing. Digging deeper. It’s a broken record. “I don’t know what else to do. I don’t know what to...
Sabres Need More Than a Fired up Bogosian
February 18th, 2019 Two days after Buffalo Sabres head coach Phil Housley called his team soft, following a 6-2 drubbing at the hands of the New York Rangers, they had a chance to respond on the ice. Many expected – if not hoped – for them to play a passionate, physical game filled with desperation and urgency to start their three-day road trip with a...
Housley Calls Out Sabres as Soft
February 16th, 2019 This season was supposed to be different. From the top to bottom, from Buffalo Sabres general manager Jason Botterill to Zemgus Girgensons and everywhere in between, this season was all about 'actions speaking louder than words.' It was the team's marketing slogan, brimming with hope. When all was said and the doors were slammed...
Sabres Struggling to Find Playoff Mode
February 11th, 2019 Forget about the second week in April, the Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs right now. Sure, technically they’ve only played 55 contests of an 82-game schedule. Yep, they currently sit two points outside of the final wild-card spot in the standings. And admittedly, they’re the owners of the worst record in the league since the...
Sabres Latest Loss a Wake-Up Call
December 10th, 2018 Two weeks ago, the buzz surrounding the Buffalo Sabres was the highest it had been in over a decade. The team had just won their tenth consecutive game and it appeared that a playoff run was not only a possibility but a likelihood. For the first time in a long time, spectators at KeyBank Center were engaged and the Sabres...
Sabres' Dahlin Continues to Dazzle
December 3rd, 2018 Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin has won his first of likely many NHL honors, giving hockey fans a glimpse of his incredible talent. Dahlin, the No. 1 overall pick at the 2018 NHL Draft, has been named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for November. In 15 games, the first-year blueliner put up a goal and nine assists for 10...
Sabres Fans Already on Edge With Housley
October 23rd, 2018 Nine games into the season, one thing is abundantly clear about the Buffalo Sabres: when they’re good, they’re really good. And, when they’re bad, they’re really bad. Just look at their last four games: two losses by a combined score of 9-2 (0-for-11 on the power play) and two wins by a combined score of 9-3 (2-for-5 on the power...
Sabres Special Teams Nothing Special
October 20th, 2018 The new-look Buffalo Sabres have an old-school problem: special teams. Through their first seven games, their power play ranks 24th in the league, converting at a 13.8 percent clip (four goals scored in 29 chances–the most power plays of any team in the NHL thus far). The team’s penalty kill ranks 28th, allowing six...
Sabres 2018 Training Camp | Chemistry & Competition
September 13th, 2018 A major theme that emerged at the end of the Buffalo Sabres' 2017-18 season was the need to take a close look at team culture. Exit interviews and press conferences shed light on a losing mindset that seemingly plagued the locker room and made its way out onto the ice most nights. The topic has since been dissected and analyzed by fans...
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...
Sabres' O'Reilly Deserves Respect, Not Accusations
April 16th, 2018 As if the stench of losing wasn’t bad enough for fans of the Buffalo Sabres. Earlier in the season, one of their beat writers suggested a stealth tank. And now, another is igniting the possibility of a conspiracy theory involving Ryan O’Reilly making calculated statements to get traded. O’Reilly’s Locker Cleanout Day...
