Posts About "Robin Lehner"
Sabres Roster Won't Be Easy to Overhaul
May 9th, 2018 At the Buffalo Sabres locker cleanout day and at general manager Jason Botterill’s season-ending press conference, there was a lot of talk about change coming to the Sabres. And for good reason. The team finished dead last in the 31-team NHL, missing the playoffs for the seventh straight season. For comparison sake, their...
7 Biggest NHL Players in Today's Game
May 5th, 2018 In today’s NHL, speed dominates. No longer can teams roster slow, hulking defensemen capable of obstructing opponents into submission. But, if a player has speed and size, they can be lethal. According to Hockey-Graphs, the average NHLer stands six-foot-one and weighs 201 pounds (as of the 2014-15 season). When compared to the...
Sabres Botterill Has Big Decisions Looming
March 12th, 2018 Rookie general manager Jason Botterill will be desperate to prevent his Buffalo Sabres from finishing last, again, in April 2019. However, he's going to have to be one of professional sports’ busiest executives in the next six months to prevent such a fate; and he'll have to be both good and lucky. There are several big decisions to...
Off the Crossbar: Sabres Players Praying They Get Traded
February 21st, 2018 As the trade deadline approaches, just a handful of days away, most Buffalo Sabres are desperately hoping to get a call from their agent to pack their gear. On-edge players practically jump out of their seat when their iPhones ring; anticipating news that might get them the heck outta Dodge. Stressed out players have been taking turns...Selling Sabres Searching for Deadline Deals
February 9th, 2018 With less than three weeks until the NHL trade deadline, Buffalo Sabres fans anxiously await a much-needed purge of the current roster. With several players set to hit free agency this summer, Jason Botterill will look to acquire future assets for players on expiring contracts. Leading up to the 2017-18 season, supporters of the blue...
Off the Crossbar: Sabres Poised to Win It All This Year
January 27th, 2018 Ooh, aah, Sabres on the warpath! The win switch has been flipped. The compete level has been cranked to eleven. They’ve found their game faces. Since getting shellacked, 7-1 by the Dallas Stars, the Buffalo Sabres are on a roll. They’ve strung together three straight wins, nearly 25% of their total wins this year, in just four...
