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Three Takeaways from the Sabres' Season Opener
January 15th, 2021 The Buffalo Sabres are off to a rocky start after falling to the Washington Capitals by a score of 6-4 in their season opener at KeyBank Center on Thursday. In a game that many fans had been looking forward to with the return of hockey, team debuts of Taylor Hall and Eric Staal, and NHL debut of Dylan Cozens, the Sabres disappointed...
Sabres Look to End Nine-Year Playoff Drought in 2020-21
January 14th, 2021 The Buffalo Sabres enter the 2020-21 season on a nine-year playoff drought, one season away from tying the all-time NHL record. If they fail to qualify for the postseason this year, it will be an entire decade since the city of Buffalo has seen an NHL playoff game. After missing the expanded 24-team 2020 NHL Playoffs by a 0.007...
6 Sabres That Need to be At Their Best for the 2020-21 Season
December 31st, 2020 We’re less than two weeks away from the start of the 2020-21 NHL season and it promises to be one of the strangest we’ve ever seen. Teams will be playing just 56 games against only divisional opponents, with many of those set up as baseball-style back-to-back affairs. The old saying that the regular season is a marathon and the...
Oilers 12 Days of Hockeymas: Revisiting 4 First-Overall Draft Picks
December 21st, 2020 The '12 Days of Christmas' is a classic holiday song first published in its current form in 1908. In a nod to the classic carol, join The Hockey Writers as we count down the 12 Days of Hockeymas. Each day, we will provide you with a piece of hockey history as we eagerly await the start of the 2020-21 NHL season. Today is Dec. 21,...
Oilers 12 Days of Hockeymas: Adam Larsson and "The Trade"
December 13th, 2020 The '12 Days of Christmas' is a classic holiday song first published in its current form in 1908. In a nod to the classic carol, join The Hockey Writers as we count down the 12 Days of Hockeymas. Each day, we will provide you with a piece of hockey history as we eagerly await the start of the 2020-21 NHL season. Being that today is...
NHL Rumors: Oilers, Lightning, Sabres, Rangers, Predators, More
December 2nd, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, the betting odds for the Hart Trophy have come out and a couple of teams have more than one player in the top 10. The New York Rangers are still try to make a decision on Alexis Lafreniere and his involvement with Team Canada at the WJC, and there are three teams are interested in free agent forward Mikael...
Sabres' 2020-21 Season Success Will Affect 2021 Offseason Decisions
November 27th, 2020 In his introductory offseason with the Buffalo Sabres, general manager Kevyn Adams has done well in putting together a competitive 2020-21 roster. Financially, the team allocated currency into reasonable contracts, while addressing roster needs with acquisitions that are on relatively harmless short-term deals. With most of the...
3 Islanders Trade Targets in 2020-21
November 25th, 2020 The New York Islanders can be good, if not Stanley Cup contenders, this upcoming season. The Metropolitan Division is going to be better, but after playing in the Eastern Conference Final this past season, we can expect the Islanders to be competitive again. If they continue the success of recent years and boast the best record by...
Sabres’ Best Contracts for 2020-21
November 24th, 2020 We’ve already taken a look at the Buffalo Sabres’ worst contracts for the 2020-21 season. While there are some rough deals on the books in Buffalo, there are also several team-friendly contracts to help even things out. You’ll notice a theme with the best contracts on the Sabres’ roster: all but one of them are short-term...
Worst Trades in Oilers' History
November 19th, 2020 Trades provide each and every NHL team with the opportunity to immediately address glaring needs within their respective rosters. Good trades can set your franchise up for incredible success. Bad trades can leave you without a GM and needing to hire a new manager and coach in the offseason. The Edmonton Oilers are not the only team...
1st Overall NHL Draft Picks: Regrets From the Last Decade
November 11th, 2020 Second-guessing is always easy - especially when it comes to amateur drafts in professional sports. How could my team take this player over that one that year? Wasn't it as obvious at the time, when they were fresh-faced teenagers, as it is now, years later? The answer, of course, is generally no - even when it comes to the NHL...
NHL Rumors: Wild, Red Wings, Oilers, Sabres, More
November 6th, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, the Minnesota Wild have done a 180 degree turn on their urgency to trade defenseman Matt Dumba. In Detroit, what else might the Red Wings add before next season begins? In Edmonton, there is some competition brewing between prospect defensemen and the team has loaned newly-acquired Dominik Kahun out....
Reviewing GM Kevyn Adams' First Offseason with the Buffalo Sabres
November 5th, 2020 After a 13-year NHL playing career and a successful stint as vice president of business administration for the Buffalo Sabres, Kevyn Adams was named the organization's general manager on June 16, 2020. No one could question Adams’ hockey resume. He was a former first-round pick by the Boston Bruins – 25th overall - and a...
