Sabres’ Ullmark Injury an Opportunity for Luukkonen Mike Carter | February 26, 2021 Thursday was another rough night for the Buffalo Sabres in a season that is like a recurring bad dream of missed chances, goal posts, injuries, ending up on the wrong…
Sabres Prospects: 5 Amerks Players to Watch When the AHL Resumes Brandon Seltenrich | January 27, 2021 With the return of the NHL a few weeks ago, there has been no loss of nightly action, and hockey fans haven’t had to search long for something to watch.…
Sabres’ Goaltending Depth Exposed After Loss of Ullmark and Hutton Brandon Seltenrich | January 22, 2021 At the beginning of the 2020-21 season, most were already skeptical of the playoff potential of the Buffalo Sabres, who were icing a goalie tandem of Linus Ullmark and Carter…
Sabres News & Rumors: Peterka, Ruotsalainen, Luukkonen & More Tom P. | November 29, 2020 In this edition of Sabres News & Rumors, I’ll discuss some major successes from this week involving three Buffalo prospects playing overseas; John-Jason Peterka, Arttu Ruotsalainen and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. Peterka…
Sabres News & Rumors: Tokarski, Johansson, Luukkonen & More Tom P. | November 9, 2020 It has been an eventful week for Buffalo Sabres goaltenders, specifically Dustin Tokarski, Jonas Johansson and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. Tokarski joins the team after spending the 2019-20 season as a member…
Sabres News & Rumors: Ruotsalainen, Luukkonen, Quinn & More Tom P. | October 29, 2020 The Buffalo Sabres have announced new contracts for restricted free agents Sam Reinhart (one-year, $5.2 million), Linus Ullmark (one-year, $2.6 million) and Victor Olofsson (two-year, $3.05 million), but have otherwise…
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Lead New Era of Elite Sabres Goaltending Tom P. | September 12, 2020 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is the Buffalo Sabres’ goaltender of the future. The 21-year-old prospect was a second-round pick (54th overall) by the Sabres at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and split…
Sabres News & Rumors: Montour, Luukkonen, Appert, Hawerchuk & More Tom P. | August 22, 2020 Kevyn Adams has begun making significant moves and hirings after he was named as the Buffalo Sabres’ new general manager following the organization’s firings of 22 management and scouting staff…
Prospects News & Rumors: Shea, Thomson, Luukkonen & More Mathieu Sheridan | August 21, 2020 The Dallas Stars have signed a prospect to an entry-level deal, the Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Senators have each loaned a top prospect overseas for the start of the 2020-21…
Buffalo Sabres’ Goaltending Depth Chart Daniel Kuter | March 3, 2020 The Buffalo Sabres goaltending job has been a revolving door for the past few seasons, but a deep pool of talent at the position offers promise for the future. Linus…
THW’s Goalie News: The Kids Can Play Greg Boysen | October 31, 2019 Today’s edition of the Goalie News will be a little bit different. We are going to take a break from taking a trip around the National Hockey League and focus…
2019 World Juniors: Finland Edges Americans for Gold Larry Fisher | January 6, 2019 VANCOUVER — Kaapo Kakko capitalized on his golden moment. A contender to be the first overall pick in this year’s NHL draft and an underager at this tournament, Kakko shovelled…