Sabres’ rookie goaltender Jhonas Enroth The Buffalo Sabres needed to secure a total of 3 points in their final 3 regular season games to secure a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs, regardless of what the other contending teams did, and they put themselves on the brink of clinching that spot with a big … Read More
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NHL – Devastating Loss For Sabres
Crushing, disheartening, devastating – choose your adjective to describe the Buffalo Sabres’ loss to Nashville on Sunday – they all fit. The Sabres have played some maddening games the last couple of seasons, and have given their fans fits, but Sunday’s meltdown may have been the worst. The club is in a battle for the … Read More
R.I.P. Rick Martin
New Sabres’ owner Terry Pegula with the famed French Connection line – from left – Rene Robert, Rick Martin and Gilbert Perreault. Sunday was a sad day for Buffalo Sabres’ fans, and the organization, as the news of the passing of French Connection legend Rick Martin became public. Martin was a bonafide superstar in the … Read More
NHL – Sabres’ Brad Boyes, A Good Investment
The Buffalo Sabres are hunting for critical points in the standings on a nightly basis these days, and their 4-3 overtime win over Boston last night was as huge a win as they’ve had all year. The winning goal was scored by Brad Boyes, the team’s only trade deadline acquisition. It was Boyes’ 3rd goal since … Read More
NHL – Sabres’ Playoff Push
The Buffalo Sabres, as maddening as they can be at times, continue pushing toward grabbing one of the eight spots in the Eastern Conference that will qualify them for the Stanley Cup playoffs. They made a positive move in acquiring Brad Boyes from St. Louis at the trade deadline, and Boyes paid immediate dividends by … Read More
NHL – Sabres Begin Surging
After a rough start to the 2010/11 season, especially on home ice, the Buffalo Sabres seem to have finally righted the ship and are headed in the right direction. The team recorded back-to-back shutout wins over Columbus and Ottawa and even though neither team scored a goal in the Ottawa game for 65 minutes and … Read More
NHL – Sabres’ Resurgence
For the second straight time in HSBC Arena last night, the Buffalo Sabres gave their home fans something to cheer about. After Thomas Vanek’s highlight reel goal in overtime beat the Washington Capitals in the previous game, Tyler Myers swiped the puck and beat the goaltender with a quick shot to beat Vancouver, 4-3 on Monday. After … Read More
NHL – Buffalo Sabres’ Struggles
We’re into November now and the Buffalo Sabres still haven’t won a game on home ice. Not only are they winless at HSBC Arena, they have saved some of their most putrid performances for the home fans. All of that would have to change on Wednesday night. The team was getting its’ first chance to … Read More
NHL – Buffalo Sabres Season Preview
The Buffalo Sabres, coming off a relatively successful season in 2009-10, are set to open the new campaign on Friday night in Ottawa. Here is a position-by-position look at the team, including the front office and coach: Front Office General manager Darcy Regier is often a target of disgruntled fans for his perceived habit of … Read More
Another “Cheapskate” Sabre Move
Once again, the Buffalo Sabres management sends a loud and clear signal to the players in their locker room – if you try hard and put yourself in a position to earn a raise, we will find a way, even if we have to be creative, to go the cheap route and not have to … Read More