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Buffalo Sabres Season Preview: Christian Ehrhoff
(Note: This will be a series leading up to the start of the scheduled NHL season. I will look at each player who will definitely be, or could possibly be, on the opening day roster for the 2012-13 Sabres and speculate on their potential strengths and weaknesses during the year.) Let’s start with a few [...]
TweetBuffalo Sabres Season Preview: TJ Brennan
(Note: This will be a series leading up to the start of the scheduled NHL season. I will look at each player who will definitely be, or could possibly be, on the opening day roster for the 2012-13 Sabres and speculate on their potential strengths and weaknesses during the year.) TJ Brennan was the beneficiary of [...]
TweetPegulaville Expands
Today is a great day for Western New York hockey and the city of Buffalo. I’m hitting pause on my Buffalo Sabres preview series to pass along my feelings on the excellent news from City Hall today. The City of Buffalo has chosen the Sabres and Terry Pegula’s bid for the Webster block across the [...]
TweetBuffalo Sabres Season Preview: Luke Adam
(Note: This will be a series leading up to the start of the scheduled NHL season. I will look at each player who will definitely be, or could possibly be, on the opening day roster for the 2012-13 Sabres and speculate on their potential strengths and weaknesses during the year.) Nobody had a more Jekyll [...]
TweetNHL Rumors: Will Mikhail Grigorenko Make the Buffalo Sabres?
With what seems like the hard deadline for all NHL teams to improve their teams looming in a few weeks, it seems the Buffalo Sabres have decided to suspend their search for a number one center for the moment. As it stands, the Sabres will enter the season with Tyler Ennis, Cody Hodgson, Cody McCormick [...]
TweetThree Reasons the Buffalo Sabres Should Not Sign Shane Doan
On Tuesday night, ESPN anchor John Buccigross relit a smoldering fire by stating that the Buffalo Sabres had indeed offered Phoenix Coyotes’ free agent Shane Doan a four year, $30 million dollar contract. It has been no secret that Sabres general manager Darcy Regier has coveted Doan since free agency opened on July 1, but this substantial [...]
TweetNHL Rumors: Are the Buffalo Sabres Still in the Bobby Ryan Sweepstakes?
Once one of the most fiercely talked about topics in the NHL, the Bobby Ryan trail has gone cold. While most of the talk was fueled by the Eklunds and HockeyyInsiderrs of the universe, there seemed to be a general inevitability when it came to Ryan changing addresses. But, as it stands today, Ryan has not been [...]
TweetWhat Do the Buffalo Sabres Need More: A Number One Center or Goaltending Depth?
The fans of the Buffalo Sabres have clamored for one thing since July 1, 2007: A number one center. The departures of Chris Drury and Danny Briere were crippling to say the least, and the need for one or both of them has not ceased since that day. But a new need is sneaking up on [...]
TweetNHL Rumors: Are The Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers Talking Trade?
Earlier this week I talked about how the Buffalo Sabres’ defensive depth could bring about a trade with a defensively weak club. Earlier this week, rumor mongers Eklund and HockeyyInsiderr both claim Sabres general manager Darcy Regier has been having conversations with Edmonton Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini. Normally information from these guys would and should be [...]
TweetNHL Rumors: Does the Buffalo Sabres’ Defensive Depth Mean a Trade is Coming?
The Buffalo Sabres have a problem a lot of NHL teams would love to have: too many NHL-ready defenseman. As it stands right now, the Sabres have 10 defenseman that could play in most NHL teams’ top-six: Tyler Myers, Christian Ehrhoff, Robyn Regehr, Jordan Leopold, Mike Weber, Alexander Sulzer, Andrej Sekera, Adam Pardy, Brayden McNabb [...]
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