Archives for December 2002

'"That was pretty flagrant. It's a judgment call by the referees, and you hope it doesn't cost you," he said. "That one cost us."' … [Read more...] about They're pained as Bure is hurt

'``We made it clear that everyone has to try a little harder,'' Satan said. ``For some reason, now we're all able to play without making mistakes."' … [Read more...] about Sabres 4, Rangers 1

'Buffalo took control in the second, grabbing a 3-1 lead on goals by Satan and Dmitri Kalinin 58 seconds apart midway through the period.' … [Read more...] about Buffalo 4, NY Rangers 1

'Miroslav Satan recorded his fourth career hat trick and Martin Biron registered 32 saves Friday night as the lowly Buffalo Sabres defeated the New York Rangers for the first time in the post-Dominik Hasek era, 4-1. Hasek gave New York fits, going unbeaten in 14 of his last 16 appearances against the Rangers. Since his departure from Buffalo, the Sabres were 0-2-1-1 … [Read more...] about Buffalo 4, NY Rangers 1

'Forbes reports the Sabres have a valuation of $92 million, second lowest among the 30 NHL franchises and a drop of 3 percent from a year ago. The average value of an NHL team is placed at $164 million. Forbes, which compiles its annual valuation report without full knowledge of each team's financial statements, calculates the Sabres have revenues of $46 million, … [Read more...] about Forbes report says Sabres lost $11.5 million

'He has scored all six of his goals in the past seven games, including his first career hat trick in Wednesday's 4-0 home victory over the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.' … [Read more...] about Brown gets second wind

'"It's not what he likes. It's what I like now," Ruff said. "He likes to use the word "active. I like to stay active.' I don't want that anymore. We're trying to eliminate a lot of his puckhandling."' … [Read more...] about Ruff wants Biron to stay at home

'RW Pavel Bure has five goals in his past three games.' … [Read more...] about Sabres vs. Rangers

Thats what he is known for -- he gets guys to play. Heres a coach who was coach of the year, who brought a team that wasnt supposed to do anything to where he brought it. We didnt have a lot of veterans on that team who carried us. It was young guys working together every night. Any coach will tell you thats the toughest thing to do. … [Read more...] about Boughner backs Nolan

'Despite the Sabres terrible record (5-14-4-1, last overall in the NHL), does Ruff still believe in this team and that they can turn things around? "Yes, I do," answered the Sabres head coach. "I still believe in this team. I've never once said throughout this ordeal that I didn't believe in them. If this team were getting outshot and outplayed … [Read more...] about Sabres respond to rant

Lindy's one-and-a-half-hour meeting with the team on Monday sounds fine and dandy, but who really believes the players are going to listening to anything he says for longer than a game or two? Stay tuned. Nathaly Vieira writes... … [Read more...] about Leadership for Dummies

'Biron posted his first shutout since blanking the Montreal Canadiens in the 2001-02 season finale. But more important, it was his first win of any kind since Oct. 22.' … [Read more...] about Out of this world

'The bottom line is this team has underachieved for the better part of two seasons and is nothing without great goaltending. Their best players haven't performed. In the end, it goes back to the coach.' … [Read more...] about Ruff's run has entered homestretch

'The Sabres outshot the Ducks, 36-22. They've held a shooting edge in 10 of their past 13 games and 15 of their past 20. They are averaging 29.8 shots a game, 4.9 shots more than they're allowing.' … [Read more...] about They shoot . . . they score!

'"We haven't done so well," Rudnick said. "And the principal reason we haven't done so well is the uncertainity about the ownership. Now that that's been resolved . . . we have an asset for our effort, and to some degree, elimination of a barrier on the part of certain folks in the community."' … [Read more...] about New owners have Sabres backers optimistic