Archives for April 2014

'It’s not to say Pegula is a bad owner. He has owned the Sabres for slightly more than three years. He’s made an enormous financial commitment. He wants to win, but he doesn’t know how. It can change in the coming years but, so far, his has been a blueprint for failure.' … [Read more...] about Pegula has great desire, lousy plan

'“Those types of hits have got to be out of our game,” Nolan said Tuesday morning before the Sabres faced the Detroit Red Wings at First Niagara Center. “You’re not talking injuries where you knock a guy out for a week or two weeks. It can knock his career right off the tracks. We all see what concussions do to some of our athletes after the fact. It’s a very serious thing, and … [Read more...] about Nolan miffed at Rinaldo’s suspension

'Makarov will back up Matt Hackett when the Sabres play the Detroit Red Wings in Buffalo tonight. Pysyk is expected to play only if Christian Ehrhoff cannot. Ehrhoff was struck in the right ear by a puck Sunday in Philadelphia.' … [Read more...] about Sabres officially recall Makarov, Pysyk

'“I know I’m capable of doing stuff like that in juniors,” he said. “I’ve done that a couple times here. It just comes down to confidence. It’s one thing that plays a big role in this league, it’s confidence."' … [Read more...] about Rookie Zemgus Girgensons scores twice, Sabres still fall to Red Wings

'“You’re not talking about injuries (where) you knock a guy out for a week or two weeks,” Nolan said. “You can knock his career right off the tracks. We all see what concussions do to some of our athletes after the fact. So it’s a very, very serious thing. I think we got to take it a lot more serious than just four games.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres want to be vocal with NHL about problems, upset about length of Zac Rinaldo’s suspension

'As the Sabres have continued to struggle it occurred to me that watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs has been more about schadenfreude, or taking pleasure at the misfortunes of others, in recent years.' … [Read more...] about Sabres season takes joy from Cup playoffs

Red Wings defeat Sabres, need one point to clinch playoff spot (Detroit News) Pavel Datsyuk is closing in on 'typical' game for Red Wings (Detroit News) Mike Babcock becomes winningest Red Wings coach as playoffs now just one point away (Detroit Free Press) Detroit Red Wings' new third line features speedsters Darren Helm, Tomas Jurco, veteran Daniel Alfredsson (Detroit Free … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s Detroit Coverage

'The Red Wings continued their domination of Buffalo. They've won eight straight since a 6-2 loss on Oct. 13, 2009, and improved to 23-2-1-1 against Buffalo since March 27, 1996.' … [Read more...] about Red Wings beat Sabres 4-2

'Makarov has a 3-3 record with AHL Rochester, after opening the season in the ECHL.' … [Read more...] about Sabres call up D Pysyk, G Makarov from AHL

'Zemgus Girgensons recorded both goals and Cody Hodgson assisted twice for the Sabres, who have lost four in a row and eight of nine. Matt Hackett stopped 33 shots.' … [Read more...] about Detroit 4, Buffalo 2

'Buffalo (21-49-9) has already clinched the worst record in the league for the first time in 27 years.' … [Read more...] about Wings down Sabres, Babcock overtakes Adams

'Buffalo has now dropped four games in a row, with two of those losses coming courtesy of Detroit.' … [Read more...] about Girgensons Scores Twice; Red Wings Top Sabres 4-2

'The kid had to face over 35 Red Wing shots and I thought looked pretty poised doing it. It was one of the better games I've seen him play until the Legwand goal.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Hackett gets tested as a number one goalie

'Legwand's goal made it 3-1, but Girgensons' second goal of the night with 2:11 to play cut the Red Wings lead to 3-2. Girgensons fired a wrist shot past Howard for his eighth goal of the season.' … [Read more...] about Red Wings top Sabres, close in on playoffs

'“One thing with Girgensons, he plays the game right. If there’s one thing our team can learn, is just watch the way he plays all the time,” Nolan said. “Whether he scores two goals or not, he’s by far our best player on the ice. And why? Because he plays the game right. He works both ends of the ice. He competes. He plays with some passion and all those things that good … [Read more...] about Girgensons scores twice in loss to Red Wings