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'"It's been a long journey since I left Buffalo, went to rehab and started taking steps to change my life," he said. "The perseverance is not giving up, trusting the process, trusting all the things I need to do and the support system I have from my wife to everyone else around me."' … [Read more...] about Robin Lehner’s life and Masterton Award are a textbook case of perseverance

'The Sabres' decline over the past decade can be directly linked to failures in the draft. Though elite players like Jack Eichel were added under former general manager Tim Murray, there were first-round misses, including Mikhail Grigorenko, and the amateur scouting staff failed to identify enough midround gems.' … [Read more...] about How Jason Botterill is using the NHL draft to rebuild the Sabres

'"What we talk about is that there’s a wide group of players between three and nine, three and 10, so at seven we feel we’re in a good spot," Jankowski said during the combine last month. "We know we’re going to get a good player. If you’re picking three, you’re kind of getting your pick of the lot, if you’re picking 10, you might get whatever’s left, but at seven, we know … [Read more...] about ‘Impossible’ for Sabres to go wrong with options available at No. 7

'What the mock drafts say...'. … [Read more...] about Who will Sabres take? Experts opinions vary

'"Of course you're a little bit nervous but I was excited to talk to him and listen to what he was saying," Dahlin said. "He seems like an awesome guy. He's so experienced being in the soccer, too. That's a lot of different teams he's been around. He likes developing hockey players."' … [Read more...] about Rasmus Dahlin looks forward to working with Ralph Krueger

'The council on which Pegula will serve will "demonstrate the league's continue commitment to diversity and inclusion and work to bring about internal change through workplace culture initiatives and employee engagement," according to a news release.' … [Read more...] about Kim Pegula to co-chair NHL’s diversity, inclusion council

'"We didn't really know anything on the ice. I found out in the locker room about what happened with the goal just taking off my pads," Hall of Fame goalie Dominik Hasek told The Buffalo News in an interview earlier this season. "I knew it was a huge disappointment. We were upset, so upset."' … [Read more...] about 20 years later, Sabres’ No Goal drama is ‘huge disappointment’ for Hasek

'The camp will feature Sabres prospects, including players selected in this week's NHL Entry Draft. On-ice sessions from June 26-28 are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.' … [Read more...] about Sabres announce schedule, ticketing for development camp

'"Then I started going to rinks – I finished playing, just a Junior B career in Western Canada and Calgary – and watching hockey; it was natural," Jankowski continued. "That’s how I grew up, on the road with him driving to Lethbridge or Medicine Hat or wherever it was. Going right in Calgary, watching the Wranglers play at the time and that’s what I wanted to do, watch hockey … [Read more...] about ‘Natural passion’ drives Ryan Jankowski in leading Sabres’ drafts

'Vladimir Sobotka is owed $3.5 million for 2019-20 and quite simply should not be on the team. If a buyout of Sobotka adds to Botterill's embarrassment over the O'Reilly trade, so be it. At 31, Sobotka is no longer an NHL player. A buyout would cut his cap hit to $1.5 million for this season but give him a $1 million hit for 2020-21, when he would have been off the books. No … [Read more...] about The Cup has been hoisted but the action isn’t stopping anytime soon

'He is the brother of longtime NHLer and current Wisconsin coach Tony Granato, and U.S. Olympic women's star Cammi Granato.' … [Read more...] about Ralph Krueger completes Sabres coaching staff with hiring of Don Granato

'Bales was a key to the Canes' success this year under first-year head coach Rod Brind'Amour. Carolina used a two-headed goalie system with veterans Petr Mrazek and Curtis McElhinney and got all the way to the Eastern Conference final before losing to Boston.' … [Read more...] about Sabres expected to name Mike Bales as new goaltending coach

'"There’s some talented players that are pretty young and they’re going to get better," Skinner said. "As they grow older, they’re going to mature and keep taking next steps. I think when you look at the start we had, I know that we sort of ran through a speed bump there and didn’t finish off the way we [wanted], but I don’t think that sort of takes away from the part of the … [Read more...] about ‘Love’ for Buffalo, chance to win led Jeff Skinner back to Sabres

'The salary-cap implications could cause issues for Botterill when he attempts to sign Sam Reinhart, Brandon Montour, Rasmus Dahlin and Casey Mittelstadt to long-term contracts, and will likely prevent the Sabres from being aggressive in the free-agent market, at least in the interim.' … [Read more...] about Jason Botterill, Sabres felt ‘very comfortable’ committing to Jeff Skinner

'The Sabres had to pay Skinner. And at $9 million per season for eight years, it's an overpay at least for now. Skinner can repay the team with some more 30- or even 40-goal seasons to make it look like a good investment, and the likely increases in the salary cap — which could be pushing past $90 million in the next three years or so — will make the investment less onerous on … [Read more...] about Jason Botterill’s only option was to make a deal with Jeff Skinner