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'The defense pairs seemed to be the likely top six of the regular season. That would be Marco Scandella-Rasmus Ristolainen, Rasmus Dahlin-Jake McCabe and Nathan Beaulieu-Zach Bogosian.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Maple Leafs 3, Sabres 2

'The Sabres suffered a 5-3 preseason loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs Friday night in Scotiabank Arena but the game was punctuated by highlight-reel goals from C.J. Smith and Tage Thompson, wingers who are on the bubble to make the NHL club or figure to be key components of the Rochester Amerks to start the season.' … [Read more...] about Smith, Thompson adding to Sabres’ offensive talent pool

'The Leafs have already announced their lineup for the teams' rematch Saturday in KeyBank Center (7 p.m., MSG, Radio 550) and it features the likes of Auston Matthews, Patrick Marleau and starting goaltender Frederik Andersen. The Sabres are expected to field mostly an NHL lineup, with expected participants including Jack Eichel, Jeff Skinner, Rasmus Dahlin and Rasmus … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Maple Leafs 5, Sabres 3

'"Ideally you're always getting it done for the start of training camp," said General Manager Jason Botterill. "But the fact we kept the dialogue going, there was no boycott from either side ... was probably the reason we came to a deal now versus having to wait until the start of the season. Both sides realized the importance of a young player being part of training camp with … [Read more...] about After long process and long flights, Reinhart thrilled with return to the ice

'"Coming back from a major surgery, you're trying to check off all the boxes and I think it's just precautionary stuff," Bogosian said. "They had a plan in place to get me back to playing. There's certain stages you have go to through coming back from surgery even thought I got it a long time ago."' … [Read more...] about Sabres Notebook: Bogosian back after brief absence; Sheary could play in opener

'The Sabres clearly believe Wedgewood, 26, played better than his statistics would indicate. “They kind of spoke to me on my level and how I felt,” said Wedgewood, a third-round pick by the New Jersey Devils in 2010. “What they had (seen) was similar to what me and my agent, goalie coach and personal development people in my tight circle felt as well.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres goalie Scott Wedgewood: ‘I think I can be a No. 1 in this league’

'“It was a tough year. I kind of let it eat me up a little bit. You want it to hurt a little bit,” the Sabres defenseman said. “Obviously, I’m 25 years old. I didn’t want a year like that to define me. I knew how important it was to be in shape, ready to go, and the biggest thing is to take advantage of everything they give me.”' … [Read more...] about Beaulieu is ready for every opportunity Sabres present to him

'More good work by Botterill, who got high marks for the Jeff Skinner trade with Carolina and is looking better and better on the Ryan O'Reilly deal with the performances in camp thus far of Patrik Berglund, Vladimir Sobotka and Tage Thompson.' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Sabres got the right fit on Reinhart numbers

'"I think everyone came into this with a little bit of optimism," said Evan Rodrigues, the only Sabre to play in both preseason games. "I think a big thing is that it shows if you do the right things it will lead to success. Everyone's confidence is continuing to build. It's showing the systems work if we all buy in and do our job. At the same time, it's only preseason. It's … [Read more...] about The wraparound: Sabres earn second straight preseason win

'Said center Casey Mittelstadt: "I've been seeing him for a while now. He just makes everything look so effortless."' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Dahlin nervous? Not for long

'On Sheary: "Just in the first day, he took a hit the wrong way. We're making sure that we stay on top of that but right now it's week to week," Housley said.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Game Day: Injury list grows, Dahlin debuts, Eichel ready to play

'"Whenever you finish in not a good position you want to improve for the next season and I think management has done a good job bringing guys in. So definitely that's competition, but it's something we all look forward to," Baptiste said Monday afternoon after another hard practice in HarborCenter. He was part of the group not making the trip to Columbus for the Sabres' … [Read more...] about Amid Sabres camp competition, Nicholas Baptiste stays true to his game

'"If I was Nylander, I would never try to pass that puck – because I could never make that play," a smiling Berglund said after the win in Nationwide Arena. "It was a great play by him. I came there back door, charged as hard as I could, hit the goal with it and it went in."' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Nylander makes quite an opening statement

'The Sabres took charge by scoring on their first three shots of the second period via goals by Patrik Berglund, Nathan Beaulieu and Kyle Criscuolo. Meanwhile, goaltender Linus Ullmark stopped 20 of 21 shots he faced while playing the first 40 minutes to keep the Jackets at bay.' … [Read more...] about The Wraparound: Buffalo Sabres 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

'“We’re going to evaluate that shortly,” Housley, the second-year Sabres coach said after Sunday’s practice and scrimmage at HarborCenter. “We’ll have a roster coming out, but as you know (Zach Bogosian) and (Conor) Sheary were out for maintenance days so we’ve got to see where they’re at.' … [Read more...] about Sabres notebook: Phil Housley stays mum on when Dahlin will debut