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'Amerks coach Chris Taylor has been instrumental in the development of Victor Olofsson, Linus Ullmark, Tage Thompson, Rasmus Asplund and others. Botterill said it will only help Mittelstadt putting him in Taylor’s hands, “To have Chris come up here and work beside Ralph, understand exactly what Ralph’s looking for in players, and also too Chris has now seen some of Casey’s best … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Botterill is confident that Mittelstadt will get the confidence he needs in Rochester

'“I’m so pleased with my communication with Sean through the year. We’ve been exchanging messages more than anything and we’re always giving each other some kind of a push and both of us are out here trying to make the Buffalo sports community proud and they’ve really done that in what they’ve achieved and we’re trying to continue to do that."' … [Read more...] about The Sabres are enjoying the Bills playoff run

'Sitting in the stands wasn’t going to help this youngster, and Amerks coach Chris Taylor has done a terrific job in the development of young players.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres send Mittelstadt to Rochester

'As advertised, the Islanders were tough as could be on the penalty kill. Mathew Barzal sat in the box in the waning minutes for roughing. Buffalo went to work in the New York zone, and with around two-minutes left Ullmark vacated his net for the extra skater to give the Sabres a 6-on-4 advantage. After a scrum in the corner, Rasmus Ristolainen emerged with the puck and got … [Read more...] about Sabres fight until the end, fall 3-2 to Islanders in OT

'I thought there were many parts of this game where the Sabres were outstanding. The style Barry Trotz plays can be very frustrating because his team plays it well and they never let up. He makes teams fight for every inch and it was a hard fought and well earned point.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres played the Islanders tough and even, but lost in overtime

'"Any conversation between myself, [general manager> Jason [Botterill] and my agent will stay with me personally," Bogosian said. "I'm going to let everything stay in house."' … [Read more...] about Bogosian not forthcoming on rumors of requesting a trade

'Far too many Sabres games have blended together these last few seasons. While the product on the ice remains primarily important, treating these games as events is a big step. I know it’s not realistic to expect the Sabres to have 41 fantastically planned theme nights per-year, but can we ask for 10? They’ve managed to dress up weekday games with the New York Islanders, New … [Read more...] about The 3-2-1

'Thursday night's back-and-forth contest rolled on into the final period of regulation, and with 8:29 gone it was Buffalo again taking a one-goal lead, 4-3. After fanning on a one-time opportunity, Victor Olofsson coralled his own rebound off the end boards and beat Saros for his 13th goal of his rookie campaign.' … [Read more...] about Sabres defeat the Predators 4-3 on ‘Aud Night’

'The Sabres went back and forth with Nashville on Thursday night, but, in my mind, they never really looked out of control.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres keep their streak going by beating Nashville

'While rocking the 1980s royal blue or white jerseys even for warmups would have made for an even better celebration, it is hard to complain with the job the organization did.' … [Read more...] about Sabres nail ‘Aud Night’ atmosphere at KeyBank Center

'The issue with trading Bogosian wouldn't have been his desire to be dealt. Bogosian has a $5.142 million cap hit. There are only 10 teams in the NHL that could take Bogosian's cap hit without sending salary back. Although, with this being the final year of his deal, it would be easier to convince a team to take the contract just until the end of the season.' … [Read more...] about Report: Bogosian has requested a trade

'Watching from above, it seems like, at times, McCabe is trying to do too much. He didn’t disagree with that, “There’s a lot of pressure in this job and we have high expectations in here. I have very high expectations for myself too, so when you’re not in the lineup, you’re pressing a little bit more or you’re thinking about it, but it’s all competition. Hopefully it’ll bring … [Read more...] about Sabres’ McCabe looking to get some consistency back into his game

'"We're about 11 games into a stretch where we've been pretty consistent with our game. We had that lull of about 10-11 games after our hot start where we were wandering in and out of our game, but we're quite pleased with the consistency and performance here. We're still going to have our off moments, and we're still going to have times where we need to improve on, but more … [Read more...] about Krueger: ‘We’re quite pleased with the consistency and performance here’

'The Sabres got the joint rocking about as early as possible. With just 18-seconds gone in the game, Sam Reinhart got a puck past Blues' netminder Jake Allen to give Buffalo a 1-0 lead. It was Reinhart's 12th goal of the season, with help from Victor Olofsson and Brandon Montour.' … [Read more...] about Sabres dominate Blues 5-2

'Dahlin had struggled for most of the season, but the four games before he got hurt were better games. He said he tried to use this time watching the game to his advantage, “The first game I was sitting in the press box and it was my second game watching live, so it was pretty weird, but this stretch has been really helpful for me. I’ve learned a lot from watching the game and … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Dahlin is getting closer to playing