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'Buffalo now has eight defensemen in Rasmus Ristolainen, Rasmus Dahlin, Jake McCabe, Colin Miller, Brandon Montour, Henri Jokiharju, Marco Scandella and Casey Nelson. Lawrence Pilut and Zach Bogosian will start the season on injured reserve.' … [Read more...] about Sabres Hunwick to miss the entire season with an injury

'Cozens doesn’t want to miss training camp. That will start the same week the tournament ends and he would rather be ready for that, “I’d say main camp is probably more important, so I’m not going to rush into the Prospects Challenge and delay myself longer and wind up missing main camp, so we’re going to see what the doctors say and we’re not going to rush.”' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Cozens isn’t going to rush to play in the Prospects Challenge

'Pominville is back in Buffalo and working out at Harborcenter with a handful of guys that include Rasmus Dahlin. Pominville said it’s day-by-day, “I definitely would like to play, I’ve kept myself ready, skated and worked out and so I still enjoy playing, but I don’t know if I’d go anywhere to be honest, so if it’s the right opportunity, I’d like to play.”' … [Read more...] about Former Sabre Pominville still would like to come back

'Before Kruger got the job as head coach of the Sabres, he walked around town for two days. He watched playoff hockey in bars talking to fans that had no idea who he was. On Saturday, he got another chance to interact with fans at Fan Fest and he said, “It keeps getting confirmed over and over again from my first walks in the city and today I got a deeper understanding of the … [Read more...] about Sabres new coach Ralph Krueger is still listening to the fans

'Vladimir Sobotka did not want to be in Buffalo last season and took very little if no responsibility for his poor play. One solution would be to loan Sobotka to a team in Europe. Botterill said, “I would say that maybe he wasn’t a happy player, but none of our players were very happy at the end of the season, we didn’t have a successful second half of the season and our … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Botterill is enjoying the 50th anniversary

'The Sabres will wear the commemorative jersey a total of 13 times this season as part of "The Golden Season", including the home opener on Saturday, October 5 against the New Jersey Devils at KeyBank Center.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres reveal their third jersey for the 50th anniversary season

'Mini-Packs go on sale Friday at 11 a.m.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres release the dates for when tickets go on sale

'The 2020-21 season will be the Sabres actual 50th season and their 50th anniversary, so the timing does make sense. The announcement also includes news that another jersey will be unveiled Friday morning at 10am. That jersey is expected to be the third jersey for the upcoming season, which was leaked a few weeks ago.' … [Read more...] about Sabres announce a return to royal blue

'Many of you want to send about six veterans down to Rochester, but the AHL has a veteran limit and the Amerks already have Kevin Porter, Zach Redmond, J.S.Dea, John Gilmour and Curtis Lazar.' … [Read more...] about Even in August, it’s still hard to come up with a Sabres lineup

'"We understand that we can have the high-end scorers. Jack [Eichel], Sam [Reinhart] and Jeff [Skinner] all proved that last year, but we have to have four lines that can contribute. In the middle of August, I can't tell you exactly how the whole lineup is going to be, but we feel that we've at least given Ralph [Krueger] different opportunities and different options for once … [Read more...] about Botterill: ‘We have to have four lines that can contribute’

'Buffalo will have two games played on NBCSN in the month of December. The first game comes on Tuesday, December 10 against the St. Louis Blues at KeyBank Center, with the second game coming exactly one week later on the road against the Toronto Maple Leafs.' … [Read more...] about Sabres to play five times on national television

'The cap hit for McCabe is $2.85 million and puts the Sabres over the NHL Salary Cap by just over $500,000. Linus Ullmark’s arbitration award will up that number.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres ink Jake McCabe to a two-year deal

'Buffalo would save $4 million on this year’s cap buy buying out Zach Bogosian. He would cost them $1,142,857 against the cap this season and $2 million next year. If Botterill would like to buyout Marco Scandella, he’d save $3,166,667 this season and it would only be $833,333 against this season’s cap and $1,583,333 against next year’s cap. Matt Hunwick would be another … [Read more...] about The Sabres sign Linus Ullmark

'Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark will speak with an independent arbiter on Friday with the hopes of getting a new contract reportedly worth $2.65 million. However, the Sabres are reportedly hoping to get Ullmark back in the fold for $800,000.' … [Read more...] about Sabres far apart with arbitration numbers for Ullmark and McCabe

'Elie will look to compete for a roster spot in Buffalo during training camp and the preseason, but it is likely that he will end up with the Amerks for a good portion of the 2019-20 season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres, Elie agree to one-year contract