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'“I look back and there’s been some very difficult times in my life where there’s been adverse situations, and that’s where I draw my experience from,” said Housley. “I do feel confident I can get the job done here. We haven’t gotten the results. We’re in a development stage, and sometimes that takes time. I know that’s not what people want to hear because of the situation that … [Read more...] about Housley: ‘Our culture is in a good place’

'The 2018-19 edition of the Sabres will end up with more points than last season's team and yet this club's performance was even worse.' … [Read more...] about Rock Bottom-er

'With less than three minutes to go in the period a lucky bounce for Columbus extended the lead to 3-0 over Buffalo. Nick Foligno was credited with his 17th goal of the season as he used a wrap around to hit the puck off of Brandon Montour's skate before going in the net. Ryan Dzingel was given the lone assist on the score.' … [Read more...] about Sabres shut out by Columbus 4-0

'Somebody said to me that there’s no hitting by the Sabres, but who is going to hit? Jake McCabe will, Will Borgen did in the AHL, but not much up here, Girgensons will throw the occasional body check and Kyle Okposo finishes his checks as does Scott Wilson, but you can’t expect Lawrence Pilut, Alex Nylander or Casey Mittelstadt to all of a sudden become huge hitters.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres get one goal on the weekend

'"Yeah I feel for them. I mean, it sucks. Obviously nobody wants to lose in this city. Including us. It's not like we're going out there and trying to lose every single night. You know, obviously, it sucks for the fans, it sucks for us, it sucks for everyone involved. It's been a few years of this, which has been unfortunate for a lot of us in here. Once again, I'm just going … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Blue Jackets

'If they finished where they are now, the Sabres would have a greater than 50-50 chance of picking 6th or 7th. The kind of pick that won't get anyone excited for next season. Their chances of getting a top three pick, however, would be enough to have Sabres fans paying attention to the draft lottery.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres find themselves back in the lottery conversation

'The lone bright spot was for Buffalo was winger Victor Olofsson, who notched his first career NHL goal on a late power play to ruin the shutout bid for former Sabre Robin Lehner. Eichel was the only other Sabre to register a point, making the pass for Olofsson's goal.' … [Read more...] about Sabres get dominated by Lehner and the Islanders, 5-1

'You know what? I’m going to stop there. There’s no point going over every goal and telling this team has quit. You watch the games, you can decide for yourself.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres quit on another game

'"I feel like they came out really strong, but I feel like we worked our way back in the first period a little bit. Then, obviously, it didn't go the way we wanted, so we just got to get right back at it tomorrow."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Islanders

'Buffalo has only won two of the 15 games he’s played in. They didn’t do a lot of winning in Anaheim when he was there either and Montour said, “It hasn’t happened all year, I think if you look at my season with Anaheim we didn’t have the best results there too, so I think every player goes through these seasons and unfortunately mine was this year."' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Montour is eating up a lot of minutes

'"It would've been amazing to get that first goal, and that's another dream I've always had - to score a goal in the National Hockey League," Olofsson said. "I was thinking about that last night, but I was trying to be as calm as I can be and I just went out there and played my game."' … [Read more...] about Olofsson: NHL debut was ‘a dream come true’

'Mittelstadt scored two minutes later to bring Buffalo back within a goal, 4-3. The goal was the forward's 12th of the season. Jeff Skinner and Jason Pominville assisted on the goal. Less than a minute later Jack Eichel was able to use a strong wrist shot in the slot to beat Howard and tie the game 4-4 in the third period. Victor Olofsson recorded his first career NHL point on … [Read more...] about Sabres comeback falls short, 5-4 in OT against Detroit

'Olofsson has done a nice job of improving his game this season in Rochester. It was very obvious in the preseason that he wasn’t near NHL ready and Chris Taylor and his staff have helped him learn the North American and the pro game. Olofsson along with Will Borgen are a perfect examples of what proper development looks like. In my opinion Tage Thompson’s development is the … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Olofsson has a succesful NHL debut

'"I think it was important for us to fight back, like I said, it was tough, tough to give up those two and then obviously it was a good job by us to fight back, keep going, and like I keep saying [we> gotta finish it off in overtime."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Red Wings

'This move is likely a chance for Olofsson to showcase himself with the Sabres in the final handful of games in the regular season. Buffalo has six games remaining in the 2018-19 season, while the Amerks have nine remaining in the regular season.' … [Read more...] about Sabres call up Olofsson from the Amerks