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'Teams make travel as easy and comfortable as possible. They fly on charter aircrafts which means they avoid the hustle and bustle of the airport terminals. They also stay in luxury hotels as dictated by the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Hutton said now that his mom has been a part of things, she’s on to him, “Now that she’s seen it, I don’t think she’s going to care too … [Read more...] about The Sabres enjoy having their moms with them on the road

'This is the first time that young captain Jack Eichel has had to deal with something like this and he said he and the players in the room can’t be focusing on it, “It’s not really in our hands. There are other people in our organization that are dealing with the situation, so in terms of the focus of the guys in the room, it’s on the task at hand which is our game tomorrow … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Eichel said Berglund has not been a distraction

'Andy Strickland from FOX Sports Midwest reported on Tuesday that trade interest surrounding Berglund was picking up, but with the NHL's holiday roster freeze set to take place at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, that might have had some influence with this decision.' … [Read more...] about Berglund placed on unconditional waivers

'"The agreement prior to the start of the year was that they'd allow Jeff Skinner to get comfortable to the Buffalo Sabres, and the Sabres would get comfortable with Jeff Skinner. Well obviously, they're comfortable with each other," Dreger said. "This guy is scoring at a torrid pace with 25 goals right now. He's always been a high chance guy. We could see that when he was with … [Read more...] about Dreger: There’s ‘mutual interest’ between Skinner and the Sabres to get an extension done

'Trailing 2-1 through 40 minutes of play, the Florida Panthers scored four unanswered goals in the final period to beat the Buffalo Sabres at Key Bank Center on Tuesday 5-2. Two of the Florida goals came courtesy of Evgenii Dadonov, one on a penalty shot and the other an empty netter, part of a three-point night for Dadonov. The win marks the Panthers' seventh straight victory … [Read more...] about Panthers ride big 3rd period to 5-2 win over Sabres

'Buffalo killed off three Florida power plays and did an excellent job sacrificing the body. After 40 minutes the Sabres had killed off 21 straight penalties, but that ended to start the third.' … [Read more...] about The Panthers Luongo steals another one in Buffalo

'What the difference was in the loss: "Maybe our puck managment wasn't there, but I don't think our desperation was there. Florida was definitely desperate and played well in their own end, and I don't think we out-worked them. Give them credit for having a good third period, because we weren't good enough."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Panthers

'Jason Botterill would not get into specifics when further pressed about Berglund. Elliotte Friedman of Sportnet has reported that the root of the problem could be a No-Trade/ No-Movement clause issue Berglund had at the time of the trade that sent him to Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Jason Botterill: “You want to have more depth scoring up front”

'In four games played, Eichel scored five goals and registered nine points to help the Sabres to a 3-0-1 record in that span.' … [Read more...] about Eichel named as NHL’s ‘Third Star’ of the week

'There aren't enough words to describe how amazing Jack Eichel has been this season. With a four-point night last night (2+2), Eichel moved up to seventh in the NHL with 45 points. He has taken his game to an entirely different level. Eichel has become an all-around player and is now entrenched as the leader of this team. Whether it's scoring goals, making incredible passes, … [Read more...] about What a weekend!

'The victory didn't come easy though, and it looked desperate early. Linus Ullmark had to make a one-on-one stop on Boston Bruins' youngster Ryan Donato on a late, first period penalty shot to keep things scoreless in Boston. Matt Hunwick was guilty of the penalty in his season debut, which occurred with 3:29 left on the clock in the opening period. The opening 20 minutes saw … [Read more...] about Sabres double up Bruins 4-2 in TD Garden

'In his first game in Buffalo Guhle was paired with Hunwick and did give the puck away a few times, but he also got up ice a few times and used his speed like Housley wants him to. People seem to forget that he's only 21-years-old and is not a bust or even close to one. He has plenty of time to reach his potential.' … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Guhle gets in his first game of this season with the Sabres

'"It's always special coming back home and having a lot of family and friends here. It's awesome we played such a good game as a group. We just stuck with it. Obviously last night's outcome wasn't the one we wanted, probably wanted two points there and we thought we could've had it. It's great to come in here less than 24 hours later and get two points and move on."' … [Read more...] about From the Locker Room: Sabres-Bruins

'Sabres defenseman Nate Beaulieu left the game early and did not return. Head coach Phil Housley noted that Beaulieu will be further evaluated on Sunday.' … [Read more...] about Capitals prevail over Sabres in a shootout 4-3

'Buffalo controlled overtime, but still could get the game winning goal. Casey Mittelstadt scored the only shootout goal and Washington won, but I’ll tell you what, the champs knew they were in a game. Eichel led off the shootout hitting the post and had that gone in, once again Buffalo would’ve had its two points.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres took the Stanley Cup champions right to the end before losing in a shootout