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'Sakic filled in the roster with trades and smart signings, but he built the core first. The one thing he didn’t do was get a great goaltender, but the team he built in front of Darcy Kuemper was so good, average goaltending got it done.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres hoping to follow Avalanche’s lead

'Of the four, Mittelstadt seems to handle the wing the best. He says he’d be fine with making the change going forward.' … [Read more...] about Sabres know one young center will have to play wing

'“I don’t forsee the Sabres swinging for the fence again this summer,” said Biron with Howard Simon and Jeremy White. “I think they are going to just go about their business. I don’t see them having a ton of needs, I like what they have in their younger players and I hope they give them the opportunity to develop.”' … [Read more...] about Martin Biron doesn’t see Sabres ‘swinging for the fences’ this offseason

'"Buffalo meant a lot to me, and continues to be a place that I want to come back to," he said. "It was important to me to show Bohdi where Noureen and I spent our time, and Kaia - when she’s old enough to figure things out - the same thing."' … [Read more...] about Miller totally surprised by Sabres retiring his number

'At the moment, it is unclear what “health issues” Pegula is dealing with. Neither the Bills, Sabres or the Pegula family confirmed what she is being treated for.' … [Read more...] about Bills, Sabres owner Kim Pegula receiving treatment for ‘unexpected health issues’

'During the 2020-21 season, he only played three games in the SHL for HV71 Jönköping. Most of his games were in Sweden's second-tier professional league playing for Tingsryds AIF. He scored nine goals and 27 assists for 36 points in 51 games in the HockeyAllsvenskan/' … [Read more...] about Sabres sign forward from 2019 NHL Draft class

'Adams did this last year too when he took on the final year of Johnny Boychuk’s contract after he retired.' … [Read more...] about The Sabres take on a contract from Dallas to help get to the salary cap floor

'Miller played 540 games for the Sabres between 2002 and 2014. He won the Vezina Trophy and was a First-Team NHL All-Star in 2010 when he was 41-18-8 with a 2.22 goals-against average and had a .929 save percentage. All those numbers were career bests.' … [Read more...] about Ryan Miller to have number retired by Sabres

'The 2010 Vezina Trophy winner brought his two children to Buffalo for the first time. Miller told WGRZ’s Adam Benigni, “This is a great honor. The city of Buffalo has meant a lot to me and when I got the call for this, it was very emotional. I haven’t been back here in a while and I took it as a chance to get back here with the family and show my son Bodhi where Noureen and I … [Read more...] about Ryan Miller back in town for Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame

'Three different players have been mentioned as being a possibility to go first overall in this year’s draft in Montreal. The Canadiens have the No. 1 pick and at first it seemed like Shane Wright was the consensus top player, but Juraj Slafkovsky and Logan Cooley have made up ground and any of the three could be chosen by the Habs.' … [Read more...] about Three players seem to be in the lead to be the NHL’s first overall pick

'“If you talk about Quinn and Peterka at their ages producing they way they did, it’s kind of unheard of. They’ve put themselves in great position to graduate to the NHL possibly, but that’s up to them," said Sabres assistant general manager Jason Karmanos during his end-of-season press conference on Thursday. "They’ve got to come to camp and go through that, and in this … [Read more...] about Sabres have many young players on cusp of making team

'Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams has also inked second-round pick Aleksandr Kisakov, third-round pick Josh Bloom and fourth-round selection Olivier Nadeau.' … [Read more...] about Sabres sign 2021 first-round pick Isak Rosén

'Cozens and Sabres winger Rasmus Asplund of Sweden are second in the Championship with six goals each. Cozens' six goals and six assists for 12 points in nine games earned him being named to one of the three best players for Canada throughout.' … [Read more...] about Cozens three points helps Canada to get to the Gold Medal Game

'Olivier Nadeau was a fourth-round pick, who currently plays for the Shawinigan Cataractes of the QMJHL. He joins the first overall pick, Owen Power, second-round pick Aleksandr Kisakov and third-round pick Josh Bloom as being under contract.' … [Read more...] about Sabres sign another player from 2021 draft class

'It was Asplund, not Dahlin that led Sweden in ice-time with 25:01. He played power play and penalty kill and was one of only nine forwards dressed for the game. The Sabres winger had 35 shifts.' … [Read more...] about Dahlin, Asplund help Sweden to victory