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'With Eichel gone, Zemgus Girgensons and Kyle Okposo are sharing the captaincy. Okposo said, “It was mixed emotions for me. I’ve become pretty close with Jack especially in the last three years, so that part of the business is never going to be easy, but I think it was time and there wasn’t going to be an amicable ending to this thing, so I’m happy for him on a personal … [Read more...] about Sabres’ Okposo knew that his friend Eichel had to be traded

'The trade was more of a salary cap maneuver for both sides, as New York dealt the rights to Boychuk to Buffalo. Boychuk, who unofficially retired last year and had been on long term injured reserve due to an eye injury, has a contract that expires after this season, and frees up $6 million in cap space for the Islanders.' … [Read more...] about Sabres acquire rights to Johnny Boychuk from Islanders

'"There was a lot of work done over the weekend, and [Tuesday] I was told a trade is at the one-yard line, except there's still some final details they've got to figure out," Kaplan said. "I'm told that Buffalo [general manager] Kevyn Adams is working extremely hard on this to get a trade done, however, he's also been very firm in his stance and neither Calgary nor Vegas has … [Read more...] about Report: Flames, Golden Knights two finalists to land Jack Eichel

'With an offer that good, why isn't the deal done yet? One reason could be whether or not Matthew Tkachuk would sign an extension in Buffalo.' … [Read more...] about Report: Flames offering Matthew Tkachuk and four other pieces for Jack Eichel

'The Buffalo Sabres dropped their second consecutive game on the west coast, as the blue and gold found themselves on the wrong side of a 5-3 final against the Sharks inside SAP Center in San Jose.' … [Read more...] about Sabres bit by Sharks on Tuesday

'The Sharks kept the game uncomplicated and simple and pretty much had it in cruise control by the third period.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres lost their competitive edge in a loss to San Jose

'Quinn has already found chemistry working on a line with 2020 second round pick (34th overall) JJ Peterka. The German-born winger is also off to a decent start in his rookie season in North America with a goal and six assists for seven points.' … [Read more...] about Jack Quinn named AHL’s Rookie of the Month for October

''Western New York native Alex Iafallo scored late in the third to give the Kings a 3-2 lead. Bjornfot and Kempe each added their second assists of the game on Iafallo's fourth score of the season. Buffalo was plagues by penalty trouble all third period long. After falling behind by a goal the Sabres were penalized twice.' … [Read more...] about Kings come back to defeat Sabres

'The only difference between Sunday's game from Thursday's game is the Californian team won the game.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Three observations: Sabres falter late, drop two points against Kings

'In this game on Sunday, Rasmus Asplund and Victor Olofsson staked the Sabres to a 2-0 lead. However, a parade to the penalty box, along with some sloppy play and running around in their own, end cost them three unanswered goals.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sabres tripped up in Los Angeles

'Buffalo had the only two shots on goal in the three-on-three overtime session, and were able to score the game-winning goal with less than a minute to go in the period. Asplund received a pass from Olofsson across the ice and scored on an open net for the 4-3 victory. Olofsson and Dahlin assisted on the goal.' … [Read more...] about Sabres start road trip with win over Anaheim

'At 40-years-old, Anderson is still showing he can still a goal away from time to time. He's taken the majority of Buffalo's starts this year and seems to be showing he can still handle the responsibility of a decently-sized workload early in the season.' … [Read more...] about Opinion: Three observations: Asplund and Anderson key in Sabres’ 4-3 OT win against Ducks

'The Sabres had three shots in the final 24:16 of this game, but that’s all they needed. Hats off to Victor Olofsson, he was pretty much the team’s worst 5-on-5 player since he came into the NHL, but he is so much better this season. He has really worked hard on his game and in overtime, he made a gorgeous play staying strong as he cut to the net. He dragged the puck and then … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Sabres are a difficult team to deliver a knockout punch to.

'Pysyk doesn’t want to complicate why they’re doing so well. He said, “I think it’s just keeping it simple with each other, being predictable with one another plus we’ve developed a friendship as well, so in practice we’re pushing each other, having fun and it’s that level of comfort that if one of us makes a mistake, you’re not letting the other guy down.' … [Read more...] about Hagg and Pysyk help keep the Sabres defense calm

'The Lightning continued to pepper Anderson in the second period, but the net minder was up to the task. More than halfway through the frame Tampa Bay was outshooting Buffalo 8-0 for a 22-9 overall advantage in the game.' … [Read more...] about Anderson leads Sabres to win over Tampa Bay