Buffalo Sabres

By Alanah McGinley The Inside Hockey Radio Show this week features Kerry Goulet (29sports.com), James Mirtle (Globe and Mail, AOL Fanhouse, mirtle.blogspot.com), Bob Snow (NHL.com), Kevin Stevens (Former NHLer and Pittsburgh Penguins pro scout), and Jason Pominville (Buffalo Sabres).

By HabsMan11 Kovy and Co.: They didn’t hit the scoresheet, but everytime the Kovalev-Plekanec-Kostitsyn line got on the ice, you could feel Lindy Ruff tighten up. That line had Buffalo srambling all night-give it a couple of games, and they’ll be firing on all cylinders once again…

By Greg Wyshynski Honorable Mentions: Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils stopped 25 shots, including a Kyle Okposo penalty shot, as the Devils beat the New York Islanders, 2-1 ... Brian Campbell lost his first game with Chicago, but made a nifty end-to-end rush to set up a Patrick Kane goal and played clo...

Ales Kotalik scored the only shootout goal the Sabres needed on Friday night, lifting Buffalo to a 2-1 win and spoiling the Montreal Canadiens' start to their 100th season.

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ISLANDERS @ DEVILS Coming in: New York was 4-3 in the preseason, while New Jersey went 4-2-1. Goaltending match-up: Price vs. Miller Net notes: BLUE JACKETS @ STARS Coming in: Columbus broke even at 4-4 in the preseason and Dallas was an ugly 1-5-1.

The Detroit Red Wings may be feeling a twinge of embarrassment after their 3-2 home-opening loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night, in which the Stanley Cup champions passed the puck like a remedial-level pee-wee team. Related: Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, When Hoc...

By Greg Wyshynski • Speaking of the Toronto Maple Leafs: One lone fans has decided to stake out his territory for the team's Stanley Cup parade this season. [FanHouse] • The Vancouver Canucks sign defenseman Alex Edler to a $13-million, four-year deal. [CP]

The Canadiens begin their 100th-anniversary season - and their quest to bring the Stanley Cup back to Montreal - when they visit the Buffalo Sabres on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET).

By Greg Wyshynski • Craig Rivet hearts Buffalo, and Buffalo Sabres fans heart their new captain. [Sabretooth's House] • The Montreal Canadiens are asking Andrei Markov to shoot more. That's sort of mandatory for a power-play point man, isn't it? [Gazette]

 - But first, I'd like to take the time to applaud the Buffalo Sabres. One, because they finally named a permanent captain Wednesday and ended their rotating ...

By Greg Wyshynski Northeast Division 1 * Philadelphia Flyers 2 * Pittsburgh Penguins 3 * New Jersey Devils 4 * New York Rangers 5 New York Islanders 1 * Washington Capitals 2 * Carolina Hurricanes 3 Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Florida Panthers 5 Atlanta Thrashers

 NY - who beat Barbara Kavanaugh in the democratic primary for New York State Assembly, taking on Sabres owner Tom Golisano's committee, Responsible New York. ... DA considers claims against Golisano’s committee Buffalo News all 2 news articles

By Matt Schaefer Rivet also doesn’t come off the ice very much.  In the last five years, he has averaged almost 22 minutes of ice time per game.  Although he has not been named a captain in his career, he was an alternate captain on both the Montreal Canadiens and San Jose Sharks.

By Matt Schaefer Ruff is entering his 11th season as Buffalo Sabres head coach.  His streak of 820 games behind the same bench for one team is currently the longest streak in the NHL.  Ruff has lead his Sabres teams to winning records in nine of his 10 seasons in Buffalo.  He has also taken his team to the Easter...

 - Buffalo (11)- It is widely noted that no team has been decimated by free agent losses over the last couple of seasons as the Sabres. ...

By Greg Wyshynski • Nikolai Khabibulin makes the Chicago Blackhawks opening night roster. For now. [Sun Times] • The Edmonton Oilers appear to have laundered the old jerseys of Kevin Lowe and Craig MacTavish and reused them as "third jerseys" for 2008-09. [Oilers]

By Andrew Mason After letting Chris Drury and Daniel Briere go for nothing two years ago, they reversed that trend and signed key guys like Jason Pominville, Paul Gaustad—and most importantly, Ryan Miller—to long-term contracts for the next several years.

By Greg Wyshynski • Are the New Jersey Devils, Carolina Hurricanes and the Detroit Red Wings the teams in the running for Brendan Shanahan if the New York Rangers have turned the page on him? [Snapshots] • Finally, with a H/T to the Washington Capitals boards and Japers, irrefutable evidence that God hates...

By Greg Wyshynski Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red Wings, C, Round 1/Pick 11) Daniel Briere (Philadelphia Flyers, C, Round 4/Pick 62) Brandon Dubinsky (New York Rangers, C, Round 13/Pick 227) Paul Gaustad (Buffalo Sabres, C, Round 15/Pick 263) Travis Zajac (New Jersey Devils, C, Round 17/Pick 299)

By Derek Felska This was not a Sabres lineup that featured lots of AHL and Junior talent wearing NHL-sweaters, but rather a version that will likely be very close to the one that opens the season in Buffalo with Thomas Vanek, Derek Roy, Jason Pominville and Michigan State star Ryan Miller between the p...

By Ken Armer 1.        Detroit Red Wings 3.      Dallas Stars 4.      Montreal Canadiens  6.      Pittsburgh Penguins 7.      Philadelphia Flyers 8.      New York Rangers 9.      Chicago Blackhawks  12.  Washington Capitals  24.  Carolina Hurricanes  26.  Toronto Maple Leafs 

It is the same message he has driven home since the Sabres dropped a 1-0 league decision at Albany Academy on Sept. 17. The rematch with the Cadets is set for Friday night at Schalmont. We're coming into the Albany Academy game on a high," Beck said.

By Greg Wyshynski Buffalo fans have struggled through their share of cruel teases, and we haven't even mentioned Scott Norwood (oops). Chalk up another one last week: It was discovered that the vintage logo of the Buffalo Sabres, now featured on a third jersey released this season, was being painted at cen...

By Greg Wyshynski • Jeff O'Neill's comeback attempt with the Carolina Hurricanes has gone the way of Crystal Pepsi. [Hurricanes] • Finally, rookie Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond of the New Jersey Devils tested himself against Donald Brashear. Uh-oh.

By Greg Wyshynski • Will Patrick Sharp be the second line center for the Chicago Blackhawks this season? [Third Man In] • The New York Rangers are loading up on excuses already? [Scotty Hockey] • Mike Komisarek of the Montreal Canadiens is a beast. [THN]

By bob(noreply@blogger.com) In the 6-7-8 sequence, if all 3 teams finish with 94 points, Ottawa gets 6, Boston 7 and the Flyers 8 (because Boston won the season series over the Flyers). If the Flyers and Bruins finish with 95, the Flyers will get 6 because they'll have one more win, and Ottawa -- which led the conference fo...

By Nicholas Case 8.) Buffalo Sabres-A team torn apart by free agency in the last few years still finds a way to squeak in. Super Coach Lindy Ruff pieces together a roster with youth and talent. Ryan Miller, a high quality goalie, will be the backbone for their run toward the playoffs while Derek Roy looks to be t...

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By Rant Man Lets take a look: Chris Drury: 77 games, 37 goals, 32 assists, 69 points (career best)Daniel Briere: 81 games, 32 goals, 63 assists, 95 points (NHL career best)Michael Peca: (2nd to last year) 82 games, 27 goals, 29 assists, 56 points (NHL career best)Miroslav Satan: (2nd to last year) 79...

By Brenda As for Pommers, I have had complete confidence in him since his first trip from Rochester to Buffalo. He's got good talent, and I expect this year to be even better for him than last year. I think the Buffalo Sabres coaching staff is a good one. I don't always agree with the decisions Lindy Ruff ma...

By Pete Toth Eastern Conference Pittsburgh Penguins - The black and gold looks great. The penguin on the logo is clever and also damn cute - the boy loves it! Philadelphia Flyers - Awesome logo. Hasn't changed in 40 years. Great, distinctive colors.

By Alan Bass 1. Pittsburgh Penguins 2. Montreal Canadiens 3. Washington Capitals 4. New York Rangers 5. Philadelphia Flyers 6. Ottawa Senators 7. New Jersey Devils 9. Tampa Bay Lightning 10. Carolina Hurricanes 11. Buffalo Sabres 12. Toronto Maple Leafs 14. Atlanta Thrashers Oy. 15. New York Islanders

By Adam Pratt Line 1: The French Connection: R. Martin, R. Robert, G. Perreault. Goaltenders: D. Hasek, T. Barrasso, R. Miller. Hasek and Barrasso, like Scotty Bowman, Dave Andreychuk, and countless other Sabres, could only win the Cup in places not named Buffalo.

By Rant Man Firings should have occurred after the Sabres missed the playoffs because it became clear and evident that the Sabres missed the playoffs because they needed either Drury or Briere in the lineup. Briere and Drury will forever haunt the franchise as the worst loss in the history of the club.

By Matt Clouden The Sabres had a rough go at it last year, but the hardest thing to swallow for the team and the fans was just how close they came. So how do these Sabres regain the form of the team that made it to the Eastern Conference Finals two years in a row? Here's the first of three things that can make it happ...

By noreply@blogger.com (PJ Swenson) Also a part of the Boyle-Carle trade, veteran defenseman and former defensive partner of Boyle, Brad Lukowich also will be coming to San Jose. 6-foot-1, 205-pound Lukowich has won 2 Stanley Cups with Dallas (1999) and Tampa Bay (2004), and has registered 22 goals and 81 assists in 8 full NH...

By Evan Scherbarth The Buffalo Sabres tend to like teasing their fans. They'll win a few games in a row, look really good and play some great hockey, then lose the next important one against a team they really should've beaten. Frustrating is a great word for it. However, when push comes to shove the Buffalo Sabre...

By Matthew Di Nicolantonio With a chance to prove what this team was truly made of, the Toronto Maple Leafs fell flat on their faces with an embarrassing loss at home to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night. The Leaf team that showed up at the Air Canada Centre last night resembled the squad that went through the motions...

By Robert McGee About 5 minutes into the 2nd period, Cam Ward seemed to mis-play a puck behind the net and Derek Roy was able to sneak the puck into the goal, giving Buffalo new life. The Canes answered quickly though as Sergei Samsonov put back a rebound off the stick of Eric Staal to make it 3-1. Later in the 2nd...

By Matt Saler After some early jitters, Dominik Hasek settled down. I think the decisive moment was his slide tackle on Daniel Paille toward the end of the first period. Mikael Samuelsson's give away in the Sabres' zone led to a near 2-on-1, but the initial puck carrier stumbled. He managed to send it up to P...

By Matt Saler Tonight is the only meeting between the Detroit Red Wings and the Buffalo Sabres this season. The Sabres won the last meeting, 3-2 in a shootout on October 13th, 2006, in Detroit. This is the Wings' first trip to Buffalo since December 10th, 2003, when an injury-depleted Detroit squad took t...

By Cecile Nguyen It seems the Sabres organization finally learned from their mistakes last season when they failed to sign either of their co-captains Chris Drury, who bolted to the New York Rangers, and Daniel Briere, who joined his friend Martin Biron in Philadelphia, and both signed lucrative long-...

By Dubi The Rangers finally get back to it this afternoon, facing the red-hot Buffalo Sabres at the Garden. The Sabres, left for dead the last time they visited after the Rangers extended their losing streak to ten games, have gone 8-0-2 since then to slip one point past the Rangers into seventh pla...

Sunday February 17th - Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres - 6:00pm* Monday February 25th - Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres - 7:00pm Sunday March 2nd - Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres - 6:00pm Wednesday March 5th - Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres - 7:30pm*

By PJ Swenson 12 PATRICK MARLEAU AND #26 STEVE BERNIER CRASH THE NET IN THE 2ND 12 PATRICK MARLEAU AND #26 STEVE BERNIER EMERGE FROM THE PILE BUFFALO SABRES GOALTENDER #30 RYAN MILLER MADE 21 SAVES IN THE WIN Update] Miller 'helped' Sharks’ birth - John Vogl for the Buffalo News.

By Justin Merrifield Just one week ago the Sabres were on the precipice. Another loss would have crippled the team, and the fanbase that the team feeds off of nightly. The stretch was some freak abnormality of nature. The Sabres had been outchooting opponents with regularity, but just could not find ways to win. Th...

By Michael Farber The Buffalo Sabres had to endure questions all summer about how much they would miss star centers Chris Drury and Daniel Brière, free agents who bolted for the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers respectively. Watching the Sabres get torched for six goals in their home opener last Fr...

By chuqui Yesterday it was revealed by the Buffalo Sabres that defenseman Teppo Numminen would require heart surgery after an undisclosed issue was uncovered during his physical with team doctors. This morning it has been reported by the Buffalo News that the team has suspended Numminen for fail...

By ESPN.com news services According to a report from The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres will play an outdoor game on Jan. 1, 2008 at Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the NFL's Buffalo Bills.

Winger J.P. Dumont and defenseman David Tanabe, both cut loose by their teams after arbitration awards, signed on with new teams Tuesday.Dumont, 28, signed a two-year, $4.5 million deal with the Nashville Predators three weeks after the Buffalo Sabres had balked at his $2.9 million award. He...