Buffalo Sabres

The Tampa Bay Lightning signed defenceman and second overall pick Victor Hedman to a standard three-year rookie contract on Thursday.  The 6′6, 220-pound Swede was rated as the top European player available in the NHL Entry Draft.  Hedman will fit in well down in Tampa and along with Vincent Lecavalier the lightning have two players who [...]

Here we go with the next team on the list, the NHL’s eastern conference Buffalo Sabres.  The Sabres are definitely full of holes.  One of those holes would be back up goaltending.  When their starting netminder Ryan Miller went down with an ankle injury their playoff hopes this year were doomed.  Buffalo would do well [...]

With no games going on last night in the NHL playoffs I decided to do some research and write about some of what’s been going on in the rumor mill department.  First off, the NHL is trying to hold off a sale of the bankrupted Phoenix Coyotes to Jim Basillie who wants to then relocate [...]

We saw some awesome hockey last night, teams fighting for playoff spots seems to bring out the best hockey.  The eastern conference saw its playoff brackets sealed after the New York Rangers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers and the Montreal Canadiens earned a point for its overtime loss to the Boston Bruins.  Now all that’s left [...]

Very light night on the schedule yesterday, only two games were played.  However for the Columbus Blue Jackets it was the biggest night in their franchises history.  They beat the Chicago Black Hawks in a shootout to secure their first ever berth in the in the race for the Stanley Cup Trophy.  Rick Nash scored [...]

It was a light night on the schedule with only 3 games played.  The Detroit Red Wings disposed of the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Buffalo’s home ice.  Marian Hossa scored twice recording his 39th and 40th goal, also added an assist to once again lead the Red Wings to victory.  Chris Osgood was solid in [...]

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in what turned out to be a high scoring game.  The Flyers netted 8 goals  to the Male Leafs’ 5.  Jeff Carter lead the way with his second hat trick of the season.  The Flyers exploded for 5 goals in the first period and never looked back.  [...]

Just a few games were played last night on the frozen pond.  The St. Louis Blues blew a golden opportunity to pick up a precious 2 points by losing to the Chicago Black Hawks 3-1.  The Blues fell behind 2-0 in the 1st period and were never able to recover.  St. Louis still sits one [...]

Whoa, everybody hold everything.  Last night’s games left the playoff picture extremely muddled up.  Let’s start off with Buffalo’s big win first.  The Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in a shoot-out.  The win kept the Sabres slim playoff hopes alive.  The Canadiens got 1 point out of the game so all was not lost [...]

The Buffalo Sabres won yesterday by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3.  With their third win in as many games the Sabres are desperately clinging on to hope for making the playoffs.  Being just 5 points behind the Montreal Canandiens makes tonight’s game versus the Canadiens that much more vital.  With a win Buffalo would [...]