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Short Tempers In Tampa

by @DaveDavisHockey on 12/04/14 at 10:17 PM ET
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Tampa beat Buffalo 5-0 in what turned into a real doozy.  It all started when Steven Stamkos took exception to the way Mike Weber was defending the area in front of his net.

 

 

 

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Sabres Could Be Peaking Too Soon

by @DaveDavisHockey on 12/03/14 at 10:44 AM ET
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This wasn't expected at all.

After defeating the team with the most points in the NHL last night, the Sabres have incredibly won 6 of their last 7 games.  The day their head coach had to apologize for comparing their level of play to that of a peewee team is a distant memory.

Granted, the Lightning were a bit tired on the end of a back-to-back, but that's a moot point in this developing conflict in Buffalo between fans who want to see their team win the most possible games now, and those who have visions of wunderkinds dancing in their heads.

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What Has Gotten Into The Sabres?

by @DaveDavisHockey on 12/02/14 at 08:48 AM ET
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From Howard Simon of WGR-550,

What in the name of winning hockey is going on with the Sabres?  How do you explain a team that was 3-13-2, winning 5 of its last 6 games?  In short, they have a hot line, a very good, young defense pairing and a hot goalie.

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Forbes: Sabres Worth $288 Million, Profited $4.4 Million

by @DaveDavisHockey on 11/25/14 at 11:20 AM ET
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Forbes has released its latest list of NHL franchise values, and Terry Pegula has reason to be pleased.

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Sabres Have Special Memories Of Pat Quinn

by @DaveDavisHockey on 11/24/14 at 02:12 PM ET
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From Bill Hoppe of Olean Times Herald,

“He was a big reason why we were the last Canadian team to win,” Ennis said. “He was really nice to us young kids who were all intimidated because he was such a good head coach in the NHL, and we didn’t know what to expect.”

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For This Fan, Closure With Hasek Is Getting Closer

by @DaveDavisHockey on 11/18/14 at 11:41 AM ET
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"By 2001, the [Sabres] had changed and I had to ask for a trade. It turned out to be the best decision of my career because I went to Detroit and was able to win the Cup." - Dominik Hasek 11/14/14

As I sat down to write this, I realized that many of the Sabres faithful are too young to remember seeing Dominik Hasek in his prime in Buffalo.

With that in mind, I'm going to sum up in a nutshell what it was like to be a Sabres fan when Hasek was at his peak.

It's as simple as this: When the Sabres would score first to take a 1-0 lead, you were about 95% confident that your team was going to get at least a point that night.  Only a couple of unlucky deflections could alter that fate.  He was that good.

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The Kids Are Alright

by @DaveDavisHockey on 11/14/14 at 11:24 AM ET
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While you were watching the Bills game last night, the Sabres were getting dominated yet again, but there's something pretty good to take from this one.

Minnesota won the game 6-3, but that wasn't the fault of young Buffalo defensemen Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov.  Both were impressive as a duo playing top-line minutes, and you can only wonder how much buzz these two could have generated this season had they been playing on a good team.

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Tyler Myers Potentially To Dallas?  Not So Fast

by @DaveDavisHockey on 11/11/14 at 03:36 PM ET
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On the surface, it's easy to see why there would be chatter about a possible Tyler Myers trade to Dallas.

Myers had his best season under Lindy Ruff, the big forward was born in Texas, and the Stars are severely lacking in right-handed defensemen -- Alex Goligoski is the only one in their top-6.  Ruff lamented about the lack of a righty yesterday.

And today, Dallas GM Jim Nill cleared up some cap room by trading Sergei Gonchar to Montreal.

But that certainly doesn't mean anything is imminent.

As a matter of fact, there's reason to believe that Detroit has a lot more interest in acquiring Myers than Dallas does.

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Will Buffalo Become The New ‘Hockeytown’?

by @DaveDavisHockey on 11/10/14 at 01:52 PM ET
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From Bill McGraw of the Detroit Free Press,

With the Detroit Red Wings’ storied history, two NHL owners, some of the world’s top amateur teams, a few dozen indoor rinks and legions of avid fans, metro Detroit easily can back up its self-anointed nickname of Hockeytown.

But at the other end of Lake Erie, Buffalo has done something that will make any Hockeytown resident envious: It just opened a 19-story building that is devoted to amateur hockey. Experts say it’s unique in North America.

It’s called HarborCenter, a nearly $200-million waterfront edifice with 650,000 square feet of space that includes two rinks — on the building’s sixth floor — a hockey academy, training center and parking garage.

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Sabres Observations: “Moral Victories”, Defending HarborCenter

by @DaveDavisHockey on 10/31/14 at 09:35 AM ET
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Some Sabres observations the day after watching a game in a section of First Niagara Center that was infested with Bruins fans (although I will say they were a friendly and polite group):

-   The Sabres can put a spin on it and say they played better last night in their 3-2 overtime loss to the Bruins, but comparing their performance to the Toronto game is setting the bar pretty low.  Getting outshot 37-15 against any NHL team, including a Boston club that's fighting it right now and trying to find their game, doesn't entitle Buffalo to play the moral victory card.

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