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A closer look at the Sabres’ depth
With the Buffalo Sabres re-signing Matt Ellis, Jhonas Enroth, Dennis Persson Andrej Sekera and Travis Turnbull this week, the opening day roster is all but set. While there will be tweaks as training...
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Sabres re-sign Gragnani and add to AHL depth
Nearly a strong month of silence from One Seymour H Knox III Plaza was ended this week when the Buffalo Sabres announced a trio of new signings. The final signing, a one-year deal for Marc-Andre...
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Sabres-Flames rumors swirl again
As training camp fast approaches the Sabres timetable to get under the cap continues to shrink. Despite the obvious solution (sticking players in the minors), Darcy Regier continues to stand by his...
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Taking an honest look at the Sabres trade prospects
There is a big gap between those on HF Boards proposing the Sabres trade Ryan Miller for Jonathon Quick, rumor sites tying different stories together to form conclusions and the men who actually make...
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Sabres retain Ruff and Regier for 2012-13
Ted Black confirmed to a number of sources that the Sabres will retain Darcy Regier and Lindy Ruff in their respective roles as general manager and head coach for the 2012-13 season. This should come...
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Don’t call it GM for a Day
On the eve of the 2011 NHL Draft, Darcy Regier spurred a deal with the Calgary Flames to acquire Robyn Regehr. Not only was it a trade that no Sabres fan would have seen under the former ownership, it...
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Patience a virtue on slow UFA Day
For months writers, hockey insiders and fans had talked about the thin free agent market for 2012. Apparently all of that was forgotten during one of the slowest openings to free agency in recent...
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Should Regier’s work draw criticism?
Darcy Regier’s recent contract extension is well known by fans throughout Sabres nation. What was unknown is the exact length of that new deal. Pierre LeBrun’s ESPN blog from yesterday initially...
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Are Regier’s moves being mismanaged?
Part one of this post ran yesterday, I hope you read it. Also, be sure to participate in the poll below. When analyzing the most recent moves by Darcy Regier, I see decisions that were motivated by...
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Sabres could be both buyers and sellers at the deadline
As the NHL Trade Deadline looms near, rumors will certainly heat up and talk around all teams will center on the players that are set to be moved an acquired. Things are different for the Sabres than...
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Waiting on a surprise from Regier at the deadline
If history is to serve as a guide you can assume that Darcy Regier will make at least one fairly significant move at this year’s deadline. Perhaps a move will come in the days leading to the deadline,...
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Regier manuvers for the future with deadline deals
Darcy Regier wouldn’t say it outright in his press conference, but he maneuvered the trade deadline like a general manager leading a rebuild. Regier’s moves netted the Sabres eleven total picks over...
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Sabres trades net quality return, though full value is still pending
While most of the return that Darcy Regier received at this year’s deadlines came in the form of draft picks, there were still a trio of trades made that will affect the Sabres moving forward. The lone...
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Trading Miller: What teams make Ryan Miller’s no-trade list?
Trade talk surrounding Ryan Miller has never been hotter as the Sabres begin to enter a rebuild and the potential to gain a handsome return for the former Vezina Winner. Acquiring valuable assets for...
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Trading Ryan Miller: Who will be looking to buy?
This will serve as the second portion to a post that I put up last week on the prospects of trading Ryan Miller After exploring which teams may or may not make Ryan Miller’s no-trade list, I wanted to...
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Instigator Podcast #25: Petulance Defined
Eric and I got together for another Podcast last night in the wake of yesterday’s press conference. We touched on a few points outside of what went on at the press conference. Specifically what Darcy...
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Grading the Sabres: 2013 report card
A fired coach, traded captain, booing fans and missing the playoffs typically doesn’t not make for a very successful season. That was certainly the case for the 2013 Buffalo Sabres. While there were a...
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Rolston sheds interim tag, named Sabres bench boss
Perhaps you’ve heard. Ron Rolston was officially named as head coach this morning after what I can only assume was a tiresome, no stone unturned coaching search. Darcy Regier has tabbed Rolston as the...
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Sabres have trade chips on the wings
It’s a time of turnover in Hockey Purgatory Heaven with Lindy Ruff getting his walking papers while Jordan Leopold, Jason Pominville and Robyn Regehr each were shipped out of town before the deadline....
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Familiarity may cloud judgment on choice of Rolston
Ron Rolston’s return was somewhat expected. He wasn’t a total catastrophe during his stint as Buffalo’s interm bench boss and he was rewarded with the removal of the interim tag at a vote of confidence...
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