Deadline preview: Evaluating Drew Stafford’s value
Last week I examined the potential value Paul Gaustad could potentially bring on the trade market. Today I’ll take a look at Drew Stafford’s value as he continues to be mentioned in trade rumors. The...
View ArticleGrading the Sabres: “Scoring” forwards
The second round of player grades will focus on Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy, Drew Stafford, Jochen Hecht and Brad Boyes. These six players are major parts of the core, plus Boyes, and...
View ArticleSabres 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...
View ArticleWaiting 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,...
View ArticleGrading 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...
View ArticleSabres 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....
View ArticleBetween the Pipes: Miller, Sabres outlast Isles for first victory
This probably doesn’t seem too familiar to some out there in Sabres nation. Winning has been something relatively absent from the psyche of Sabres fans for a while and was amplified by the team’s o’fer...
View ArticleWho is the Next Captain of the Sabres?
The Sabres have a bunch of questions that need to at least begin to be addressed this offseason and next season. While everyone focuses on the draft and who is going to put the puck in the net for last...
View ArticleKane acquisition represents the next step in Buffalo’s rebuild
Tim Murray has had the arsenal of assets to make a major play for talent going back to his first trade deadline as the Buffalo Sabres general manager. He will enter his second trade deadline with his...
View ArticleMurray active in second deadline season
The 2014-15 trade deadline was much different for Tim Murray than the 2013-14 deadline when he was just a few months into his new job. Entering last year’s deadline, Murray was tasked with finding a...
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