Tag: Buffalo Sabres

Rumors II: Penguins Edition – Options to Fill Dupuis Void

Kevin Allen of the USA Today: With Pascal Dupuis out of the Penguins lineup for six months, history suggests that GM Jim Rutherford will be aggressively exploring his trade options. Rutherford did say that he doesn't feel "any urgency" to…

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Injuries: Sabres, Coyotes, Flyers, Avs, Cap, Ducks, and Rangers

Joe Yerdon: Sabres Michael Neuvirth has a lower-body injury. Sarah McLellan: Coyotes Martin Hanzal is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Bryan Burns:  Lightning's Cedric Paquette left last night's game with a lower-body injury. Randy Miller: Flyers Claude Giroux will probably…

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Rumors: Stars, Avs, Wings, Oilers, Leafs, Sabres, Kings, and Coyotes

Bob McKenzie: The Stars and Jason Spezza are close on a multi-year contract extension. Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: Stars GM Jim Nill on contract extension talks with Jason Spezza. “We are having discussions, but I won’t go…

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Injuries: Howe, TVR, Gostisbehere, Gormley, Gorges and Scheifele

Ansar Khan of MLive: Gordie Howe's son Mark said that his dad's condition has taken a turn for the worse lately. "The last 10 days have been difficult. His health is trending in the opposite direction," Mark told MLive.com on…

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Rumors: Freidman’s 30-Thoughts and Garrioch Roundup

Elliotte Freidman of Sportsnet: One NHL executive on NBA Commissioner's Adam Silver's call for legalization of sports betting in the U.S. “It means,” one NHL executive said Friday, “He thinks we’re going into Las Vegas, and he wants to be…

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Rumors: Methot, Schlemko, Buchnevich, Goalie Market and Campbell

Darren Dreger of TSN: Senators Marc Methot is getting close to returning to the lineup, but there has been no progress on his contract negotiations. There have been no talks in the past three weeks, which will continue to add…

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Videos: NHL Highlights From Thurs. Nov. 13th 2014

Nine games on the NHL schedule last night. The Stars beat the Kings 2-0, with Kari Lehtonen save of the year so far.

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Rumors II: Hurricanes, Leafs, Sabres, Stars,Oilers and Canadiens

Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: (from last week) Hurricanes GM Ron Francis has said they are in no mood to trade Eric Staal, but some still feel the Maple Leafs will make a big push for him. One pro…

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Videos: NHL Highlights From Fri. Nov. 7th 2014

Five games were on last night's NHL schedule. Four games ended with a 3-2 score.

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Videos: NHL Highlights From Wed. Nov. 5th 2014

All three games last night went to OT, with only the Canadiens and Sabres needing to go to the shootout.

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Quick Hits: Waivers, Injuries, Lines and Goalies

Josh Cooper: Martin Erat had a no-trade when he was with the Predators, and he wanted to go to the Capitals. Then GM, David Poile, sent Erat and Michael Latta to the Capitals for Filip Forsberg. Renaud Lavoie: The Flyers…

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Rumors: Rangers, Sabres, Ehrhoff, Niskanen, Alfredsson and Couturier

Pat Leonard of the NY Daily News: The Rangers lost Ryan McDonagh and Kevin Klein over the weekend, and called up Conor Allen and Dylan McIlrath. Now is the time to sign Marc Staal to a long-term contract extension. If…

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