20-10-2021 Weekly team report Who's hot Mike Meyer is looking steady with 3 points in 3 games last week. Alex DeBrincat is looking good with a 3 game point scoring streak with 3 game goalstreak. Who's cold Kyle Clifford has lost his sights and is now 5 games without a goal. Linden Vey has lost his sights and is now 8 games without a goal. Per-Olaf Lundin has lost his sights and is now 8 games without a goal. Trainer's room Cal Foote remains sidelined with head injury. 19-10-2021 Cal Foote resumes light training. Buffalo Sabres defenseman Cal Foote has resumed light training after his head injury and is listed day to day. 19-10-2021 Cal Foote injured. Cal Foote (BUF) suffered head injury during the game in an incident with James Calhoun (ANA). He is expected to be sidelined for about a week. I'll remember that goon's number for the cheap hit he gave me. When we meet again he better keep his head up, that's all. I was very lucky it wasn't more serious, he commented from the trainers bench. 15-10-2021 Antoine Guimond resumes full training. Buffalo Sabres right wing Antoine Guimond has resumed full training after his arm injury. 13-10-2021 Team captain meets with Kyle Clifford Following the team's recent 1-3 loss against Pittsburgh Penguins on 12-10-2021, Buffalo Sabres captain Tyler Myers and Kyle Clifford were seen outside the dressing room going over some things. He has had some trouble chipping in, so I thought it was time for a little chat, said Tyler Myers 13-10-2021 Weekly team report Who's hot No-one is especially hot at the moment. Who's cold Louis-Marc Aubry has lost his sights and is now 5 games without a goal. Linden Vey has lost his sights and is now 5 games without a goal. Anthony Cirelli has lost his sights and is now 5 games without a goal. Per-Olaf Lundin has lost his sights and is now 5 games without a goal. Martin Necas has lost his sights and is now 5 games without a goal. Alex DeBrincat has lost his sights and is now 5 games without a goal. Trainer's room Antoine Guimond remains sidelined with arm injury. 13-10-2021 Brandon Sapienza resumes full training. Rochester Americans defenseman Brandon Sapienza has resumed full training after his injury. 12-10-2021 Antoine Guimond injured. Antoine Guimond (BUF) suffered arm injury during the game in an incident with Zack Kassian (PIT). He is expected to be sidelined for a couple of days. If it was up to me I would have finished the game, but they want to be careful about this kind of injury, he commented from the trainers bench. 10-10-2021 Alex DeBrincat frustrated Buffalo Sabres right wing Alex DeBrincat feels frustrated about his position in the organization. He feels he's good enough to be a core player for the team and wonders why the organization still considers him a minor league player. A native of USA, Alex DeBrincat was originally drafted to the NHL by the Calgary Flames in the 1st round of the 2016 entry draft. He has appeared in 145 NHL games during his career, notching 30 goals and adding 42 assists along with 129 penalty minutes. The 23 year old right wing has played 4 games with the Buffalo Sabres this season, totalling 0+1=1 with 2 PIM. 9-10-2021 Brandon Sapienza injured. Brandon Sapienza of Rochester Americans suffered injury during tonights minorleague game against the Worcester Sharks. He is expected to be sidelined for a couple of days . That was just good, clean, hard hitting hockey. If you think I look bad now you should see the other guy, he quoted before being taken to the hospital for tests. 7-10-2021 Team captain meets with Martin Necas Following the team's recent 2-3 loss against Vancouver Canucks on 7-10-2021, Buffalo Sabres captain Tyler Myers and Martin Necas were seen outside the dressing room going over some things. He has had some trouble chipping in, so I thought it was time for a little chat, said Tyler Myers 6-10-2021 Weekly team report Who's hot No-one is especially hot at the moment. Who's cold No-one is especially cold at the moment. Trainer's room No injuries at the moment. 30-9-2021 Media rates the best players in the league GOALTENDER Name OF DF OA Age Team Sergei Bobrovsky A- A- A- 33 Minnesota Wild Andrei Vasilevski A- A- A- 27 Phoenix Coyotes Carey Price A- A- A- 34 Tampa Bay Lightning John Gibson B A- B 28 Boston Bruins Jonathan Quick B B B 35 Los Angeles Kings Martin Jones A- A- B 31 Edmonton Oilers Tuukka Rask B B B 34 Dallas Stars Jake Oettinger A- B B 22 Calgary Flames Marc-André Fleury B B B 36 New York Islanders Braden Holtby B B B 32 Philadelphia Flyers DEFENSEMAN Name OF DF OA Age Team Erik Karlsson A A- A- 31 Detroit Red Wings Cale Makar A B A- 22 St. Louis Blues Drew Doughty A A- B 31 Calgary Flames Oliver Ekman-Larsson A- A- B 30 Philadelphia Flyers Victor Hedman B- A B 30 Tampa Bay Lightning Miro Heiskanen B A- B 22 San Jose Sharks Derek Fata A B B 26 Calgary Flames Ryan McDonagh B B B 32 Montreal Canadiens Alex Pietrangelo B A B 31 Phoenix Coyotes Ryan Murray B B B 28 Toronto Maple Leafs LEFT WING Name OF DF OA Age Team Auston Matthews A- B- A- 24 Pittsburgh Penguins Patrick Kane A C A- 32 Vancouver Canucks Taylor Hall A- B- B 29 Pittsburgh Penguins Anze Kopitar B B B 34 Calgary Flames Leon Draisaitl A- B- B 25 Boston Bruins Josh Bailey A- B- B 31 San Jose Sharks Nino Niederreiter B B B 29 Chicago Blackhawks Jordan Staal B- B B 33 Boston Bruins Jason Robertson B B- B 22 Los Angeles Kings Pavel Ortov B- B B 26 New Jersey Devils CENTER Name OF DF OA Age Team Connor McDavid A B- A- 24 Boston Bruins Steven Stamkos A B- A- 31 Tampa Bay Lightning Blake Wheeler B A- B 35 Columbus Blue Jackets Tyler Seguin A- B B 29 Phoenix Coyotes John Tavares A B- B 31 New Jersey Devils Sidney Crosby A B- B 34 Boston Bruins Jonathan Toews B B B 33 Philadelphia Flyers Matt Duchene A- B- B 30 St. Louis Blues Ruslan Kirzhakov C A B 27 Nashville Predators Mikhail Grigorenko A- B- B 27 Florida Panthers RIGHT WING Name OF DF OA Age Team Aaron Lyford B- B- A- 27 Chicago Blackhawks Nathan MacKinnon A B- B 26 Los Angeles Kings Dustin Byfuglien B B B 36 Calgary Flames Patrice Bergeron B- B B 36 Boston Bruins Alexander Ovechkin A B- B 36 Dallas Stars Mitch Marner A B- B 24 New Jersey Devils Max Pacioretty B A- B 31 Los Angeles Kings Evgeni Malkin A B- B 35 New York Rangers Ryan Johansen A- B- B 29 Columbus Blue Jackets Kyle Palmieri A- C B 30 Florida Panthers 29-9-2021 Alexander Mogilny returns to Dusseldorf EG Buffalo Sabres's Alexander Mogilny did not sign a contract during the pre-season and has returned to Dusseldorf EG. 29-9-2021 Joe Sakic returns to Leksand IF Buffalo Sabres's Joe Sakic did not sign a contract during the pre-season and has returned to Leksand IF. 29-9-2021 Jarno Ahoniemi returns to Pelicans Lahti Buffalo Sabres's Jarno Ahoniemi did not sign a contract during the pre-season and has returned to Pelicans Lahti. 29-9-2021 Weekly team report Who's hot No-one is especially hot at the moment. Who's cold No-one is especially cold at the moment. Trainer's room No injuries at the moment. 28-9-2021 Team captain clashes with Jeff Skrudland A shouting match erupted in the Buffalo Sabres locker room after the 4-2 loss at New Jersey Devils on 28-9-2021. Team captain Paul Postma apparently tried to have some words with Jeff Skrudland whose play has not been up to par recently. In response, the slumping goaltender stormed out, slamming the door. 22-9-2021 Player of the week: Alex DeBrincat (R) NHL has awarded Alex DeBrincat (R) of Buffalo Sabres as Player Of The Week He registered 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points in 2 games last week. He also had 2 game winning goals. A native of USA, Alex DeBrincat was originally drafted to the NHL by the Calgary Flames in the 1st round of the 2016 entry draft. He has appeared in 146 NHL games during his career, notching 32 goals and adding 45 assists along with 127 penalty minutes. The 23 year old right wing has played 5 games with the Buffalo Sabres this season, totalling 2+4=6 with 0 PIM. 22-9-2021 Weekly team report Who's hot Tony Amonte is looking good with 4 points in 2 games last week. Alex DeBrincat is looking good with 5 points in 2 games last week. Who's cold Ulrik Walfridsson has been a healthy scratch in his last five games. Petter Granberg has been a healthy scratch in his last five games. Trainer's room No injuries at the moment. 15-9-2021 Weekly team report Who's hot No-one is especially hot at the moment. Who's cold No-one is especially cold at the moment. Trainer's room No injuries at the moment. 8-9-2021 Weekly team report Who's hot Cam Fowler is looking good with 2 points in 1 games last week. Anthony Cirelli is looking good with 2 points in 1 games last week. Per-Olaf Lundin is looking good with 3 points in 1 games last week. Antoine Guimond is looking good with 2 points in 1 games last week. Martin Necas is looking good with 2 points in 1 games last week. Who's cold No-one is especially cold at the moment. Trainer's room No injuries at the moment. 1-9-2021 Buffalo Sabres trade Buffalo Sabres traded BUF's round 1 pick in 2022 and $50 000 cash to St. Louis Blues for Polnyy Nastupleniye and STL's round 1 pick in 2022 A native of Russia, Polnyy Nastupleniye was originally drafted to the NHL by the St. Louis Blues in the 2nd round of the 2017 entry draft. He has appeared in 13 NHL games during his career, notching 0 goals and adding 3 assists along with 2 penalty minutes. The 22 year old defenseman is waiting for a good start this season. 1-9-2021 Buffalo Sabres trade Buffalo Sabres traded STL's round 1 pick in 2022 to St. Louis Blues for BUF's round 1 pick in 2022 29-8-2021 Buffalo Sabres name captain. Buffalo Sabres have named Paul Postma as the captain of the team. 29-8-2021 Alex DeBrincat resumes full training. Buffalo Sabres right wing Alex DeBrincat has resumed full training after his wrist injury. 30-6-2021 Patrick O'Sullivan retires Patrick O'Sullivan has retired from professional hockey. 30-6-2021 Antti Niemi retires Antti Niemi has retired from professional hockey. 30-6-2021 Training camp preview Buffalo Sabres will arrange the annual training camp starting on September 14th. Players reporting to the training camp with either Buffalo Sabres and Rochester Americans: - Alexander Bocharkov C - Cam Fowler D - Phillip Feinberg R - Paul Postma D - Pavel Belkin L - Drew Stafford R - Tyler Myers D - Mark Pysyk D - Cal Foote D - Gregg Sutch L - Jerome Gauthier-Leduc D - Mark Adams D - Otakar Spirk R - Luke Moffatt C - Kris Russell D - Dalton Smith L - Ken McLean C - Scott Winkler R - Louis-Marc Aubry C - Kyle Clifford R - Linden Vey R - Tero Salo R - Michael St. Croix R - James Wright R - Nikolai Kulemin L - Ulrik Walfridsson R - Petter Granberg D - Leonid Shalnov R - Anthony Cirelli C - Per-Olaf Lundin L - Tony Amonte R - Teemu Sinkkonen D - Aleksander Voldemarov D - Antoine Guimond R - Jeff Petty D - Mike Meyer C - Martin Necas R - Alex DeBrincat R - Jean-Luc Picard L - Franco Schulde R - Josh Petty C - François Talbot C - Jouni Karjalainen D - Samuli Sillanpää C - Levente Szuper G - Bohuslav Jenis G - Artur Havlak D - Joel Graham D - Hansel Schweisser D - Mirko Zahradnicek L - Brandon Sapienza D - Seppo Tiensuu D - Axel Wallen D - Jeff Skrudland G Players reporting out of shape: - Alexander Bocharkov C - Tyler Myers D - Mark Adams D - Otakar Spirk R - Kris Russell D - Ken McLean C - Nikolai Kulemin L - Aleksander Voldemarov D - Jeff Petty D - Jouni Karjalainen D - Hansel Schweisser D - Axel Wallen D - Jeff Skrudland G Players reporting in good shape: - Phillip Feinberg R - Drew Stafford R - Mark Pysyk D - Kyle Clifford R - Jean-Luc Picard L - François Talbot C - Joel Graham D 25-6-2021 Otakar Spirk returns Buffalo Sabres were delighted to hear that Otakar Spirk has returned to the team. 25-6-2021 Teemu Sinkkonen returns Buffalo Sabres were delighted to hear that Teemu Sinkkonen has returned to the team. 25-6-2021 Jouni Karjalainen returns Buffalo Sabres were delighted to hear that Jouni Karjalainen has returned to the team. 25-6-2021 Samuli Sillanpää returns Buffalo Sabres were delighted to hear that Samuli Sillanpää has returned to the team. 25-6-2021 Levente Szuper returns Buffalo Sabres were delighted to hear that Levente Szuper has returned to the team. 25-6-2021 Mirko Zahradnicek returns Buffalo Sabres were delighted to hear that Mirko Zahradnicek has returned to the team. 24-6-2021 Options to be confirmed tomorrow The following players' contract options need to be confirmed tomorrow: 23-6-2021 Contracts expiring ! The following players' contracts are going to expire in one week: -Drew Stafford (Buffalo Sabres) UFA -Gregg Sutch (Rochester Americans) RFA, needs qualifying offer -Patrick O'Sullivan (Buffalo Sabres) UFA -Antti Niemi (Buffalo Sabres) UFA -James Wright (Buffalo Sabres) RFA, needs qualifying offer -Nikolai Kulemin (Buffalo Sabres) UFA -Aleksander Voldemarov (Rochester Americans) RFA, needs qualifying offer 23-6-2021 Contracts expiring ! The following staff members' contracts are going to expire in one week: 21-6-2021 Buffalo Sabres trade rumoured Buffalo Sabres are rumoured to be planning a trade sending left wing Pavel Belkin to Winnipeg Jets for right wing Maxim Zhirinovsky and WPG 3rd round pick in 2023 draft Rumours from various sources around the league say that the Buffalo Sabres and that Maxim Zhirinovsky would be a good fit there. Same sources also know that Maxim Zhirinovsky is being actively shopped around. 20-6-2021 Samuli Sillanpää firing it up While center Samuli Sillanpää was not projected as a major contributor when he was drafted, his stock has since taken a good leap. 20-6-2021 Board increases player budget for next season The board of owners have increased player budget for next season with $6 200 000 because of your good financial record. 20-6-2021 Board collects bonuses The board of owners has collected $6 200 000 profit from the team to shareholders. 20-6-2021 Rudy Cantu retires Buffalo Sabres staff member Rudy Cantu has announced his retirement due to non-hockey related reasons. 20-6-2021 Cap Raeder retires Buffalo Sabres staff member Cap Raeder has announced his retirement due to personal reasons. 20-6-2021 Manuel Dietz retires Rochester Americans staff member Manuel Dietz has announced his retirement due to non-hockey related reasons. Eastside Hockey Manager