Buffalo Sabres

In the end, the Buffalo Sabres fired 22 different people

Tuesday, the Buffalo Sabres cleaned house after missing the playoffs for the ninth straight season and leaving one of its stars, Jack Eichel, “fed up.”

We knew the team fired General Manager Jason Botterill, members of the Sabres’ hockey operations staff, and the coaches and GM of its AHL team. But the full scope of the firings wasn’t realized until today.

According to TSN’s Frank Seravalli, 22 members of the organization were fired in total. Seravalli described it as “a bloodletting that may be unprecedented in NHL history.”

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By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago

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The Buffalo Sabres, who are a mess, have cleaned house

The Buffalo Sabres made a flurry of moves on Tuesday after missing the playoffs for the ninth straight season. The Sabres own the longest active playoff drought in the NHL.

The Sabres fired general manager Jason Botterill in the morning and named senior vice president of business administration, Kevyn Adams, as his replacement. Adams has no GM experience.

Members of the Sabres’ hockey operations staff, including scouts, were canned, as well as the coaches and GM at its AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans.

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By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago

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Digi Alex Ovechkin finally scores, Digi Braden Holtby tallies assist in Capitals’ big win over virtual Sabres

The Washington Capitals humbled and molly-whopped the virtual Buffalo Sabres on Monday. The fake Caps are undefeated (4-0) since going digital.

The Capitals had seven different goal-scorers, including the snake-bit Digi Ovechkin. The game was so lobsided Nick Jensen scored and Braden Holtby tallied an assist.

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By Ian Oland 3 months ago

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The Bruins let go of employees and reduced salaries. The Sabres supported their communities but not their employees.

NHL billionaires have been behaving badly.

Three have been worse than most: the Boston Bruins and the Buffalo Sabres, who were among the last to commit to paying their game-day employees and some of those plans were far weaker than other teams.

Now they’ve taken it to another, even lower, level.

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By Brennin Weiswerda 3 months ago

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Inconsistency reigns: numbers for the morning after

The Washington Capitals followed up their great performance in Pittsburgh with the opposite of that in Buffalo. They were able to salvage a loser point out of the festivities, but ultimately fell in the shootout 3-2 to the Sabres.

The Caps out-shot the Sabres 35 to 26 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 50 to 34.

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By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago

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Comeback Caps somehow still lose 3-2 to Sabres in the shootout

The Washington Capitals played a thoroughly Capital-y game on Monday night in Buffalo. For forty minutes they were a mix of boredom and badness, giving up chances and goals to a team they should be much better than. But then Alex Ovechkin heaved the entire 19-player roster onto his shoulders and carried them back into the game.

It began with Marcus Johansson setting up Victor Olofsson as the Caps blew a breakout. Jack Eichel made it 2-0 with a god-tier effort on a second period power play.

Suddenly, in the third period, the Caps were a different team — which is to say: a good one. Alex Ovechkin notched his 48th of the season, then Dmitry Orlov tied the game off Ovi’s assist. Brandon Montour “scored” late in the third, but the goal was washed due to Jeff Skinner’s interference against Braden Holtby, pushing us into overtime. There the Caps killed an Orlov trip to survive to the shootout, so here we go with the shootout bullets!

Eichel did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Oshie did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Reinhart did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Kovalchuk did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Olofsson did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Backstrom did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Dahlin put the biscuit in the basket.
Kuznetsov put the biscuit in the basket.
Vesey did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Ovechkin did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Our perfect son Marcus Johansson did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Vrana did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
Kahun put the biscuit in the basket.
Panik did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.

Caps lose.

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By Peter Hassett 4 months ago

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Come talk Caps at Sabres with us

This should be winnable. I dunno. Let’s talk about it.

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By Peter Hassett 4 months ago

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Injury report for Caps at Sabres

The Caps are still on the road and are making a quick stop in Buffalo to face off against the Sabres. Nothing to note on the scratches and injuries list.

Here is your report.

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By Elyse Bailey 4 months ago

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Caps at Sabres pregame: Battle in Buffalo

The Capitals have traveled up north to face off against the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres have lost six games in a row and are looking to break that streak. The Caps looked great after their Saturday win in Pittsburgh. But, the most important thing to keep in mind about tonight? It’s game number 69. We did it. Here’s hoping for a nice win.

The puck will be dropping at 7 PM and, no matter the outcome, you’re going to get a glorious recap from Peter.

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By Elyse Bailey 4 months ago

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Fourth line lightning: numbers for the morning after

The Washington Capitals finally played a home game after weeks on the road, matching up with the surging Buffalo Sabres at Capital One Arena. That surge was quickly ended by the Caps as they destroyed the Sabres 6-1 in fairly dominant fashion.

The Caps out-shot the Sabres 34 to 30 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 52 to 47.

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By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago

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