Review by Budd Bailey It’s tough to know where to begin when discussing Teemu Selanne’s semi-autobiography, “My Life.” But that word, “semi-autobiography,” seems like a good place to start. Selanne,…
Book Review: Teemu Selanne
Book Review: Burke’s Law
Review by Budd Bailey I still remember the first time I met Brian Burke, and where it happened. I’m just not sure when it was. I was working for the…
TONY’S TAKE – 2021 STANLEY CUP FINAL PREVIEW
The Stanley Cup Final begins tonight and a compelling matchup between two franchises who are normally division rivals in a non-COVID world awaits hockey fans. The Tampa Bay Lightning, a…
TONY’S TAKE – 2021 STANLEY CUP THIRD ROUND SEMIFINAL PREVIEW
Welcome to this year’s edition of the Stanley Cup Semifinals, where four teams will battle for the right to become the final two squads to square off for the most…
TONY’S TAKE – 2021 STANLEY CUP FIRST ROUND QUARTERFINAL PREVIEW
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Typically that’s a phrase one would hear around Christmas. But for hockey fans, there’s no better time of year to enjoy the…
A midcourse correction may be coming
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Sabres’ “tank” – the time in team history around 2013 to 2015 when the front office wasn’t particularly interested in winning games – remains the…
Houser, Bjork lead Sabres to win
By Budd Bailey The Buffalo Sabres’ season can be summed up quite quickly. In the team’s last home game of the season, Anders Bjork and Michael Houser were the heroes…
Houser’s night to remember
By Budd Bailey Cincinnati. San Antonio. Ontario (California). Manchester. Cleveland. Fort Wayne. Tucson. Michael Houser has played for all of those hockey teams during a professional career that began almost…
UPL is A-OK in Sabres’ debut
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist We first heard about Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen about two years ago. He had been a second-round draft choice of the Buffalo Sabres in 2017….
Perfect combination helps beat Sabres
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist We’ve been watching the combination of Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak for about five seasons now. You know what? The three…
Sabres in a race for the bottom
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Every so often, it’s good to look at the NHL standings – even if there is nothing at stake in the playoff race…
Sabres are ‘boffo’ in win
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist If the Sabres were a theatrical musical, they’d be in New Haven, Connecticut, right now. You might know how it works. The new…
More questions than answers for Sabres
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist We’re now a month into the tenure of Don Granato as interim coach of the Buffalo Sabres. And at this point, I would…
Young Sabres offer reason for optimism
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The Buffalo Sabres are off on a three-game road trip now that a 4-3 loss to Washington on Friday night at the KeyBank…
