By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The plus-minus statistic in hockey often comes with the word “flawed” attached to it. As you probably know, when an even-strength goal or…
Sabre Stats: Risto’s Plus-Minus Problem
Sabre Stats: Not quite historic
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist You might have wondered this week where the upset by Columbus over Tampa Bay this week ranks on the list of upsets in…
Sabre Stats: Columbus breaks through
By Budd Bailey The Columbus Blue Jackets really did shock the world on Tuesday night – or at least the hockey-watching part of it. The Blue Jackets finished off an…
Sabre Stats: Half-season Splits
By Budd Bailey The end of the hockey season has been something of a Christmas present over the years. You get to look back on the season and analyze the…
Lots of room at the Frozen Four
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The first thing you noticed when walking into the KeyBank Center before Thursday’s Frozen Four double-header was the empty seats. There were rows…
Sabres turn another page
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Monday was Locker Cleanout Day for the Buffalo Sabres, the time to look back on the season just past and look ahead to…
Housley shown the door by Sabres
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist In 2012, manager Bobby Valentine of the Boston Red Sox talked late in the baseball season about what changes he was planning for…
A happy ending, at least, for the Sabres
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Fan Appreciation Night is something like pro hockey’s equivalent of a Homecoming Game in college football. You want to have an opponent who…
Sabres can’t catch a break
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Phil Housley walked into the media room after Tuesday’s 3-2 loss by his Buffalo Sabres to the Nashville Predators with a stern expression…
April Fool’s Day with the Sabres
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist (I wrote this 11 years ago for my own personal blog, just to get it down. I present it here with a tiny…
The wrong side of history
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist On Valentine’s Day, the Buffalo Sabres had a .500 record in terms of pure wins and losses at 28-21-7. The team was in…
Sabres fall short in a new way
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Every game for the Buffalo Sabres has been an adventure lately. You know they are going to lose, but you just don’t know…
Maple Leafs skate past the Sabres
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist For about 45 minutes, the KeyBank Center turned into something of a time machine. The team that represented the 21st century was the…
Sabres turn back the clock and win
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist For a while on Sunday, the Buffalo Sabres’ problems were erased by memories of better days. That’s partially due to the fact that…
