By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Here’s a little trade secret from the world of local sports journalism: The Friday before Labor Day is the most shocking day of…
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Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 3
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 3: August 7, 1992 – The Sabres trade Stephane Beauregard and a fourth-round draft choice in 1993 (Eric Daze) to Chicago for…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 4
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 4: December 2, 1981 – The Sabres trade Jim Schoenfeld, Danny Gare and Derek Smith to Detroit for Mike Foligno, Dale McCourt…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 5
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 5: October 25, 1991 – The Sabres trade Pierre Turgeon, Uwe Krupp, Dave McLlwain and Benoit Hogue to the New York Islanders…
Question Period
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Everyone in journalism, it seems, has some sort of mail column where the reporter answers questions from readers. Except me. It’s time to…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 7
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 7: February 28, 2014 – The Sabres trade Ryan Miller and Steve Ott to St. Louis for Jaroslav Halak, Chris Stewart, William…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 10
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 10 – June 16, 1990 – The Sabres trade Phil Housley, Scott Arniel, Jeff Parker and a first-round draft choice in 1990…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 12
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 12: July 8, 1995 – The Sabres trade Alexander Mogilny and a fifth-round draft choice in 1995 (Todd Norman) to Vancouver for…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 13
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 13: February 2, 1993 – The Sabres trade Dave Andreychuk, Daren Puppa, and a first-round draft choice in 1993 (Kenny Jonsson) to…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 15
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 15: March 4, 1972 – The Sabres trade Eddie Shack to Pittsburgh for Rene Robert. Sabres general manager Punch Imlach completed plenty…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 16
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 16: March 23, 1999 – The Sabres trade Mike Wilson to Florida for Rhett Warrener and a 1999 fifth-round draft choice (Ryan…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 20
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 20: March 11, 2003 – The Sabres trade Chris Gratton and a fourth-round draft choice in 2004 (Liam Reddox) to Phoenix for…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 22
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 22: July 1, 2001 – The Sabres trade Dominik Hasek to Detroit for Vyacheslav Kozlov, a first-round draft pick in 2002, and…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 23
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 23: December 31, 1987 – The Sabres trade Paul Cyr and a 10th-round draft choice in 1988 (Eric Fenton) to the New…
