By Budd Bailey This was supposed to be a typical end-of-the-season, locker clean-out day interviews with the members of the Buffalo Sabres. The players were supposed to say that the…
An Eichel Earthquake
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 89
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 89 – Alexander Mogilny of the Sabres Taken in Round 5 in 1988 Other picks in that round: Nine of the players…
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…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 97
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Rob Ray of the Sabres Taken in Round 5 in 1988 Other pick in that round: Peter Popovic, a Montreal draft choice, went…
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…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 98
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Ken Sutton of the Sabres Taken in Round 5 in 1989 Other pick in that round: Western New Yorker Aaron Miller went 88th…
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…
Buffalo’s Top Draft Picks by Number: No. 99
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist Jacob Bryson of the Sabres Taken in Round 4 in 2016 Other pick in that round: Drake Batherson of Ottawa went at No….
Photo Essay: The Last Dance at the Aud
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist I saw a note on Twitter this morning from John Boutet that this is the 25th anniversary of the Sabres’ last game at…
The strange case of Taylor Hall
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist The story of Taylor Hall and the Buffalo Sabres always was an unusual one. To sum it up: Who expected him to be…
