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….
UPL is A-OK in Sabres’ debut
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…
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…
Sabres lose in Granato’s debut
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist When Don Granato took over as the Buffalo Sabres’ head coach on Wednesday morning, he might have had a fleeting thought about what…
Book Review: Kooks and Degenerates on the Ice
Review by Budd Bailey Fifty years? Fifty years. It’s been a half-century as of 2020 since Bobby Orr did a Superman impression for the Boston Bruins, flying through the air…
Sabres come up empty on offense
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist You might have heard – or at least read about in a dusty history book – how the Buffalo Bills went 0 for…
Buffalo’s Biggest Trades: No. 62
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist No. 62: June 11, 1976 – The Sabres trade the rights to free agent Peter McNab to Boston for the rights to free…
Sabres can’t reverse recent fortunes
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist It’s not unreasonable to say that the Buffalo Sabres are in something of a slump. They have only won one game out of…
Sabres open with a thud
By Budd Bailey, Buffalo Sports Page Columnist It all looked so familiar. Remember all the way back to Sunday, when the Bills played in Green Bay? Remember how they fell…
