I’m reading reports that Buffalo Sabres goaltender, Ryan Miller, may be getting ready to return to the ice after missing a month due to a sprained ankle. 
If you remember the netminder was hit during what I think was a dirty play by New York Rangers player, Scott Gomez.  He seemed to deliberately try to take Miller out and succeeded.  
Anyway, the good news is that Miller is scheduled to start against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday.  The bad news is that it is probably too late for the Sabres to make the playoffs.  The team has gone 3-7-2 …read more

Let me just say that, if I were one of the reporters talking to Lindy Ruff, I would have kept my distance.  He revealed that a nasty virus, which they are calling a “flu bug” but, because it is causing stomach issues, is probably something like Norwalk, is sweeping through the Buffalo Sabres team and is even making it difficult to come up with lines.  Here’s a video of Ruff talking about the situation:

I read the following on the Buffalo Sabres website (some is taken from the video above): “What’s really made it tough is that we keep having players …read more

In the most confusing move of the day, Patrick O’Sullivan was actually  traded twice in a pair of deals that involved four NHL teams.  O’Sullivan was originally traded from the Los Angeles Kings to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forward, Justin Williams. 
It was soon learned, however, that the 24-year-old would be on the move again when he was swiftly traded by the Hurricanes to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Erik Cole, who was part of the Canes organization when they won the Stanley Cup in 2006.  The Oilers then acquired forward Ales Kotalik from the Buffalo Sabres …read more

The Buffalo Sabres have given center Tim Connolly a new two-year contract extension worth $4.5 million per season.
The 27-year-old is often injured so I’m guessing the Sabres think he’s worth it anyway.  So far this season, Connolly has 11 goals and 15 assists. 
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The Phoenix Coyotes have dealt goaltender, Mikael Tellqvist, to the Buffalo Sabres, a team that is probably pretty desperate for someone between the pipes since their star netminder, Ryan Miller, has been sidelined indefinitely with an ankle injury after being hit by Scott Gomez (New York Rangers).  Tellqvist has posted a 7-5-1 record so far this season while serving as the backup to Ilya Bryzgalov.  The 29-year-old Swedish netminder will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season.
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Goaltender, Ryan Miller, suffered an ankle sprain on Saturday in a game against the New York Rangers.  The severity of the injury is not known yet but I’m sure the Buffalo Sabres are hoping their netminder will be back in action sooner than later.
Miller was injured when Scott Gomez took him down behind the net.  He wobbled over to the bench without putting pressure on the leg.  "It’s stiff and it’s tender," Miller said after the game. "These are things you have to kind of feel out. There’s no timetable, really. It’s your comfort level. Right now I just …read more

Thomas Vanek of the Buffalo Sabres suffered a fractured jaw and will need surgery to repair it.  The red-hot player is expected to be sidelined for three to four weeks.  He was injured when he was hit in the face by Anton Volchenkov’s (Ottawa Senators) slapshot.
"He was in a lot of pain," Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said after the game. "The teeth got pushed up a little bit."
This comes at a particularly bad time with Vanek having an incredible year – he’s third in the league for goals scored (32) and his team needs him to help secure a …read more

Buffalo Sabres defenceman, Teppo Numminen, underwent surgery yesterday to repair a fractured bone in his face.
Numminen was injured after Carolina Hurricanes d-man, Tom Gleason, hit him in the face during a game on Saturday.  Remarkably, he continued playing for another eight shifts but didn’t come back for the third period.
Numminen will be out of the lineup indefinitely.
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The visiting Ottawa Senators proved to be too hot to handle for the Buffalo Sabres with the Sens skating to an easy 5-2 win.  Jason Spezza (Ottawa) had a great night, scoring two of the five goals.  Here is the scoring summary:

OTT: Schubert, C. (PPG, 18:06 in 1st), Heatley, D. (PPG, 00:19 in 2nd), Spezza, J. (04:48 in 2nd), Spezza, J. (18:18 in 2nd), Donovan, S. (05:50 in 3rd)
BUF: MacArthur, C. (PPG, 14:37 in 3rd), Numminen, T. (PPG, 19:28 in 3rd)

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It was a close game last night between the Buffalo Sabres and the Minnesota Wild.  Drew Stafford (Sabres) opened up the scoring in the first period and the two teams answered each other’s goals for the rest of the game.  It went to overtime where, after just 44 seconds, Derek Roy put one in the back of the net.  Here’s the scoring summary:

BUF: Stafford, D. (14:43 in 1st), Mair, A. (16:00 in 3rd), Vanek, T. (16:46 in 3rd), Roy, D. (00:44 in OT)

MIN: Pouliot, B. (09:57 in 2nd), Veilleux, S. (14:50 in 2nd), Burns, B. (PPG, 00:29 in 3rd)
Watch the …read more