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If there was any modicum of hope left in Buffalo for Sabres captain Jack Eichel to be still on their team next season, it should be gone by now. Amidst uncertain reports on what their intention this offseason is, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman appeared on Buffalo’s WGR 550 to further solidify the likelihood of a trade this summer. Eichel, 24, has five years remaining on his contract at a cap hit of $10 million. The one true kicker is that he will be earning a no-move clause after next… Source link

The phrase “historically bad” has become a regular part of sports parlance and gets used far too often, but the 2021 Buffalo Sabres fit that description to a tee. Buffalo lost its 18th consecutive game on Monday, blowing a 3-0 lead to the Philadelphia Flyers before falling 4-3 in overtime.  We’ve covered the Sabres’ descent to rock bottom pretty extensively, and it’s been quite a ride. The Buffalo News intentionally ranked the Sabres 32nd in a 31-team league, Eric Staal could barely hide how… Source link

Even by the Buffalo Sabres unexacting standards, the 2021 campaign has been a resounding disappointment, as fans and local media are growing irate over another lost year. Buffalo signed Taylor Hall to a one-year, $8 million contract and acquired center Eric Staal in a trade, with the hopes of bolstering an anemic offense, and simply, it hasn’t worked at all. Buffalo News columnist Mike Harrington ripped into the Sabres, not by traditional reporting, or through an op-ed, but through the usually… Source link

It’s once again reached the point where the shift-over-shift dysfunction is the least of the Buffalo Sabres’ concerns. That isn’t to say that two weekend losses to the Philadelphia Flyers — in which the Sabres failed to muster a single goal — isn’t worth mentioning, but it seems clear we’ve already re-reached the familiar point where the results of games involving Buffalo do not matter. At least for the Sabres. With four regulation wins in 19 games inside arguably the toughest division… Source link