While Sabres fans are watching to see who will be annointed this year’s champion – the Sabres organization are already re-tooling for next year.  The Sabres have come to terms with free agent forward Mike Grier.  This will continue Grier’s second trip back to Buffalo for at least one more year.  Brought back to bring a little [...]

Forward Mike Grier is retiring after a 14-season NHL career that featured stints with four teams, including two separate stops with the Buffalo Sabres. The 36-year-old announced his retirement in a release issued by the NHL Players' Association on Thursday. Grier was a free agent after completing a one-year deal with the Sabres last season. Selected by St. Louis in the ninth round...

Forward Mike Grier is retiring after a 14-season NHL career that featured stints with four teams, including two separate stops with the Buffalo Sabres. The 36-year-old announced his retirement in a release issued by the NHL Players' Association on Thursday. Grier was a free agent after completing a one-year deal with the Sabres last season. Selected by St. Louis in the ninth round...

Mike Grier is one of those wingers who isn’t the most dynamic player, doesn’t score a lot of goals, and isn’t a “one-man” show, however his play is defined by his experience, his grit, and his smooth playing skills on the ice. The 36 year old veteran winger is coming off his 14th season scattered around the NHL. Recently with Buffalo, he’s also played with...

Mike Grier announced his retirement from the NHL on Thursday. The 36-year-old Grier had played in over 14 seasons - including the last two with the Buffalo Sabres. "I was very fortunate to be able to play 14 seasons in the NHL with some great players," Grier said in a statement. "The memories and friendships that I have built during my time in the league will last a lifetime...

  TORONTO (December 1, 2011) – Mike Grier, a hard-working and dependable winger who played his career with the Edmonton Oilers, Washington Capitals, Buffalo Sabres and San Jose Sharks, announced his retirement today from the National Hockey League (NHL) following a career that spanned 14 seasons.   Grier, 36, appeared in a total of 1,060 regular season NHL games, recording 162...

One of the most popular Sabres is returning to the team for the 2010-11 season. Mike Grier agreed to a one-year contract extension on Monday. The right winger scored nine goals and 22 points in 78 regular season games in 2009-10, as well as a pair of goals in the Sabres' first round series against the Bruins. But he provided a steady hand of leadership and various other intangibles...

Mike Grier announced today that his 14-year career in the NHL is over. Of course ESPN took this as an opportunity to remind you that U.S. black guys don’t play hockey and that contrary to what you’ve been told, U.S. black dudes playing hockey is rare. Did you read that carefully. Black guys from Detroit, Pittsburgh, Boston, etc. don’t play hockey. Don’t make it to the NHL...

Mike Grier was a member of the “Hardest working team in Hockey”.  You know, the Ted Nolan Years.  Not long after Ted Nolan left town, so did Mike Grier, ending up in San Jose with the not so kind leaving words. Grier’s decision to leave Buffalo was based on the fact that they were not committed [...]

Veteran forward Mike Grier has agreed to a one-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres. The deal Monday brings Grier back to the team he played with from 2004-06. He was considered a leader on the Sabres club that reached the Eastern Conference finals in 2006. The following summer, Grier rejected an offer to re-sign with the Sabres and joined the San Jose Sharks...

Does this mean that the Sabres are now committed to winning?  Seems to me that the Sabres have only added to their reputation of not being committed to winning since Mike Grier walked out the door three years ago with unkind things to say about the Buffalo organization. And yet, Mike Grier is a Sabre again.  [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Sabres veteran forward Mike Grier is expected to rejoin the team by this weekend after being excused because of an illness in his family.

We are just two days away from the opening of the 2010 frenzy that is the free agency period in the NHL.  The Sabres started to take care of business by locking up unrestricted free agent Mike Grier for another year of service.   Mike Grier left Buffalo because he didn’t like the way things were headed and played in San Jose for three seasons before rejoining the Buffalo Sabres...

from Bucky Gleason of the Buffalo News, Mike Grier was still sitting by himself in the far corner of the quiet visitors’ dressing room in Wells Fargo Center about 20 minutes after the season ended, in full equipment with his head buried in his hands. He was in tears while thinking about the game, the year to remember, his future. You don’t come across many people like Grier...

Sabres will grab their share of sixth tonight when/if they earn two points tonight-- either in regulation or in OT--- and, the Habs lose to Atlanta in regulation. ************

BUFFALO, NY (May 17, 2010) – Buffalo Sabres GM Darcy Regier announced today the Sabres have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with forward Mike Grier, who was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Grier (1/5/1975, 6’1”, 225 lbs.) had 22 points (10+12) in 73 regular season games for Buffalo this season. He also contributed two goals in six playoff...

The Buffalo Sabres agreed to terms on a one-year contract with veteran forward Mike Grier.

As always, Mike Grier was game, but he also wanted to be selective. If he were going to continue his NHL career, the 36-year-old winger wanted it to be back in Buffalo, one of the four cities he called home over his 1,060-game career, or here in Boston.

Mike Grier is looking for more of the same. With a similar core of players, and an attitude unchanged, the winger is hoping the Buffalo Sabres can deliver matching results in the 2010-11 season ...

The Buffalo Sabres shocked most of their fans on Monday signing free agent Mike Grier to a one year, 1.25 million dollar contract. Sabres fans will never forget Grier's words on his way out of Buffalo after the 05-06 season.  "I don't like the direction this team is going in." At the time, it seemed like a strong statement being made by the right winger. But now after 3 seasons...

The Buffalo Sabres agreed to terms on a one-year contract with veteran forward Mike Grier. Grier, who could have become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, reached the deal with the Sabres on Monday. The gritty forward scored 10 goals and had 22 points in 73 games for Buffalo this past season. He also had a pair of goals in the Sabres' six-game loss to Boston in the first round of the...

The Buffalo Sabres summarized their season last night against the Pittsburgh Penguins.  When you only get scoring from your “energy” line – you are not going to compete against teams like Pittsburgh.  It was nice to see guys like Grier and Gaustad on the scoresheet, but when they are the only two on the team to put the puck in the net, your not going to win many hockey games...

In the summer of 2006, Sabres forward Mike Grier wasn't sure on the direction the Sabres were going and chose to leave signing a three year deal with the San Jose Sharks...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

from the NHLPA, Mike Grier, a hard-working and dependable winger who played his career with the Edmonton Oilers, Washington Capitals, Buffalo Sabres and San Jose Sharks, announced his retirement today from the National Hockey League (NHL) following a career that spanned 14 seasons. Grier, 36, appeared in a total of 1,060 regular season NHL games, recording 162 goals and 221 assists...

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