Bad teams that are always bad tend to stay bad for a reason. You just have to pinpoint what that reason is. It usually starts at the top of the organization. That is the case for the once-proud Buffalo Sabres franchise.
When a young player is selected first overall in an NHL Draft, there are high expectations that follow them. More often than not, they are able to live up to those expectations, but sometimes they fall short and fade into mediocrity, or they fizzle out fast and are not seen in the NHL for very long (cough cough, Nail Yakupov).
The Buffalo Sabres have been playing a better brand of hockey lately, yet they’re still dead last in the Eastern Conference with an 8-9-4 record, and it’s hard to envision them surging past any of the teams in front of them.
Bobby Orr won the last of his eight Norris Trophies during the 1974-75 season. Can you name every defenseman who won the trophy since then?
Josh Doan netted his first goals with Buffalo by producing two power-play markers, goaltender Alex Lyon denied all 32 Florida shots, and the Sabres blanked the visiting Panthers 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
The Buffalo Sabres will be without a few key players on Saturday. Head coach Lindy Ruff told media on Friday that forward Josh Norris is being evaluated and is expected not to play Saturday against the Boston Bruins.
Joe McDonald: Boston Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm left last night’s game in the first period. He had missed most of last season with a knee injury.
The Sabres are set to activate defenseman Owen Power from injured reserve before Thursday’s home opener against the Rangers.
Anaheim Ducks: Anaheim Ducks forward Ryan Strome will miss their opening road trip due to an upper-body injury. Matthew Fairburn: Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said that defensemen Owen Power and Mattias Samuelsson should be ready for their season opener on Thursday.
As the Buffalo Sabres gear up for the new season, the team is already dealing with some injuries across the roster. This team is looking to finally end the long playoff drought, and this isn't the start that the franchise wanted for the year.
To mix things up at training camp, the Buffalo Sabres decided to hold an intrasquad scrimmage at KeyBank Center. However, instead of the original team
Owen Power, drafted first overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, was brought in by the Sabres to be Rasmus Dahlin’s right-hand man.
David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period: How bold of a move are the Buffalo Sabres willing to make? Bowen Byram is out there, and before the trade deadline, Owen Power, JJ Peterka and Alex Tuch drew interest.
Of all the players on the Buffalo Sabres who frustrated fans during the regular season, Owen Power was one of the names that continued to stand out as things kept going along.
A awkward collision knocked Owen Power out of the regular season. Today it was announced he will not require surgery. Power will still take around 2 months to fully recover from the injury.
It’s another season that the Buffalo Sabers and their fans would like to forget, and it just got worse. On Tuesday, it was announced that defenceman Owen Power will miss the final two games of the regular season with a left-knee injury.
The Buffalo Sabres have held trade talks throughout the 2024-25 campaign. Buffalo sits last in the Eastern Conference and is the only East team more than six points back of the Detroit Red Wings for the final Wild Card spot.
The Buffalo Sabres are nowhere near the playoff picture, and NHL analyst Jeff Marek has just dropped some massive new information regarding Owen Power.
The Buffalo Sabres nearly traded Dylan Cozens to the Detroit Red Wings before the NHL’s holiday roster freeze. The Sabres have taken calls on Cozens throughout the season and could send the former first-round pick out of town before the NHL Trade Deadline.
In a game that kicked off a critical seven-game road trip across the country as the Pittsburgh Penguins try to climb back into a playoff spot, they rode an efficient power play and strong goaltending on Friday while shedding some bad habits to down the Buffalo Sabres 5-2.
The promotion of Seth Appert Monday from head coach of the Rochester Americans to an assistant on Lindy Ruff’s staff with the Buffalo Sabres has a major trickle-down effect in the organization.
The Buffalo Sabres were 3-2 shootout winners over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday afternoon, and they ended up having to beat them twice thanks to an instant replay review.
The Buffalo Sabres are welcoming defenseman Owen Power back from injury.
No positive news on the injury front for a promising young blueliner. On Monday, the Buffalo Sabres announced that defenseman Owen Power has been placed on injured reserve.
Early on Tuesday, Sabres Head Coach Don Granato announced that Owen Power sustained an injury during practice and would be out week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
Buffalo Sabres defenseman Owen Power will miss the team’s Tuesday night game, per head coach Don Granato, who shares that the former first-overall pick could miss a few games.
The 2023-24 NHL season is through its first two months and some teams and players have not lived up to their expectations. Here are five of the biggest disappointments in the NHL so far.
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