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From The Rink (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... with his deliberative nature, Regier is going to wait all nine games before deciding. — John Vogl, The Buffalo News Boy, I hope for Sabres fans' sake that the team's brass is only talking about this for the article writer's benefit, because through eight games, Tyler Myers has shown he's anything but unready for the NHL. To the contrary, averaging more than 20 minutes a game...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
from John Vogl of the Buffalo News, Biron investigated a similar option in Buffalo. Backup Patrick Lalime was coming off a down year and two offseason surgeries. Starter Ryan Miller is scheduled to play for Team USA in the Olympics. Biron saw a team that likely would give him ample starts in the crease. “We were fairly serious,” Biron said of talks with the Sabres. “Negotiations...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
from John Vogl of the Buffalo News, After getting the wind knocked out of him, Ryan Miller thought he was trading goal posts for ring posts. The New York Islanders may as well have been Jimmy Snuka of the Fiji Islands. “Just a good old-fashioned WWF knee drop to the back,” Miller said after his night of wrestling in the crease. Buffalo Sabres fans howled for several goaltender...
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Covers.com (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
... still win a game…but there's not much that separates one team from another now."The Buffalo News, John Vogl suggests that the salary-cap system implemented by the NHL is creating parity. He points to the 2008-2009 season as evidence, where only seven points separated sixth from 12th place in the Western Conference and eight points divided fourth from 10th in the East.Over-emphasis...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
from John Vogl of the Buffalo News, Henrik Tallinder was a typical rookie, happy to be in the NHL and possessing a mind filled with questions. The best place to go for answers was to the veterans, but the defenseman noticed they were occasionally preoccupied. Even a 23-year-old newcomer could tell why. Mixed in with power-play meetings were bankruptcy updates. In addition to game plans,...
