Drew Stafford News

Folks in Sabreland have been worriedly and angrily wringing their hands the last couple of weeks.

Senators General Manager Bryan Murray made an interesting move this week when he signed Alex Kovalev away from the Canadiens, giving his team some much-needed depth up front while prepping the organization for the likely departure of whiny winger Dany Heatley.

July 1 is upon us and the free agent signing period begins across the NHL at noon Wednesday.

Andy Strickland has reported the St. Louis Blues bought out the contract of veteran defenseman Jay McKee, who had just one year left on a four-year, $16 million deal.

Before the 5 p.m. deadline to extend qualifying offers to restricted free agents, Darcy Regier announced yesterday the Buffalo Sabres' organization offers to Drew Stafford, Andrej Sekera, and Clarke MacArthur... by Shelby Griswold 28 reads Opinion Before the 5 p.m. deadline to extend qualifying offers to restricted free agents, Darcy Regier ...

The Buffalo Sabres retained the rights to three key restricted free agents by extending qualifying offers to forwards Drew Stafford and Clarke MacArthur and defenseman Andrej Sekera.

The Sabres have extended qualifying offers to three restricted free agents, Drew Stafford, Clarke MacArthur, Pat Kaleta, Mark Mancari and Andrej Sekera.

Things seemed to work out in the Buffalo Sabres' favor at the 2009 NHL entry draft.

Following their selection of Zack Kassian during Friday's first round of the NHL Entry Draft, the Buffalo Sabres were at least hopeful that they could move up to the second round, however it never happened.

Ahh, the Stanley Cup Finals have come to a thrilling close. For a couple weeks, I actually forgot about the Buffalo Sabres offseason-to-do list... by Brandon K. 62 reads Opinion Ahh, the Stanley Cup Finals have come to a thrilling close.

The NHL Entry Draft will begin Friday in Montreal, and the league's free agency signing period will open next week.

The NHL Draft is coming up this Friday.A NHL free agency begins on July 1st.A The quiet offseason for the Buffalo Sabres will get busier starting this week.

A recent article in The Buffalo News got my mind to wandering about the Buffalo Sabres and their scouting department.

Los Angeles Kings winger Dustin Brown could be an important power forward for the Americans at 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver and his audition for that role is going well this week in Switzerland.

Team USA Coach Ron Wilson isn't going to blame his players for needing some time to re-adjust to European style hockey because he felt the same way.

The United States broke open a close game with four goals in the third period, beating Austria 6-1 on Monday to reach the second round of the ice hockey world championship.

The United States was put to a surprisingly tough test before emerging with a 4-2 victory over Latvia in its opening game of the ice hockey world championship on Saturday.

The Buffalo Sabres 2008-2009 NHL season came to a disappointing end as for the second straight year the Sabres closed out the NHL season without earning a berth in the NHL's Stanley Cup Finals, ... by Andrew Farrell 2 reads Opinion The Buffalo Sabres 2008-2009 NHL season came to a disappointing end as for the second straight year the Sabres closed ...

Drew Stafford is a poster boy for USA Hockey. No, really. That's not just a figure of speech.

The decision to keep Lindy Ruff as the Sabres' coach gets a thumbs up from me. What this team needs is a makeover, not a coaching purge.