Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

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Winnipeg Overcomes 0-3 Deficit to Win Stanley Cup! DETROIT, MI - It looked as if it were over. The Winnipeg Jets, who went through Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Tampa Bay to reach the Stanley Cup Finals were going to have their remarkable run end in a sweep as they got down three games to the Detroit Red Wings. The Game 3 Detroit victory was their eighth straight win in these playoffs, it was also their last. The Winnipeg Jets rattled off four straight wins to steal the Stanley Cup right out of the grasp of the Detroit Red Wings and turn the hockey world upside down. For the second year the team that captured the Presidents Trophy was bounced in the first round. The Los Angeles Kings upset Vancouver in seven games before losing to eventual Western Conference Champion Detroit in the second round. Winnipeg's Blaker Wheeler won the Conn Smythe as the player most valuable to his team during the playoffs. Winnipeg won the Stanley Cup despite never holding home ice advantage at any point in the playoffs. 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs Quarters Semis Finals Stanley Cup Finals Semis Quarters 3 4 4 2 4 0 3 4 2 4 2 4 4 1 0 4 4 1 2 4 1 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 3 4

[Block M]

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Brutal loss, such a tough way to go out. The playoffs was a step in the right direction though so hopefully you can go farther next season.

Wow, what a tough loss to swallow Block. At least you got some playoff experience in there. Can't wait to see your offseason moves.

It sucked when Byfuglien's blast turned the lamp on behind Miller but definitely big to get this team some playoff experience, progress is being made, just really slowly lol.

A real thriller that went bad for you. A shame. Next year more luck.

If Roy re-signs we got all our top six forwards back having all scored at least 20 goals in 2012-2013, with another year of growth and experience next year should be explosive offensively.

[Block M]

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Clemmensen Retires BUFFALO, NY - The Buffalo Sabres will be looking for another backup goalie after it was announced today G Scott Clemmensen has ended his NHL career. Clemmensen was brought to Buffalo via free agency last year on a one year deal. The Sabres could look outside the team for a new backup or bring up a young keeper from the Rochester Americans such as G Drew MacIntyre. (Every skater with 800+ games played & goalies) C Saku Koivu G Tim Thomas G Scott Clemmensen C Brendan Morrison G Jean-Sebastin Giguere LW Ruslan Fedetenko RW Daniel Cleary D Ed Jovanowski G Jose Theodore RW Milan Hejduk LW Marco Sturm C Dainus Zubrus D Sergei Gonchar D Kimmo Timonen C Samuel Pahlsson RW Teemu Selane D Scott Hannan D Mattias Ohlund

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2012-2013 NHL Awards Art Ross Trophy Pavel Datsyuk Hart Memorial Trophy Evgeni Malkin James Norris Memorial Trophy Tobias Enstrom Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Pavel Datsyuk Calder Memorial Trophy Thomas Hickey Conn Smythe Trophy Blake Wheeler Vezina Trophy Roberto Luongo William M. Jennings Trophy Roberto Luongo/ Cory Schneider Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Cory Sarich Frank J. Selke Trophy Pavel Datsyuk Ted Lindsay Award Roberto Luongo Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy Sidney Crosby

[Block M]

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Buffalo Picks D Marek Hrbas; Deals Leopold, McCormick on Draft Day

Round One: Pick 1 Team Selection Dallas selects D Kade Pilton first overall.   Round One: Pick 21 Team Selection With their first pick of the the 2013 Draft, Buffalo selects D Marek Hrbas.   Round Two: Pick 21 Team Selection Buffalo picks C Darcy Greenaway in the second round.   Round Three: Pick 21 Team Selection The Sabres add C Dylan Smoskowitz with the 21st selection of the third round.   Round Three: Pick 26 Team Selection Buffalo selects D Johanthan Laser with their second pick of the third round.   Trade Team Players/Compensation Team Players/Compensation C Frans Nielsen and G Al Montoya D Jordan Leopold and C Cody McCormick   Round Five: Pick 21 Team Selection The Sabres select D Olli Maatta in the fifth round.   Round Six: Pick 21 Team Selection Buffalo adds C Jean-Francois Leblanc with their selection in the sixth round.   Round Seven: Pick 21 Team Selection Buffalo finished the draft with RW Chase Hatcher, son of former NHL'er Darian Hatcher.

[Block M]

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2013 Free Agency Period: Sabres Quiet BUFFALO, NY - The Buffalo Sabres do not exactly have a lot of cap space laying around. In fact, not only did that fact result in Buffalo not signing any free agents but it also resulted in the Sabres losing some of their talent. Buffalo tendered D Mike Weber and when the Dallas Stars sent in an offer sheet of 1.810M and two years the Sabres couldnt match and accepted the compensation of Dallas' 2014 2nd round pick. C Derek Roy's contract was up and the longtime Sabre refused to sign anything but a one year deal meaning Roy, Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville, Mike Cammalleri, and Ryan Miller are all now in the final year of their current contract.

Released Team Players C Matt Ellis, LW Michael Ryan, D Alex Biega, G David Leggio and C Daniel Catenacci.   Re-Signed Team Players C Derek Roy, C Cody Hodgson, C Maxim Lapierre, C Luke Adam, C Travis Turnbull, RW Tyler Ennis, LW Jacob Lagace, RW Patrick Kaleta, D Robyn Regehr and G Al Montoya.   Tendered Qualifying Offers Team Players RW Corey Tropp (Buffalo), D Mike Weber (Dallas), D Dennis Persson (Buffalo), D Drew Scheistel (Buffalo), D T.J. Brennan (Buffalo), D Nick Crawford (Buffalo).   Entry Level Contracts Team Selection LW Alexandre Tanguay and D Olli Maatta.   Free Agent Additions Team Selection None.   Trade Team Players/Compensation Team Players/Compensation D Joe Finley 2014 4th round pick and 2014 5th round pick   Notable NHL Free Agent Signings Team Player D Andrew Ference agrees to terms with Anaheim. C Mike Fisher signs with the Ducks. D Lubomir Visnovsky signs with Boston. C Olli Jokinen signs on with the Boston Bruins. D Pavel Kubina signs with Calgary. C Andy McDonald agrees to terms with Columbus. G Evengi Nabokov lands with Columbus. D Mike Weber signs with Dallas. LW Patrick Elias signs on with the Florida Panthers. C Manny Malhotra agrees to terms with Minnesota. D Douglas Murray signs with Ottawa. D Cory Sarich lands with Ottawa. D Joe Corvo signs with the Phoenix Coyotes. C Jarret Stoll and the San Jose Sharks agree to terms. G Mike Smith returns to Tampa Bay.

[johnnyrocks]

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Finish off strong like last game, rooting for you once again. Don't let the Jets play go over your head! Stay strong, and use that as a playoff experience!

[Block M]

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With 2013 officially on ice, it's time for a break. Going out of town to see some family members.

Should be Sunday or Monday before you see 2013-2014 stuff. Just letting you guys know so no one worries.

[seb170455]

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Do you have the overall ratings and potential of your draft picks?

[Block M]

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Do you have the overall ratings and potential of your draft picks?

Those will be up with the 2013-2014 roster.

[SENS_AK27]

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Very nice offseason charts. Very clean and easy to read. Enjoy your break looking forward to more when you get back.

[Block M]

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2013-2014
BUFFALO SABRES
NO.	Name	POS	OVR	AGE	POT	SAL	YL	FROM
17	Joel Armia	C	78	20	C	$0.885M	2	FIN
19	Cody Hodgson	C	82	23	B-	$2.880M	3	CAN
40	Maxim Lapierre	C	81	28	C	$1.315M	3	CAN
51	Frans Nielsen	C	82	29	C	$3.455M	3	CAN
9	Derek Roy (To FLA)	C	88	30	C	$5.375M	1	CAN
13	Mike Cammalleri	LW	87	31	C	$6.000M	1	CAN
82	Marcus Foligno	LW	74	22	C	$0.790M	1	USA
42	Nathan Gerbe	LW	83	26	C	$1.215M	1	USA
26	Thomas Vanek	LW	88	29	C	$6.925M	1	AUS
63	Tyler Ennis	RW	85	23	B-	$3.095M	2	CAN
36	Patrick Kaleta	RW	80	27	C	$1.200M	3	USA
29	Jason Pominville	RW	88	30	C	$5.080M	1	CAN
21	Drew Stafford	RW	83	27	C	$3.780M	2	USA
8	Scottie Upshall (From FLA)	RW	82	30	C	$3.500M	2	CAN
21	Drew Stafford (To TB)	RW	83	27	C	$3.780M	2	USA
12	Kyle Cumiskey	D	83	26	C	$2.100M	3	CAN
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	85	31	C	$3.780M	8	GER
6	Brian Lee (From TB)	D	87	27	C	$1.085M	1	USA
57	Tyler Myers	D	87	23	B	$5.280M	6	CAN
77	Ryan Parent (From VAN)	D	82	27	C	$0.920M	1	CAN
24	Robyn Regehr	D	87	33	C	$3.860M	3	CAN
30	Ryan Miller	G	90	33	C	$6.030M	1	USA
35	Al Montoya	G	82	28	C	$1.625M	2	USA
41	Mike Smith (From TB)	G	83	32	C-	$1.720M	3	USA
IN THE SYSTEM
NO.	Name	POS	OVR	AGE	POT	SAL	YL	FROM
20	Luke Adam	C	76	23	C	$0.720M	3	CAN
22	Darcy Greenaway	C	73	20	C	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
19	Colin Jacobs	C	74	20	B-	$0.795M	3	USA
28	Jean-Francois Leblanc	C	73	20	B-	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
21	Dylan Smoskowitz	C	70	20	C	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
46	Kevin Sundher	C	72	21	B-	$0.630M	2	CAN
18	Paul Szczechura	C	75	27	C	$0.605M	1	CAN
19	Andreas Tsogkas	C	71	20	B-	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
39	Travis Turnbull	C	73	27	C	$0.840M	2	USA
27	Riley Boychuk	LW	74	22	C	$0.565M	1	CAN
16	Jacob Lagacé	LW	74	23	C	$0.695M	2	CAN
93	Alexandre Tanguay	LW	72	20	B-	$0.835M	3	CAN
16	Terry Trafford	LW	72	19	B	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
10	Nail Yakupov	LW	74	20	B-	$0.860M	3	RUS
28	Chase Hatcher	RW	69	19	C	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
15	Brandon Kozun (From VAN)	RW	74	24	C	$0.525M	1	CAN
21	Johnny McGuire	RW	68	20	C	$0.680M	3	CAN
24	Johnathan Parker	RW	74	22	C	$0.525M	1	USA
21	Shawn Szydlowski	RW	71	23	C	$0.525M	1	USA
78	Corey Tropp	RW	76	24	C	$0.575M	1	USA
2	Jordan Auld	D	70	20	B-	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
4	T.J. Brennan	D	74	24	C	$0.815M	1	USA
14	Nick Crawford	D	74	23	C	$0.625M	1	CAN
48	Jérôme Gauthier-Leduc	D	73	21	C	$0.665M	2	CAN
13	Marek Hrbas	D	71	20	B-	UNSIGNED	-	CZE
3	Johnathan Laser	D	69	19	B-	UNSIGNED	-	CAN
2	Olli Maatta	D	73	19	B-	$0.845M	3	FIN
47	Matt MacKenzie	D	73	22	B-	$0.600M	1	CAN
5	Brayden McNabb	D	78	22	C	$0.615M	1	CAN
28	Dennis Persson	D	78	25	C	$0.630M	1	SWE
41	Mark Pysyk	D	73	20	B-	$0.900M	3	CAN
45	Drew Schiestel	D	76	24	C	$0.705M	1	CAN
52	Alexander Sulzer	D	78	29	C	$1.145M	1	GER
31	Drew MacIntyre	G	77	30	C	$0.725M	1	CAN
30	Malcolm Subban	G	72	19	B-	$0.790M	3	CAN

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The Final Go Around BUFFALO, NY - Could the 2013-2014 NHL season be the end of an era in Buffalo? The list of Sabres in the final year of their contract is almost astounding and with many of them being in the prime of their career they'll be asking for more money, not less. That poses a problem as the Sabres have little cap space so bringing back everyone will be a very difficult task. Even answering whos task it will be to re-sign everyone is not easy to answer. Current GM Block M is also in the final year of his contract and after two seasons labeled a failure by Sabres owner Terry Pegula, it is far from certain he will be back. C Derek Roy, LW Thomas Vanek, RW Jason Pominville, LW Mike Cammalleri, LW Nathan Gerbe and G Ryan Miller will all be UFA's at seasons end meaning change is certain in Buffalo. Will Buffalo part ways with part of its core or will other players be dealt in an attempt to re-sign everyone? Only time will tell. Sometimes being right up against the cap limit means bad moves were made and players were over paid. Not so in Buffalo. The Sabres boast one of the most powerful offensive teams in the NHL with six 20 goal scorers returning. The Sabres also made the addition of C Frans Nielsen who will bring a speed and scoring upgrade over C Cody McCormick. LW Nathan Gerbe will be line mates with Nielsen and RW Drew Stafford as he makes his climb up the depth chart. After trading away D Jordan Leopold and losing D Mike Weber to free agency the Sabres third blue line pairing will be new but far from inexperienced. Dennis Persson scored two goals last year in limited play being the first call up to replace injured Sabres. Joining him is Alexander Sulzer who did not see any time with the Sabres last year but bounced between Buffalo and Rochester for much of the 2011-2012 season.

Left Wing Vanek Cammalleri Gerbe Foligno Center Roy Hodgson Nielsen Lapierre Right Wing Pominville Ennis Stafford Kaleta

Left Defense Regehr Ehrhoff Sulzer Right Defense Myers Cumiskey Persson Goaltenders Miller Montoya

[bthomp05]

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I like your rosters, you have a quality team poised for a cup run. Great work.

[Block M]

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2013-2014 Block 1 Update: 8-1-1, 1st in EC

Robyn Regeher and the Sabres are putting the NHL on notice with stellar play early on. Sabres Start Year in Dominant Fashion BUFFALO, NY - In 2013-2014 the Buffalo Sabres cant ask, "Is this the year?" 2013-2014 has to be the year. A successful year could save jobs and tell free agents Buffalo can be a Stanley Cup contender. To begin the year the Sabres seem to realize that urgency and are playing like it. An 8-1-1 start out of the gates has the Sabres atop the NHL with the nearest team three points back. Fueling the run is second line right winger Tyler Ennis who is off to a great start with eight goals in ten games. Ennis still is off the NHL goal lead though. Montreal's Brian Gionta has a remarkable 10 goals through just nine games for the Canadiens and Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk serves as a buffer between Gionta and Ennis with nine goals. NHL Standings October 24th, 2013    Team Pts    Team Pts 1 14 17 2 14 13 3 13 11 4 12 14 5 12 13 6 11 13 7 11 10 8 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 11 8 8 12 8 8 13 7 7 14 6 6 15 4 6 NHL Stat Leaders October 24th, 2013 G   Brian Gionta, Montreal 10 A   Mike Ribeiro, Dallas 13 P   Mike Ribeiro, Dallas 18 GAA   Roberto Luongo, Vancouver 1.49 S%   Roberto Luongo, Vancouver .951 W   Ryan Miller, Buffalo 6   Roberto Luongo, Vancouver 6

 

October 4th, 2013 - OT F Carolina Hurricanes (1-0-0) 2 Buffalo Sabres (0-0-1) 1 Goal Scorers Dennis Persson (1) Ennis, Hodgson Loss Ryan Miller (0-1)	October 6th, 2013 F Tampa Bay Lightning (0-2-0) 2 Buffalo Sabres (1-0-1) 4 Goal Scorers Maxim Lapierre (1) Foligno, Kaleta Derek Roy (1) Pominville, Regehr Tyler Ennis (1) Regehr Jason Pominville (1) Roy, Regehr Win Ryan Miller (1-1)
October 8th, 2013 F Columbus Blue Jackets (1-2-0) 2 Buffalo Sabres (2-0-1) 5 Goal Scorers Frans Nielsen (1) Cammalleri, Ennis Robyn Regehr (1) Stafford, Myers Tyler Ennis (2) Cammalleri, Ehrhoff Tyler Ennis (3) Cammallieri, Hodgson Thomas Vanek (1) Regehr, Roy Win Al Montoya (1-0)	October 10th, 2013 F Detroit Red Wings (2-3-0) 5 Buffalo Sabres (3-0-1) 6 Goal Scorers Thomas Vanek (2) Roy, Regehr Kyle Cumiskey (1) Ennis, Hodgson Tyler Ennis (4) Cammalleri, Hodgson Christian Ehrhoff (1) Hodgson Dennis Persson (2) Sulzer, Ennis Jason Pominville (2) Vanek, Regehr Win Al Montoya (2-0)
October 12th, 2013 F Nashville Predators (1-2-1) 2 Buffalo Sabres (4-0-1) 5 Goal Scorers Jason Pominville (3) Roy, Vanek Robyn Regehr (2) Pominville, Roy Mike Cammalleri (1) Regehr, Ennis Tyler Ennis (5) Cammalleri, Myers Thomas Vanek (3) Hodgson, Pominville Win Ryan Miller (2-1)	October 15th, 2013 F Boston Bruins (3-3-2) 0 Buffalo Sabres (5-0-1) 3 Goal Scorers Maxim Lapierre (2) Ehrhoff, Myers Mike Cammalleri (2) Ennis, Ehrhoff Alexander Sulzer (1) Roy, Vanek Shutout Ryan Miller (1) Win Ryan Miller (3-1)
October 17th, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (6-0-1) 7 Edmonton Oilers (4-2-0) 2 Goal Scorers Derek Roy (2) Pominville, Myers Tyler Ennis (6) Hodgson, Ehrhoff Thomas Vanek (4) Pominville Jason Pominville (4) Vanek, Roy Tyler Ennis (7) Hodgson Jason Pominville (5) Foligno, Persson Cody Hodgson (1) Ennis, Cammalleri Win Ryan Miller (4-1)	October 19th, 2013 - SO F Buffalo Sabres (7-0-1) 4 Los Angeles Kings (4-3-1) 3 Goal Scorers Maxim Lapierre (3) Stafford, Gerbe Maxim Lapierre (4) Vanek, Kaleta Cody Hodgson (2) Ennis, Cammalleri Jason Pominville (Shootout winner) Win Ryan Miller (5-1)
October 21st, 2013 F Buffalo Sabres (7-1-1) 1 San Jose Sharks (4-3-0) 3 Goal Scorers Jason Pominville (6) Vanek Loss Ryan Miller (5-2)	October 23rd, 2013 F Florida Panthers (5-4-0) 1 Buffalo Sabres (8-1-1) 5 Goal Scorers Tyler Ennis (8) Cammalleri Derek Roy (3) Pominville, Vanek Tyler Myers (1) Lapierre Frans Nielsen (2) Persson, Gerbe Cody Hodgson (3) Ennis, Cammalleri Win Ryan Miller (6-2)