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Double Minors: Sabres roll over in Columbus
Nationwide Arena has never been good to the Buffalo Sabres, that trend continued last night in the form of a 5-1 thrashing at the hand of the NHL’s worst team. Any number of adjectives could describe...
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Between the Pipes: Lackluster effort leads to lackluster result against #Lumbus
Things got ugly quick for the Sabres last night. Columbus scored just 1:51 into the contest and managed another early goal in the second period as well on their way to a 4-1 win. Not pictured: the...
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Roadtrip Recap: Columbus and Nationwide Arena
When I penciled in a trip to Columbus to catch the Sabres-Blue Jackets game I had no idea the implications that night would hold. At the time I decided to add Nationwide Arena as my next NHL road trip,...
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Over-Thought: Ready for some Deals
We’re five days from the deadline and Jason Botterill is standing by his roster, maybe to a fault. Even if the Sabres aren’t active at the deadline, there are some signs pointing to this season being a...
View ArticleThe Instigator Podcast 7.22 – NHL Trade Deadline Breakdown
The bonus extension of the deadline podcast looks at some of the biggest trades that went down at the 2019 NHL Trade Deadline. We look into all of the moves made by the Columbus Blue Jackets and the...
View ArticleThe Instigator Podcast 7.28 – Applying Kekalainen’s Deadline to the 2007 Sabres
In the wake of the first two eliminations in this year’s playoffs, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at how Jarmo Kekalainen’s aggressive trade deadline strategy may have been applied...
View ArticleThe Instigator Podcast 8.14 – Hall Monitors
With Taylor Hall’s name buzzing around the rumor mill, we consider whether or not the Sabres would be wise to invest the assets (and potentially cap space) into the Devils star, or if the club should...
View ArticleThe Instigator Podcast 9.7 – Process and Results
For the first time in the history of the sport, the Sabres actually have quality underlying numbers. Despite that fact, they haven’t seen legitimate success early in the season due, in part, to their...
View ArticleThe Instigator Podcast 9.9 – Burke and Hextall Hired in Pittsburgh
We recorded this episode on Tuesday and it felt like there was two weeks worth of news that broke over the past 48 hours in the NHL. From the offside review debacle in Columbus and John Tortorella’s...
View ArticleThe Instigator Podcast 11.38 – The First Trade of the Offseason
This week, we take listener questions and offer up some reactions on topics such as the Bills stadium project, arena renovations, choices in goal and Buffalo’s front office outlook. We kick things off...
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