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  • The Buffalo Sabres 2010 Draft Preview

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    Hockey goes Hollywood as the 2010 NHL Draft takes the Staples Center stage in Los Angeles on June 25th and 26th. Much like scores of aspiring actors pouring coffee at every LA corner looking to be discovered, a total of 210 young hockey players will hear their names called as they take one step closer…

  • Sabres sign Lagacé

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    The Buffalo Sabres are set to announce the signing of Jacob Lagacé to a three-year contract worth $1.675M. Lagacé, a fifth round pick in the 2008 draft, recently completed a three-year QMJHL career that saw him collect 90 goals and 114 assists in 191 games. In 2009-10, the 5’11, 196-pounder scored 35 goals and 73…

  • Kassian arrested after bar fight

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    After 2009 first round pick Zack Kassian exercised a positive turnaround to a season of poor publicity, it seems as if the bruising power forward has again cast himself a negative shadow. Kassian, a member of the Memorial Cup champion Spitfires, was arrested at 1:50 Sunday morning following a fight at a Windsor nightclub. Charges…

  • Lagacé mulling offer

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    The Buffalo Sabres have extended an entry-level contract offer to 2008 fifth round pick, Jacob Lagacé. Lagacé, 20, has until Tuesday to sign his deal and begin preparation for a season of AHL hockey. If the two sides cannot close, the scoring wing will head back to the draft looking for another suitor and likely…

  • Fienhage heads to the Dub

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    Defenseman Corey Fienhage (2008, 3rd round) has left the University of North Dakota and signed with the Kamloops Blazers of the WHL. Fienhage, 20, made the jump to the WCHA’s Fighting Sioux directly from the Minnesota high school ranks. However, playing time was difficult to secure upon arrival in Grand Forks, and with senior Chay…

  • One and done: Gogulla gallops back to Germany

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    After just one season of North American hockey, Philip Gogulla will be leaving the Portland Pirates and heading back to the DEL to play a sixth season for the Cologne Sharks. Those close to the situation will say this is no surprise. The 2005 second round pick (48th overall) was unhappy and perhaps a little…

  • Kassian hoists Cup as Spits repeat

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    Zack Kassian scored a goal and an assist Sunday as dynastic Windsor won the 2010 Memorial Cup title with a 9-1 clobbering of Brandon. Windsor is just the eighth franchise in CHL history to hoist the Cup two years in a row, and the first to do it since the 1993-94 Kamloops Blazers. Kassian, a…

  • Local boy looks to bring Cup home

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    The Windsor Star’s Bob Duff had a quick hit in Saturday’s edition about Windsor native and Spitfires forward Zack Kassian’s wishes to win the Memorial Cup for his hometown. Windsor will battle the host Brandon Wheat Kings for Canadian junior’s top prize Sunday evening at 7:00 PM (EST). The game will be broadcast on cable…

  • From Ivy League to bigs: Sabres sign Biega

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    The Buffalo Sabres have signed defensemen Alex Biega to a two-year entry-level contract. Official financials aren’t available, but the deal could be worth a shade over $1M in total with the likelihood of an NHL salary in the vicinity of $525K per season. Chosen in the 5th round of the 2006 draft, the 5’11, 205-pound…

  • Odds & Ends: Southorn talking; Tropp on the way?

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    With 2008 draft pick Jordon Southorn recently finishing his fourth QMJHL season, The Guardian is reporting that player agent Don Meehan is talking to the Sabres about a pro deal. Southorn said his agent, Don Meehan, is talking with the Buffalo Sabres, the team that drafted him in the fourth round (104th overall) of the…