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Justin Bailey called up by Flyers, expected to enter lineup soon originally appeared on nbcsportsphiladelphia.com Chuck Fletcher continues to size up the Flyers' prospect pool with an emphasis on size. A day after adding defenseman Philippe Myers (see story), the club promoted 6-foot-4 winger Justin Bailey from the Phantoms on Sunday. "He's played very well and I think Justin is certainly deserving of an opportunity and that's something we will have to look at here pretty quickly," Fletcher said Saturday. Continue to Article

February 10, 2019 11:44:am EST

A day after the Sabres clarified several comments made off the ice, coach Phil Housley was impressed watching his team clean up its various mistakes and deficiencies on it. The power-play got goals from Casey Mittelstadt and Kyle Okposo, goalie Linus Ullmark didn't have to resort to acrobatics in stopping 28 shots behind a tighter-checking defense, and Buffalo beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Saturday. ''I think they refocused, but that's the thing for me is that's a tight group in there,'' Housley said. Continue to Article

February 09, 2019 5:30:pm EST

The Minnesota Wild didn't just lose their third game in a row on Tuesday. The team announced that Koivu suffered tears to the MCL and ACL of his right knee during Tuesday's 5-4 shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres. Koivu, 35, has been such a two-way presence that plenty have argued that he deserved more Selke hype over the years. Continue to Article

February 06, 2019 5:15:pm EST

The Buffalo Sabres were the darlings of the NHL back in November when they tied a franchise record with 10 straight wins and sat atop the NHL standings at 17-6-2. During Monday's practice head coach Phil Housley drastically shuffled his lineup and placed his top three scorers – Jack Eichel, Jeff Skinner and Sam Reinhart – on three separate lines. Eichel centered the top line between Conor Sheary and Kyle Okposo, Skinner skated alongside Casey Mittelstadt and Jason Pominville, and Reinhart moved to the third line beside Evan Rodrigues and C.J. Smith. Continue to Article

February 04, 2019 3:20:pm EST

The Buffalo Sabres have placed under-performing forward Remi Elie on waivers, and the Toronto Maple Leafs pared their defensive depth by waiving Martin Marincin. Continue to Article

February 02, 2019 6:31:pm EST