Sabres' Training Camp Opens Thursday September 17th

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[LaxSabre]

‏@BNHarrington - NHL will have preseason "tester" games for 3-on-3 OT regardless of regulation score. Sabres home pre-season game vs Ottawa on Wednesday, September 23 to be one.

The NHL has designated 45 games on its preseason schedule as test cases for its 3-on-3 overtime period, meaning the new format will be played regardless of the score at the end of regulation. The Sabres will play their tester games during their exhibition opener Monday, September 21 in Minnesota, the home opener Wednesday, September 23 against Ottawa and the Thursday, October 1 return visit to Minnesota.

If those games end with a winner in regulation, that will be deemed the final score of the game and there will be no shootout if there are no goals in the OT session. If those games or any of Buffalo's other four preseason games are tied at the end of regulation, normal rules will apply. That means a shootout would be played if there are no goals scored in OT.

The league's release says the expanded use of 3-on-3 during this preseason will give players, coaches, management and on-ice officials a chance to test the new format in advance of the regular season. The league went through a similar preseason experiment when the shootout was introduced in 2005, using them in exhibition play even if the actual rules didn't call for them in that particular game.

http://sabres.buffalonews.com/2015/...eason-games-among-nhls-testing-for-3-on-3-ot/

 

[LaxSabre]

NHL Network to Air More Than 40 Preseason Game Telecasts Beginning Sunday, September 20, 2015 - http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=107572

Three of the Six Sabres Pre-Season Games will be televised - via Tape Delay - on the NHL Network -

Saturday, September 26 - Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs (Tape Delay from Friday, September 25) - 8:00 am ET.
Wednesday, September 30 - Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres (Tape Delay from Tuesday, September 29) - 9:00 am ET.
Friday, October 2 - Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres (Tape Delay from Friday, October 2) - 10:00 pm ET.

No word if these three games will be televised LIVE or/and Tape Delay on MSG Network-Buffalo.

 

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[Duddy]

Biggest story: will Jack Eichel make the team?

50/50 shot imo

 

[5 Minute Major]

Probably been asked somewhere else but why is Eichel wearing #41?

 

[old kummelweck]

Probably been asked somewhere else but why is Eichel wearing #41?

Doesn't want to wear #15 until he 'makes the team'. Seriously.

 

[5 Minute Major]

Doesn't want to wear #15 until he 'makes the team'. Seriously.

Strange but, OK.

 

[couture23]

Probably been asked somewhere else but why is Eichel wearing #41?

Doesn't want to wear 15 until he officially makes the team.

 

[yahhockey]

Biggest story: will Jack Eichel make the team?

50/50 shot imo

Sarcasm? Swap Jack Eichel for Sam Reinhart and you may have a valid point but Eichel is done deal.

 

[Gabrielor]

would be very surprising if both 15 and 23 werent on the roster opening night.

 

[SundherDome]

Excited about going to the game in monday

 

[Crazy Tasty]

As much as I hate that summer is over, I love that training camp is starting...

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Sarcasm? Swap Jack Eichel for Sam Reinhart and you may have a valid point but Eichel is done deal.

you shouldnt have to ask that question given this offseason

 

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HAMILTON: Sabres Climb Up Begins

Paul Hamilton

Buffalo, NY (WGR 550) -- After two very long years of some very bad hockey, it seemed like today would never arrive.

Two years of losing has netted the Sabres Sam Reinhart and Jack Eichel and rock bottom has been hit. The players report to training camp today and there’s nowhere else to go other than up.

Honestly there really aren’t too many jobs up for grabs in this camp, but it’s fun to try to figure out where the pieces fit.

 

[sabres4ever]

I think Eichel's a done deal for making the team. Samson? probably, but, we can afford to have him play in Rochester.

 

[TehDoak]

Wonder what Paul Hamilton thinks of this nickname

 

[joshjull]

 

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[old kummelweck]

My only prediction: they will take a long hard look at Guhle to try and gauge when he can turn pro.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

My only prediction: they will take a long hard look at Guhle to try and gauge when he can turn pro.

You think he gets any regular season games or back to junior before the preseason ends?

 

[Heraldic]

McCormick likely to start the season on IR?

That might open one spot for a junior player to play few games before going back to juniors.

 

[old kummelweck]

You think he gets any regular season games or back to junior before the preseason ends?

I bet we see him slotted in the top-4 with one or two of our current top-3 guys at least once during the preseason and probably one of the last to go back if things are going well for him. We saw some pretty big hand grenades during Boston game that illustrates he's still a ways away, so a regular season game is long shot.

 

[jBuds]

Is this Ullmark's first camp? I don't remember