Daily Links for Wednesday August 10th

The dog days of the hockey offseason are highlighted by the Sabres signing two forwards for the Rochester Americans roster. Much more about that and some other league initiatives that are coming in the next few weeks. 

Sabres Everywhere: The All-New, All-Different Rochester Americans

A look at what the Rochester Americans roster will look like as of right now.

Farewell Note |

Sabres Hockey Central has the rundown of all the players that have left during the offseason.

Pysyk Headlining High Hopes for Oil Kings, Team Canada; Pysyk’s Camp Blog

Scott Michalak takes a look at Mark Pysyk and his chances with the Edmonton Oil Kings and making Team Canada for the 2012 World Juniors. 

Debate: Ralph Wilson Stadium or HSBC Arena? | Articles

A couple of days after having the debate of whether to trade a team for a baseball team, the guys at Buffalo Wins have the debate whether the Ralph or HSBC Arena is better.

Vulgar Statistics: Home Field Advantage I: Winning " Black & Blue & Gold

Alex from Black, Blue and Gold takes a look at home field advantage since the lockout in the NHL.

The one rule the NHL Research & Development Camp should be testing but isn’t | ProHockeyTalk

While there's a host of different rules and tweaks they'll be testing out at the NHL Research and Development Camp, there's one that we'd like to see worked on that isn't even being talked about.

NHL releases preseason schedule | ProHockeyTalk

The NHL released the full preseason schedule including trips to Baltimore, Kansas City, Las Vegas and multiple European dates.