Sabres Links: McDavid still atop rankings, a look back on the '88 Sabres, Rinaldo's under fire
It's a bit of a quiet time for Sabres news while the team waits for the rest of the league to finish things off before the All-Star break.
Sabres Links
- The '88-89 Sabres were featured in Grantland's "10 facts about a fun team" article yesterday [Grantland]
- Canisius is set to play Niagara tomorrow, and the News put together the top five moments from the local rivalry [Buffalo News]/
- Not surprisingly, Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel remain at the top of Central Scouting's draft board [TSN]
- Zac Rinaldo's late hit on Kris Letang was at the center of a wild Penguins vs. Flyers matchup [Sportsnet]
- Derek Roy scored a regulation and shootout goal to help the Oilers defeat Washington 5-4 [Oilers.com]
- The Hurricanes and Andrej Sekera will renew contract talks soon [Pro Hockey Talk]
- Next year's Heritage Classic, planned to be in Winnipeg, has been postponed [Winnipeg Sun]
- The World Cup of Hockey could feature a "Young Guns" team as well as a European All-Star team according to TSN's Rick Westhead [Twitter]