Sabres Links: Sabres shutout, Neuvirth not progressing, scouts differ on Sabres pick
The Sabres lost again, and things are looking better and better everyday that they'll have one of the top two picks. The question really is who should they take with that pick?
Sabres Links
- The Sabres have trouble scoring again, get blanked 2-0 by Montreal [Sabres.com, Eyes on the Prize]
- Ted Nolan says that Michal Neuvirth isn't progressing, so the team will likely send him back to Buffalo [Sabres.com]
- The Sabres released the latest episode of Beyond Blue & Gold, focusing on Tim Murray and the trade deadline [Sabres TV]
- NHL.com's latest mock draft came out, with the eastern scout having the Sabres take Aaron Ekblad and the western one having them take Sam Reinhart [NHL.com]
- Ville Leino says a lot of other guys haven't helped much either [Buffalo News]
- Steve Ott is disappointed Pat Lafontaine is gone, but happy that it looks like Nolan is staying [Buffalo Hockey Beat]
- The most Buffalo-like email the Sabres could send (Fair warning, there's some colorful language) [Dear God Why Us Sports]
- Prospect Report: Nick Baptiste gets three points and Nikita Zadorov scores shorthanded goal in playoffs [Sabres Prospects]
Around The League
- Ryan Miller and the Blues handed Toronto their sixth straight loss [TSN]
- Mike Smith is day-to-day with a lower body injury [Sportsnet]
- The Nordic Society for Investigation and Design came out with a new Aalto Puck, and it is the strangest hockey puck you'll ever see [Deadspin]
- Evgeni Malkin will be out two to three weeks with a foot injury [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]