Sabres Links: Sabres shutout, Neuvirth not progressing, scouts differ on Sabres 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]