Matt Ellis will be back in the blue and gold for another year after agreeing to terms on a one-year deal with the team. According to CapGeek he will earn $625,000 this season.
Sabres ink Ellis
Author: Chris Ostrander
Kennedy finds a new home
Former Sabre Tim Kennedy agreed to a one-year $550,000 contract with the New York Rangers, thus ending his tumultuous offseason.
Bills trim three from roster – prepare for final preseason game
After a convincing 35-20 win over Cincinnati last Saturday, the Bills head into their final tune-up before the 2010 regular season debut.
The Bills defense and special teams were still shady but the offense looked impressive in toasting the Bengals for 28 points (Reggie Corner scored the final TD on an interception). Continue reading
Unreal
This is without a doubt the sickest YouTube video I have ever seen. Watch this and try and argue that soccer players aren’t athletes.
Where the Bills go from here
Training camp is over. The preseason is not. However, there isn’t much time left before the cuts are made.
There are numerous darkhorses to make this team among the draft picks and undrafted free agents. Plus, there are numerous position battles still waging as the Bills come back to Orchard Park.
Bills camp ends with a bang
Well, maybe a pop or some other small noise. But at least it didn’t end in silence.
Chan Gailey took the time to head over to a group of teenage fans who had been heckling the Bills – mainly Trent Edwards – and gave them a piece of his mind. Here is the quote from Allen Wilson at the Buffalo News.
“You dog one of us, you dog all of us!”
Gailey also told the fans, who stood in stunned silence, the players would not be coming to sign autographs for them.
”They said some things during practice that were derogatory to a couple of our players,” Gailey explained to the media a few minutes later. “And if you say something derogatory to one of us you say it to all of us, so I told [the players] not to sign for that group.”
NHL testing new rules
The NHL held it’s first research and development camp last week in Toronto. The camp featured some of the top prospects on-ice trying out some new ideas that the league office has thought up.
Some of the ideas are rather strange, some are ingenious and some are downright ridiculous. TSN has the details (and a second article).
NHL proposes rule changes
I’m not even talking about the recent R&D Camp that took place in Toronto. Numerous changes to the game were tested by the league in hopes that some may take hold and make the game better in the future.
The rule changes I am talking about will be instituted for the 2010-11 season.
The first tiebreaker will be a combination of regulation time and overtime victories, with shootout wins excluded, according to the online report.
In the past, the first tiebreaker had been total wins of any kind.
This is a wise choice for the NHL. The new rule will place more emphasis on the team portion of the game without sacrificing the history of the game by changing the point system. Now, say the Red Wings finish the season 42-28-12 with 96 points and the Blues finish 42-28-12 but the Blues had four more shootout wins, the Wings would win the tiebreaker.
I think this type of change is what the NHL needs to stick with. The same can be said for some of the proposed rules pitched at the R&D Camp. If the integrity and history of the sport are sacrificed there is a chance to lose fans. But, if the rich history of this great sport is maintained while improving the overall product, the NHL will benefit.
Bills improve in second preseason game
Watching the Bills this past Thursday was like watching a completely different team from the Buffalo Bills that took the field two weeks ago against the Washington Redskins.
More for Four
Brett Favre is coming back for a 20th season. The Minnesota Vikings nation can stop holding their breath. Honestly, who wants Tavaris Jackson as their starter? (Put down your hand Dick Jauron)
So, Favre is allegedly coming back, at least according to Ryan Longwell. Continue reading
Two in the Box 