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   You can read Bill Hoppe's articles at his Buffalo Hockey Beat website and at BuffaloNews.com. Follow him on Twitter at @BillHoppeNHL.  Nick Lippa: The Sabres won a few games over the past week. What helped them get in the win column? Goaltending seemed to be a positive. Bill Hoppe: Especially on Tuesday against New Jersey. I mean Linus Ullmark was terrific, maybe the best player on the ice. And it's a shame he didn't get the shutout. He lost it there with under a minute left. And we saw Ullmark start back to back games, which I can't remember him ever doing that. Starting two straig...

   The Sabres and Captials take to the ice in Washington Thursday starting at 7 p.m. Nick Lippa: The Sabres Missed almost two weeks of hockey because of COVID concerns. Where do they stand health wise at this moment? Bill Hoppe: They’re finally getting back to just about full health. And this has been hard. It’s really stunning when you think about it. That they went from a clean start to the year, they play for a couple weeks, and they got 10 games in and all of a sudden, they played those games against New Jersey, and it hit them immediately. At one point, they had nine guys out. And ...

• Jun 17, 2020 On a special edition of WBFO's Behind The Bench, Buffalo Sabres reporter Bill Hoppe talks about Tuesday's firing of former general manager Jason Botterill and what changed from late May, when co-owner Kim Pegula endorsed his return. Using words like "leaner" and "more efficient," the Pegulas' open checkbook era appears to be over, perhaps as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Who is new GM Kevyn Adams and why was he given the job? And why was the Rochester Americans coaching staff, one of the few bright spots in the organization in recent years, also fired?  L...