Bill Hoppe

4 days ago | niagara-gazette.com | Bill Hoppe

The Buffalo Sabres have relinquished the rights to three draft picks, including winger Ethan Miedema, a fourth-round selection in 2023. Besides Miedema, the Sabres did not sign forwards Viljami Marjala and William von Barnekow to contracts before Sunday’s deadline. kAm%96J D6=64E65 |2C;2=2[ 2 u:??[ :? E96 7:7E9 C@F?5 :? a_a`[ 2?5 G@? q2C?6<@H[ 2 $H656[ :? E96 D:IE9 C@F?5 E92E J62C]k^Am kAm%96 $23C6D 96=5 E96 C:89ED E@ |:656>2 7@C EH@ J62CD 3642FD6 96 A=2J65 ;F?:@C :? E96 r2?25:2?

5 days ago | buffalohockeybeat.com | Bill Hoppe

The Buffalo Sabres have relinquished the rights to three draft picks, including winger Ethan Miedema, a fourth-round selection in 2023. In addition to Miedema, the Sabres did not sign forwards Viljami Marjala and William von Barnekow to contracts before Sunday’s deadline. They selected Marjala, a Finn, in the fifth round in 2021, and von Barnekow, a Swede, in the sixth round that year.

1 week ago | niagara-gazette.com | Bill Hoppe

In hiring Jarmo Kekalainen on Friday as a senior advisor to general manager Kevyn Adams, the Buffalo Sabres added a respected hockey lifer whose decades in the game can provide critical guidance to a team trying to end an NHL-record 14-year playoff drought. When the Sabres must make a difficult decision, you can bet Kekalainen, who spent 11 years as general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets, will speak up and explain what he did in a similar situation and why it did or did not work.

1 week ago | share.fireside.fm | Bill Hoppe |Nick Sabato

May 29th, 2025  •  42 mins 53 secs  •  Download (58.9 MB)  •  Link with Timestamp The Buffalo Bills are going to be on Hard Knocks, Joey Bosa is hurt already and James Cook was a no-show for voluntary minicamp. Bill Hoppe and Nick Sabato also dive into position battles to watch throughout the spring and summer.

1 week ago | buffalohockeybeat.com | Bill Hoppe

The Buffalo Sabres on Friday named Jarmo Kekalainen, who spent 11 years as the general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets, as a senior advisor to GM Kevyn Adams. After a disappointing 79-point finish this season, it became apparent the Sabres would beef up their front office. In Kekalainen, the first European-born GM in NHL history, they added a hockey lifer with more than two decades years of experience working in front offices.