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Buffalo Sabres Daily: AHL, Frozen Four, NHL Playoffs

By Melissa Kania

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Good morning Buffalo Sabres fans! It’s another game day for the Buffalo Sabres, who host the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight, with puck drop at 7:30 p.m. at First Niagara Center.

Starting off this morning’s daily links is some news from within the Sabres organization.

The AHL’s Rochester Americans announced Tuesday evening that the team has signed free agent Matt Garbowsky for the 2015-2016 season.

Garbowsky recently finished his season at RIT, where he and the Tigers went to the NCAA Tournament. He captained RIT and recorded a school-record 54 points in 40 games this season. Garbowsky is a Hobey Baker finalist and was named Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year.

He’ll join the Amerks for the remainder of this season on an amateur tryout basis.

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In other Buffalo Sabres prospect news, one of our own is headed to the NCAA’s Frozen Four.

This Sabres.com report from Kris Baker highlights Anthony Florentino, a 2013 fifth-round draft pick of the Sabres who currently plays with Providence College.

It will be Providence’s first Froxen Four appearance in 30 years.

Finally in the world of the Buffalo Sabres this morning, the team announced its plans for Fan Appreciation Weekend, to be held April 10-11.

Among other things, events planned for the weekend include a Party in the Plaza with live music and alumni appearances; intermission contests; in-game giveaways for game-worn jerseys and other prizes; team awards and discounted concession stands.

In addition, the winner of the 50/50 raffle will take home a 2015 Lexus NX 200t.

Now — onto some news from around the NHL world.

First up from Sportsbet: three NHL teams poised to pull off an upset this season.

Next, Bleacher Report looks at some of the potential NHL playoff matchups for this season that the writers there would love to see.

The folks there have some great matchups, including a potential Montreal vs. Boston Original Six meeting. I can already imagine the tension in that one.

I can just see Brendan Gallagher getting up in Milan Lucic‘s face, P.K. Subban chirping Tuukka Rask….. man, that would be a great one. Here’s to hoping.

In the “what’s weird” column of news, here’s an interesting one for you: Dallas Stars defenseman Patrik Nemeth ended up with a puck in a very weird spot — under his visor. [The Blaze]

Any time we talk about pucks ending up in weird places, it’s just another reason to dig out the “butt goal” video again — so here you go.

Finally this morning, a Yahoo! Sports article highlighting the difficulty that some of the NHL’s top scorers are having this season in racking up the points, and your weekly power rankings from Bleacher Report.

Just four games on tap for the NHL this evening. The Sabres host the Leafs, while the Wednesday ngiht rivalry continues with Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia. Elsewhere, Edmonton and Anaheim face off, while Colorado and San Jose also meet.

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