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Former Sabres captain/GM Gerry Meehan sees better days ahead for his old team

Mike Harrington News Sports Reporter
Jun 14, 2023
Jun 14, 2023 Updated Mar 12, 2026
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LOCAL Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame BESSEX — Gerry Meehan, a member of the inaugural Buffalo Sabres team, stands for a portrait at an event announcing the 2023 Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame inductees on on June 14, 2023, at Buffalo Riverworks.
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A former captain and one of the great team builders in Buffalo Sabres history annually keeps a keen eye on the Stanley Cup playoffs, as well as his old team.

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Sabres roundtable: Playoffs? Deadline move? MVP of second half? Dahlin's contract?

Sabres roundtable: Playoffs? Deadline move? MVP of second half? Dahlin's contract?

With the Sabres set to begin a crucial West Coast trip Monday night in Los Angeles, Buffalo News Sabres writers Lance Lysowski and Mike Harrington break down the key issues for the second half of the season.

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Sabres brass came to Stockholm in 1989 and left with Alexander Mogilny

It was just more than 30 years ago that the Sabres were involved a real-life spy novel, getting Alexander Mogilny to defect from the Soviet Red Army after it won the World Championships in Stockholm.

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LOCAL Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame BESSEX — Otto Orf and Gerry Meehan, right, flip through an old Sabres program featuring Meehan, during an event announcing the 2023 Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame inductees at Buffalo Riverworks on Wednesday.
Joshua Bessex,Buffalo News

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