DetDannyWilliams
06-01-2014, 11:21 AM
“It’s really been smooth, and now we’re thinking of leaving to go to Buffalo,” the Phoenix general manager said. “That’s the irony of it all.”
Indeed, if the Sabres’ grand plan comes true, the weeklong prospect get-together will move from a conference hall outside the Toronto airport to HarborCenter in downtown Buffalo.
“We are planning to put in a bid on the Combine,” Mike Gilbert, the Sabres’ vice president of public and community relations, said by phone Saturday.
The bid, which will be delivered this month, is expected to be comprehensive. The Sabres desperately want to bring the event to town and have spent time putting together a package that will show why.
“There’s a lot of teams that are expressing interest in hosting some future Combines,” said Dan Marr, director of NHL Central Scouting. “There’s interest, but Buffalo has had a strong agenda and a strong presentation that they’d like to become the home of the Combine.”
“I know in Buffalo’s case, they’re pitching that it’s being built for the Combine almost,” Marr said in International Centre. “One of the things that we’d be looking at is just the ability of everything in one site. Right now we could probably transform this into an arena ice floor, where you’d actually have the benefit of having some seating. If there ever was an opportunity down the road where teams wanted to have an on-ice component, then it would be there as well.”
“It sounds like the Buffalo facility would certainly be conducive to doing some on-ice testing by the way it’s been described to us,” Maloney said. “We have a GM meeting coming up. It’s one of those things that will probably be talked about next meeting, fall meeting, spring meeting. Certainly, there’s a possibility.”
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/harborcenter-hopes-to-land-nhl-scouting-combine-20140531
Indeed, if the Sabres’ grand plan comes true, the weeklong prospect get-together will move from a conference hall outside the Toronto airport to HarborCenter in downtown Buffalo.
“We are planning to put in a bid on the Combine,” Mike Gilbert, the Sabres’ vice president of public and community relations, said by phone Saturday.
The bid, which will be delivered this month, is expected to be comprehensive. The Sabres desperately want to bring the event to town and have spent time putting together a package that will show why.
“There’s a lot of teams that are expressing interest in hosting some future Combines,” said Dan Marr, director of NHL Central Scouting. “There’s interest, but Buffalo has had a strong agenda and a strong presentation that they’d like to become the home of the Combine.”
“I know in Buffalo’s case, they’re pitching that it’s being built for the Combine almost,” Marr said in International Centre. “One of the things that we’d be looking at is just the ability of everything in one site. Right now we could probably transform this into an arena ice floor, where you’d actually have the benefit of having some seating. If there ever was an opportunity down the road where teams wanted to have an on-ice component, then it would be there as well.”
“It sounds like the Buffalo facility would certainly be conducive to doing some on-ice testing by the way it’s been described to us,” Maloney said. “We have a GM meeting coming up. It’s one of those things that will probably be talked about next meeting, fall meeting, spring meeting. Certainly, there’s a possibility.”
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/harborcenter-hopes-to-land-nhl-scouting-combine-20140531