Vanek on leaving Sabres, Isles' contract leak
/Ahead of Thomas Vanek's Montreal Canadiens meeting his former team, the Buffalo Sabres, on Sunday night, the winger gave some pretty candid answers to the media on pertinent subjects.
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Ahead of Thomas Vanek's Montreal Canadiens meeting his former team, the Buffalo Sabres, on Sunday night, the winger gave some pretty candid answers to the media on pertinent subjects.
Thomas Vanek on first game vs. Sabres: "I don’t know what to expect really. All I know is I have a lot of good memories in this building."
— John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) March 16, 2025
Thomas Vanek on playing for three teams this season: "It was different, exciting, weird, all at the same time."
— John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) March 16, 2025
Thomas Vanek on Sabres' year: "It’s tough to see some of the guys go through this, but I think change was needed, and it happened."
— John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) March 16, 2025
When Vanek left Buffalo, Darcy Regier was still the GM, Ron Rolston was the coach.
— John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) March 16, 2025
Thomas Vanek on deciding he wouldn't re-sign with Sabres: "I just asked what direction this team was going in. No one really had an answer."
— John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) March 16, 2025
Vanek on Isles contract leak: "I don’t know what the right word for it is. Unnecessary, I guess. I don’t think it did good for both sides."
— John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) March 16, 2025
Vanek on Sabres' core: "They told us to step up, which is great. We all wanted that to happen, but we never replaced two good players."(1/2)
— John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) March 16, 2025
Vanek on Sabres' core: "I wish we would have went and got two, three, four more good guys. We really could have made some runs." (2/2)
— John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) March 16, 2025
The two good guys Vanek referred to, of course, were Drury and Briere.
— John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) March 16, 2025
In return to Buffalo, Thomas Vanek has plenty to say http://t.co/Br6aQVgBDI
— John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) March 16, 2025
SEE IT AGAIN: The Vanek tribute displayed in-arena tonight. http://t.co/pcmuyYZzEe #Sabres pic.twitter.com/YoYyq8HEHA
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) March 17, 2025
Thomas Vanek on tribute: "It was great. I didn't know. My previous experience when someone else came back they didn't do much."
— John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) March 17, 2025
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