After failing to make the playoffs for the 13th consecutive season, the Buffalo Sabres are expected to change their secondary scoring options this summer.
Swedish forward Victor Olofsson comes in at number 22 on the Sabres Grades countdown. A healthy scratch for much of the season, Olofsson appeared in 48 games for Buffalo in 2023-2024.
Heading into the 2023-24 season, Tage Thompson was the best thing about the Buffalo Sabres. He was fresh off a season in which it looked like the next NHL star had officially arrived, but the vibe is markedly different one year later.
Like many Buffalo Sabres players, Dylan Cozens had plenty of hype surrounding him heading into the season. He finally broke out of his shell in 2022-23 and became a key contributor with 31 goals and 68 points — he looked like his new contract was going to be an absolute steal.
In his 27-year career, Seth Appert coached at just four places prior to his promotion to the Buffalo Sabres as an assistant. Instead of jumping at the next opportunity, he always chose to stay and build a program.
The 2023-2024 season Sabres Grades countdown continues with Tyson Jost at number 23. Jost only played 41 games for the Sabres, after a mid-season stint in AHL Rochester.
The Sabres have heard from teams looking to trade for a member of their defensive core, but it doesn't sound like the team has any interest in making a move.
The promotion of Seth Appert Monday from head coach of the Rochester Americans to an assistant on Lindy Ruff’s staff with the Buffalo Sabres has a major trickle-down effect in the organization.
Now that we’ve covered the prospects and departed players, the Sabres Grades top-24 countdown begins with Jacob Bryson. Bryson appeared in 36 for Buffalo, and 46 games total for the organization.
Now that we’ve covered the prospects and departed players, the Sabres Grades top-24 countdown begins with Jacob Bryson. Bryson appeared in 36 for Buffalo, and 46 games total for the organization.
The Buffalo Sabres announced Monday that Seth Appert, the head coach of the AHL’s Rochester Americans, will join the Sabres as an assistant coach under new head coach Lindy Ruff.
The Buffalo Sabres announced a pair of promotions within the organization Monday, including Rochester Americans head coach Seth Appert joining Lindy Ruff’s coaching staff with the Buffalo Sabres as an assistant.
This move will offer Appert the first NHL role of his career.
The Buffalo Sabres on Monday completed their coaching staff by promoting Rochester Americans head coach Seth Appert to an assistant on Lindy Ruff’s staff.
The offseason is underway for the Buffalo Sabres and general manager (GM) Kevyn Adams needs to make impact moves around the draft (and beyond) to improve the roster and end this long playoff drought.
Two former Buffalo Sabres from this past season are still alive in the playoffs, with Casey Mittelstadt’s Colorado Avalanche and Kyle Okposo’s Florida Panthers coming off big first-round wins as we dig into the Sabres Grades for the trade casualties.
This is a critical offseason for the Buffalo Sabres. Though the focus has been on the draft in recent years – and this year’s draft is pivotal for different reasons – they should be looking to the 2024 NHL Free Agency class to potentially make a difference.
It’s time for another edition of NHL rumours. We’re well underway in round two, but we’ve got plenty to discuss when it comes to some eliminated clubs.
Lance Lysowski of the Buffalo News: A source said that Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen’s agent, Markus Lehto, has met with the Buffalo Sabres and they’ve started contract negotiations.
After a slow start in the series and in the first period Wednesday night, the Florida Panthers got back to their team personality: Skilled, fast and physical.
Oh, what a difference 11 years make. It’s also interesting how things can come full circle. This is especially true when you believe it’s the right move at the right time.
The Buffalo Sabres are having a back to the future moment in the hiring of Lindy Ruff as their coach.
Lindy Ruff is back with the Buffalo Sabres. The organization has hired the former head coach to be their bench boss again. Ruff, 64, had been the coach of the Sabres on two previous occasions: 1997-98 and from 2012-13.
Buffalo’s playoff drought now stands at 13 years.
We have our first head coach firing of the offseason, as the Buffalo Sabres announced the firing of Don Granato on Tuesday morning after another disappointing season that led to their 13th-straight year out of the playoffs.
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