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'So don’t expect the Sabres to be involved in any big names on Tuesday. They have to float in secondary areas, and you have to give Adams some credit for last summer’s one-year, $5 million contract to Jason Zucker. Aside from playing well, Zucker brought a badly needed adult-in-the-room presence, talked about how much he enjoyed it here and re-signed for two more years.' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Tuesday is a huge day for Sabres. The mandate to Kevyn Adams is to do something

'Right around $20.8 million, according to Puckpedia.com. That’s as of Monday afternoon, after the acquisitions of Kesselring and Doan from Utah and Conor Timmins and Isaac Belliveau from Pittsburgh, and the signing of Quinn. The salary cap for the 2025-26 season is $95.5 million, and the cap floor is $70.6 million. The Sabres have a projected cap hit in the neighborhood of … [Read more...] about Questions and answers that face the Sabres as they prepare for start of free agency

'A review of the Sabres’ nine draft picks on Friday and Saturday, though, reveals just that about this year’s crop of newcomers to the organization. They’re rangy, athletic and bring a certain edge.' … [Read more...] about Sabres forecast team’s identity as draft closes, free agency approaches

'It’s no coincidence Peterka and Clifton are gone. It’s no coincidence that Michael Kesselring and Conor Timmins are here. You think Ruff wanted another forward or 6-foot-6 Czech defenseman Radim Mrtka? How do you think Ruff feels about 6-5 blueline bruiser David Bedkowski from Owen Sound?' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Lindy Ruff is making Kevyn Adams build his roster his way

'“A big thank you to the Sabres organization, my teammates, and the incredible fans for the support and the way you welcomed me over the past three years,” Peterka wrote.' … [Read more...] about JJ Peterka bids farewell to Buffalo, heads to Utah following trade

'Bedkowski is a 6-foot-5, 221-pound right-hander who had three goals and four assists with 73 penalty minutes in 35 games for Owen Sound after being acquired from Oshawa in a blockbuster trade that saw the former Winnipeg first-round pick Colby Barlow go to Oshawa, where Bedkowski had played 125 games over parts of three seasons.' … [Read more...] about Sabres complete 2025 NHL draft class with eight picks on Day 2. Here are the details.

'ESPN combined with the league on a downright laughable product, with incessant babbling posing for analysis, live interviews with foolish questions, and video hookups with GMs that were downright painful.' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: As NHL turns draft into bizarre sideshow, Sabres can’t make a deal with No. 9 pick

'Mrtka, 18, only got serious about playing hockey and pursuing a professional career in the last three years, but he became a playmaker for Seattle. He joined the Thunderbirds in December 2024 after playing the first 10 games of the season with HC Ocelari Trinec of the Czech Extraliga. He led Seattle’s defensemen in points and was fifth among rookie defensemen in the WHL in … [Read more...] about Sabres pick defenseman Radim Mrtka at No. 9 in NHL draft

'The former first-round draft pick in 2020 enters his fourth full NHL season, and has scored 39 goals with 58 assists in 159 games, and even in an injury-riddled season, became key on the Sabres' penalty kill before he sustained the ankle injury against San Jose. However, Quinn is minus-26 in his three full seasons.' … [Read more...] about Sabres sign Jack Quinn to a two-year contract extension

'“Coming in and trying to help find a solution is always fun, because there’s a way to go up and a way to go down,” said Doan, who played with Kesselring on the Arizona Coyotes before the franchise relocated to Utah last year. “The group here is finding its way and going in an upwards direction. You look at where Arizona was and how you’ve got to see that, for a little bit. I … [Read more...] about Josh Doan, Michael Kesselring ready to find solutions with Sabres

'“I think they see me with a lot of potential, and I played well when I had a lot of opportunity this year,” Kesselring said on his introductory video call with Buffalo media. “So I think the goal is just to carry that over and keep getting better. I think I’m a big guy that can move and I think I’m good two ways, so there’s a lot of ways that I can impact the game. And I’m … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Michael Kesselring gives Sabres solid option as new tower with Owen Power

'The change in format for this year stems from the 2023 draft in Nashville, an event that became a tipping point, of sorts, for its immediate future. Nashville isn’t cheap, which teams found out when they toted their entire hockey operations staffs to Tennessee. Additionally, according to Sports Business Journal, storms across the Southeast created travel issues, which delayed … [Read more...] about NHL draft is decentralized this year. What it means for Sabres, and how teams will handle the change

'Doan, the son of former Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan, scored seven goals with 12 assists and was minus-2 in 51 games with Utah. He just completed his second professional season, and split 2024-25 between the Mammoth and the Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League, scoring 11 goals with 15 assists and 22 penalty minutes in 28 games in the AHL.' … [Read more...] about Trade of JJ Peterka to Utah is Sabres’ first major move in advance of NHL draft

'My big questions for Friday and the next week or two: What does Dallas do with Jason Robertson? Does Pittsburgh find a new home for Bryan Rust or Erik Karlsson? Are center Elias Pettersson and goalie Thatcher Demko staying or going in Vancouver? Has right-handed defenseman Noah Dobson priced himself out of Long Island? Are there new bluelines to patrol for K’Andre Miller of … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Day one of the draft just part of a big day ahead for the NHL

'Kesselring, 25, is a 6-foot-5 right-shot defenseman who gives the Sabres a new option to play next to Owen Power on Buffalo's second pair. He had seven goals, 22 assists and a plus-4 rating for Utah last season. Doan, the son of former Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan, scored seven goals with 12 assists and was a minus-2 in 51 games with Utah. He just completed his second … [Read more...] about Reports: Sabres to trade JJ Peterka to Utah as part of three-player deal