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'According to sources, some members of Sabres management believe the television coverage has been too critical.' … [Read more...] about Alan Pergament: Sabres make TV production lineup change that won’t help declining ratings

'Adams didn’t specify where the deficiencies still rest. Instead, he operated on the premise that if there’s an area where the Sabres can still improve, they will do it.' … [Read more...] about Sabres GM Kevyn Adams on Bowen Byram: ‘Nothing’s changed’

'The Sabres don’t need and don’t want draft-pick compensation, and that’s why they will match. Meanwhile, not many teams can have designs on a long-term offer sheet due to cap considerations.' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: In Bowen Byram drama, it’s suddenly clear where the Sabres stand

'The first day the NHL’s free agency period opened at noon Tuesday, and by 5 p.m., the Sabres still hadn’t officially pulled off a major transaction.' … [Read more...] about Sabres start quiet, then start signings in first hours of NHL free agency

'Said TSN analyst and former NHL GM Craig Button during the network’s show Tuesday: “Buffalo is the opposite of Florida. People want to stay in Florida because they win. People want to leave Buffalo because they don’t think they can win.”' … [Read more...] about Mike Harrington: Re-signing Ryan McLeod is good – but clarity has to come on Bowen Byram

'There was a skeleton crew of forwards – only eight, as compared to 11 defensemen on the ice. There were almost as many goalies as there were forwards: Five, including this year’s draftees, Samuel Meloche and Yevgeni Prokhorov.' … [Read more...] about Sabres prospects kick off development camp, after an eventful NHL draft weekend

'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