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‘The Sabres will wear the commemorative jersey a total of 13 times this season as part of “The Golden Season”, including the home opener on Saturday, October 5 against the New Jersey Devils at KeyBank Center.’

‘Mini-Packs go on sale Friday at 11 a.m.’

‘The 2020-21 season will be the Sabres actual 50th season and their 50th anniversary, so the timing does make sense. The announcement also includes news that another jersey will be unveiled Friday morning at 10am. That jersey is expected to be the third jersey for the upcoming season, which was leaked a few weeks ago.’

‘Many of you want to send about six veterans down to Rochester, but the AHL has a veteran limit and the Amerks already have Kevin Porter, Zach Redmond, J.S.Dea, John Gilmour and Curtis Lazar.’

‘”We understand that we can have the high-end scorers. Jack [Eichel], Sam [Reinhart] and Jeff [Skinner] all proved that last year, but we have to have four lines that can contribute. In the middle of August, I can’t tell you exactly how the whole lineup is going to be, but we feel that we’ve at least given Ralph [Krueger] different opportunities and different options for once the season starts.”‘

‘Buffalo will have two games played on NBCSN in the month of December. The first game comes on Tuesday, December 10 against the St. Louis Blues at KeyBank Center, with the second game coming exactly one week later on the road against the Toronto Maple Leafs.’

‘The cap hit for McCabe is $2.85 million and puts the Sabres over the NHL Salary Cap by just over $500,000. Linus Ullmark’s arbitration award will up that number.’

‘Buffalo would save $4 million on this year’s cap buy buying out Zach Bogosian. He would cost them $1,142,857 against the cap this season and $2 million next year. If Botterill would like to buyout Marco Scandella, he’d save $3,166,667 this season and it would only be $833,333 against this season’s cap and $1,583,333 against next year’s cap. Matt Hunwick would be another candidate. His buyout would save Buffalo $1,666,667 this season. He would cost $1,083,333 against this year’s cap and $583,333 against next year’s cap.’

‘Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark will speak with an independent arbiter on Friday with the hopes of getting a new contract reportedly worth $2.65 million. However, the Sabres are reportedly hoping to get Ullmark back in the fold for $800,000.’

‘Elie will look to compete for a roster spot in Buffalo during training camp and the preseason, but it is likely that he will end up with the Amerks for a good portion of the 2019-20 season.’