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The last time the Buffalo Sabres made the playoffs, Ryan Miller was the starting goaltender and the team was led by Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville and Tyler Ennis. Oh, and Barack Obama was President of the United States. Yes, it’s been that long. The Sabres last advanced to the dance in 2010-11, where they led […]

James van Riemsdyk has been unable to find a landing spot ahead of the 2024-25 NHL season. He spent last year with the Boston Bruins after becoming a free agent, holding a bottom-six role where he managed 38 points in 71 games. It was an improvement over his 2022-23 season with the Philadelphia Flyers where […]

The Buffalo Sabres can’t afford to have any regression candidates in the 2024-25 season, considering they hold the longest playoff drought in North American sports. The Sabres and New York Jets have missed the playoffs for 12 straight seasons and now hold the record after the Seattle Mariners and Sacramento Kings recently broke their dry […]

It has been a while since the last time the Buffalo Sabres played in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. That was over a decade ago, in 2011, when the franchise won 43 games under Lindy Ruff. At that time, Sabres forward JJ Peterka was just nine years old. Several years later, Peterka has become part of […]

The Buffalo Sabres have not made the playoffs in 13 seasons, tied for the longest active streak in American sports. They missed the playoffs by eight points last season, fired their coach, and re-hired Linday Ruff to be the bench boss. The Sabres are a very young team but do have veterans like Jason Zucker, […]

The Buffalo Sabres are deep into their rebuilding phase and hold the longest playoff drought in the league, missing the postseason every year since 2011. Despite this, fans across generations have many memorable moments to cherish while they await the team’s return to competitive play. Established in 1970, the Sabres are among the few teams […]

No team in North American professional sports has suffered more than the Buffalo Sabres over the last decade-and-a-half. Although that’s a subjective statement, this one isn’t: no team has gone longer without making a playoff appearance than the team that calls Western New York home. Through multiple rebuilds, trading a franchise cornerstone in Jack Eichel […]

The Buffalo Sabres have a lot of young talent that has already made an impact at the NHL level. The Sabres missed the playoffs once again in 2023-24 despite a lot of hype around them in the preseason. With Lindy Ruff back in town as head coach, Buffalo hopes the veteran bench boss can get […]

The Buffalo Sabres currently hold the longest playoff drought in North American sports. They have never won a Stanley Cup and have only been there twice. Despite their poor team history, they have some of the greatest players in NHL history to their name. The list of the top 10 Sabres players is full of […]

The Buffalo Sabres have had quite the offseason. They invested in one of their own as goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen signed a new contract after a promising 2023-24 campaign. However, the Sabres bought out Jeff Skinner and shockingly traded Matt Savoie to the Edmonton Oilers. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind, to say the least. […]

The Buffalo Sabres didn’t live up to their lofty expectations during the 2023-24 season. However, goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen emerged as a source of hope despite the down year overall. Buffalo inked an offseason acquisition to a contract on Wednesday. After that, though, they rewarded their young goaltender after his emergence over the last season. The […]

The Buffalo Sabres have made a couple of interesting trades this offseason, including acquiring former fifth-round pick Beck Malenstyn from the Washington Capitals on June 29. And the franchise avoided arbitration with the restricted free agent, signing him to a two-year, $2.70 million contract on Tuesday, the team announced. “This guy is a player who’s […]

Despite 13 straight National Hockey League seasons without a playoff appearance — the longest such drought in North American professional sports — the Buffalo Sabres continue to struggle to make meaningful progress. In 2023-24, the club floundered again, finishing sixth place in the Atlantic Division with a 39-37-6 record. It wasn’t a terrible season by […]

Riding a 13-year playoff drought, the Buffalo Sabres find themselves still struggling to make meaningful progress. This past season, the Sabres finished 12th in the East. With a young core established though and an abundance of cap space, free agency seemed like a good opportunity to make improvements to their roster. However, Buffalo stayed relatively […]

It was shocking when we learned the New York Rangers were looking for trade destinations for their captain, Jacob Trouba. The 30-year-old defenseman didn’t have a great playoff run, as he got exposed by speed on multiple occasions. He also didn’t help his growing reputation as a dirty player by attempting to throw some questionable […]

The Edmonton Oilers remain in win-now mode after falling excruciatingly short of the Stanley Cup, but they are also building for their long-term future this offseason. The kings of the West just made a big deal with a franchise that has been looking ahead for far too long. The Buffalo Sabres are trading highly touted […]

The Buffalo Sabres are desperate to get back to the Stanley Cup playoffs and general manager Kevyn Adams is planning to make that happen in the 2024-25 season. He took one step on Saturday as the Sabres bought out veteran center Jeff Skinner and turned the 32-year-old into a free agent. The buyout is a […]

He’s going to be one of the bigger (literally) players to hit free agency when the annual open marketplace begins this Monday afternoon, but where exactly are the best potential landing spots for Vancouver Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers? It doesn’t appear as though there has been any meaningful progress between the two sides on a […]

The San Jose Sharks announced that they have completed a trade with the Buffalo Sabres to acquire the No. 11 pick in the upcoming NHL Draft in exchange for the No. 14 and No. 42 overall picks. The No. 14 pick was the second first-round pick that the Sharks had in this draft, and they […]

Jeff Skinner has been a key piece of the Buffalo Sabres’ offensive core since signing an eight-year, $72 million contract extension with the franchise back in 2019. But after a disappointing 2023-24 campaign that saw the 32-year-old regress to just 46 points in 74 games, the front office could be exploring buying out the final […]

Elias Lindholm entered the 2023-24 NHL season as one of the top trade candidates on the market. The Calgary Flames were struggling to remain in the Stanley Cup Playoffs race. And with the veteran forward set to hit NHL Free Agency, a trade seemed inevitable. Eventually, the Vancouver Canucks came calling. At first, it seemed […]

Sam Reinhart has helped the Florida Panthers advance to their second straight Stanley Cup Final. The veteran forward has been a driving force for the Eastern Conference champions all year long. Ahead of the Final, though, there is a realization that this may be Reinhart’s last season with the Panthers. Reinhart is hitting NHL Free […]

The Buffalo Sabres had high expectations heading into the 2023-24 NHL season. Buffalo missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs by just one point in 2023. They had a wealth of promising talent on their roster who figured to take a step forward this season. And their goalie of the future, Devon Levi, would play his first […]

The Buffalo Sabres decided to move on from head coach Don Granato after the 2023-24 NHL season. Fans waited intrigued to see who would lead them for at least the next few seasons. On Monday, the shocking news emerged that Lindy Ruff is returning to Buffalo after being fired by the New Jersey Devils. Ruff […]

After missing the NHL Playoffs, the Buffalo Sabres are making pivotal changes to their team. The Sabres have hired Lindy Ruff as their next Head Coach, the team announced on X Monday. Ruff returns to Buffalo after a challenging stint with the New Jersey Devils. His hiring comes just after the Sabres parted ways with […]

The Buffalo Sabres fired head coach Don Granato after a disappointing 2023-2024 season, which saw them regress from the year before, in which they missed the playoffs by one point, and general manager Kevyn Adams got real about the disappointing year, saying that his team might have come into the year with too much arrogance. […]

The Buffalo Sabres reportedly are making a change at head coach, firing Don Granato after the team missed the playoffs in the 2023-2024 season, according to Elliotte Friedman. The Sabres got a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning to close out the regular season. Buffalo finished with a 39-37-6 record on the season, giving […]

The Buffalo Sabres have fallen short of sky-high expectations once again. They have been eliminated from the NHL Playoffs for the 13th straight season. This is the worst playoff drought in the entire league. In fact, no team in the league has missed the playoffs for more than seven consecutive years at this time. This […]

After winning the Pacific Division in 2021-22, it’s been back-to-back disappointing seasons for Nazem Kadri and the Calgary Flames. As the team stares down a second consecutive missed playoff in 2024, there have been rumblings that Kadri could get moved this offseason, with NHL insider Rob Ellis pointing to the Buffalo Sabres as a possible […]

The Washington Capitals and Buffalo Sabres will face off as the NHL season nears a close. The Capitals are hanging on to a playoff spot, but they have the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings breathing down their necks just one point behind. It was another disappointing season for the Sabres, as they made a […]

Tuesday was a special one for the Buffalo Sabres, who hosted Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. Although chances of making the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are not looking good, the Sabres had something to celebrate in the meeting with the Caps, as it was the 1,000th game in the NHL of no other than […]

Auston Matthews joined a rather exclusive club Saturday when he scored his 60th goal of the season in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 3-0 road win over the Buffalo Sabres. By reaching the 60-goal mark, Matthews is now officially one of only nine players in NHL history to score 60 goals in multiple seasons. The other […]

The NHL season is careening toward its inevitable climax and the New York Rangers currently find themselves on top of the Atlantic Division. The Rangers’ starting goaltender, Jonathan Quick, currently ranks fourth in the NHL among all goalies in Goals Against Average (GAA), just .3 points out of first place. Connor Hellebuyck and Sergei Bobrovski […]

It is the only game on Friday in the NHL as the New Jersey Devils face the Buffalo Sabres. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Devils-Sabres prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Devils come into the game sitting at 36-33-4 on the year, which is good for fifth in the Metropolitan […]

Buffalo Sabres head coach Don Granato said that he expects winger Jack Quinn to be on the lineup for tonight’s matchup against the Ottawa Senators, the Sabres announced on X. Jack Quinn had been dealing with an ankle injury since Jan. 27, and he returned to practice with the Sabres on March 26. There were […]

It is an Atlantic Division clash as the Ottawa Senators face the Buffalo Sabres. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Senators-Sabres prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Senators enter the game sitting at 30-36-4 on the year,  which places them seventh in the Atlantic Division. They have won five of their […]

The Buffalo Sabres were reeling in the final couple of days before Bowen Byram was traded from the Colorado Avalanche to Western New York. The team was mired in a three-game losing skid, sacrificing precious points in the late-season push for a playoff spot. Sabres fans were likely shocked when one of the most objectively […]

A pivotal contest with only a few weeks remaining in the regular season, the Buffalo Sabres will travel to British Columbia to take on the Vancouver Canucks! Join us for our NHL odds series where our Sabres-Canucks prediction and pick will be made. At this point of the season, there is no question that Buffalo […]

The Colorado Avalanche were rather active at the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline. Colorado made a few moves to add depth to their lineup prior to March 8. However, they made two significant moves to boost their playoff odds. Here, we’ll hand out NHL trade grades for their deal sending Bowen Byram to the Buffalo Sabres […]