Charting the Buffalo Sabres 2025 offseason road map
As we enter the Buffalo Sabres offseason, there are several spots that must be addressed before they take the ice again. Will Bo Byram be back? What about JJ Peterka? Is there room to add another forward? Should Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and Devon Levi be the Sabres goalie tandem next season? Plus, what contract extensions could look like this summer for Alex Tuch, Ryan McLeod, Byram, and Peterka.
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power sucks defensively n has no balls
Kesselring. He is the dream acquisition.
Also to add to the Bryson stuff: the fact Kevyn Adams said he likes having Bryson because he "is okay with being out of the lineup for extended periods of time" is the exact culture problem we have. I don't want guys who are okay with just being there and will jump in when they have to, I want guys who are fighting tooth and nail doing whatever they can to make someone else sit upstairs.
There are 6 RFA to resign on this current roster, if we resign them does that help us ? If we don't resign a couple, most likely we will get draft picks for them. A couple of trades need to happen to shake this team up. (throw in those draft picks ) Will a FA want to come here or will we just feed off the left overs again ?
I think the best place to trade Byram to is Vancouver. It’s been said recently that Quinn Hughes is not happy with the situation there and is hellbent on playing with his Brother.
Since it’s easier to trade one player than two, I’m pretty sure that it will be Quinn that forces a trade to New Jersey, so they’re going to need to replace him with a Top Pair Defenseman, and that would be Byram.
They’re also likely to lose Brock Boeser to Free Agency, which means they’ll need to replace a Right Winger and that would be Jack Quinn.
Which would give us a Byram and Quinn for Elias Pettersson.
We could always try for Jake DeBrusk if that would make more sense, but it would likely change up the deal quite a bit since DeBrusk just finished his 1st year or a 7 year deal.
I actually am surprised by Edmonton's sad games against LA. That game 1 last 3 minutes was wild. Seeing these playoffs, I know Buffalo would be exactly like Ottawa. They would get hammered by a team that are at another level, and hammered with hits and lack of response to some big or illegal hits (which happen all the time and don't usually get called).
Totally disagree on peterka. Still a bad defensive player. Don't need him gone, but there's no way I give out another long term deal to a guy who still needs work to become a good all around player
Stuart Skinner is a great example of showing people that real and true #1 goalies in 2025 don't just fall off of trees, and there are probably none realistically available this summer. You bring in people and hope they get hot or develop or better. Stolarz is on his 5th team. Logan Thompson is 28 and was signed by Vegas as a free agent off of an ECHL team 5 years ago. This is why if the Sabres traded UPL like everyone seems to want, they actually would get more than just a bag of pucks as people seem to think.
I won't even look at the Sabres until they get a top notch goaltender. UPL and Levi are not the answer.
No more long term contracts. What are we thinking after watching cozens and samuelsson fail to meet expectations. Give peterka a 3 year bridge comtract, keep his rfa rights and don't screw ourselves with another dead 7 or 8 year contract
If Kevyn Adams isn't fired expect more of the same and a 15th year of no playoffs
Sneaky Joe wearing a football themed cap while reporting on the Sabres. Actually, it kind of makes sense.
Power has good results all the way around? What? He finished with a -13 +/-.
So you mention Anderson & Demko. The 2 most constantly injured goalies in the league.
Bey bey Samy
Get rid of SAMUELLSON
Terry sucks
How people can watch a Sabres game and think Power is capable is beyond me. Dude is terrible all around at hockey.
Even monkeys in trees make noise.
We need D PERIOD! Sammy and Power are both big softies…Dahlin, Byram and maybe Bernard-Docker are all we have…Clifton, Bryson are not NHL caliber D and should never play another game for us…2 right handed shot D are needed…UPL would be a lot better had we upgraded our D….
Bryson is horrible…I don't care if everyone likes him…
Don't worry, Greenway will be hurt after 1 game and so will Mattias
ROADMAP TO GO OFF A CLIFF AND LEAVE US ALONE
You people in Buffalo . Funny , I tell ya. Ever since Terry Pegalu took over of the Sabres , they haven't done nothing . From Terry . The sooner he understands that , the better this team will start rebuilding . Untill that time , more loosing seasons .
NYI Ryan Pulock for our 2025 1st and Clifton.
GET RId of OWEn PYLON!!!! why are we still wasting time on this guy we need to get rid of him