Buffalo Sabres News & Stories

If this team wanted to change the narrative, an 0-2-0 start is the exact wrong way to do it.

Michael Clifford is here to provide you with some last-minute advice heading into the Fantasy Hockey season.

The amount of times I’m asked, “Who would you take, Player X or Player Y” would probably not surprise you at all. Because people LOVE to ask those questions —...

After playing the entirety of the 2023-24 season in the NHL, Zach Benson arrived earlier than expected. He was a highly touted prospect in the WHL but fell to the Buffalo...

Sean Shapiro ranks the long-term outlook in-goal for all 32 NHL franchises.

Sean Shapiro ranks the 15 best goalies going into the 2024-25 NHL season.

JFresh ranks the 20 best centres going into the 2024-25 NHL season.

JFresh ranks the 20 best left wingers in the NHL going into the 2024-25 season.

Zeev Buium, Adam Kleber, and Sam Rinzel highlight this year's most improved players from the USHL and NCAA.

David St-Louis takes you through the Buffalo Sabres' 16th-ranked prospect pool with scouting reports and tools grades on its 18 best prospects.

Noah Chadwick, Beckett Sennecke, and Easton Cowan highlight this year's list of players who improved the most in the 2023-24 CHL seasons.

This offseason, the Buffalo Sabres have rebuilt their bottom-6 forward mix but left their top-6 forwards as-is, save the buyout of Jeff Skinner. That is going to put some pressure on...

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen always held a lot of potential but had failed to live up to it. Until this past season. Michael Clifford explores the campaign and the future outlook.

The draft order has been decided and now we wait for the picks to be made. Cam Robinson takes his turn at predicting who goes where and when.

Victor Nuńo checks in on a plethora of Swedish prospects who have very bright futures in the league and on your fantasy squad.

Michael Clifford checks in on JJ Peterka's quietly impressive breakout campaign in another Buffalo non-playoff season

The Buffalo Sabres have hired Lindy Ruff to be their head coach, and to that we simply have to say, come on, man.

Cam Robinson breaks down all of the major moves from the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline and how they could shake the fantasy landscape.

The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired veteran defenceman Erik Johnson from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a fourth-round pick in this year's draft.

The March QMJHL Stock Watch highlights the play of Maxim Massé, Vsevolod Komarov, Andrei Loshko, Samuel Savoie, and Noah Warren.

Jimmy Hamrin take stock of the coming and goings of Sweden, highlighted by the Canucks prospect.

Dimitri Filipovic breaks down the fallout of Colorado's big day on the trade market, how Sean Walker and Casey Mittelstadt will fit on their team, and why the Avalanche got a lot better

Michael Clifford uses some data to determine where some young RFAs will go on their next deals and how it could affect the fantasy landscape.

March's Finland Stock Watch highlights the play of Viljami Marjala, Ville Koivunen, Oliver Kapanen, Konsta Helenius, Joni Jurmo, and Roope Vesterinen.

Rinkside analytics columnist JFresh looks at which teams should sit, sell, or buy at the 2024 NHL trade deadline.

Cam Robinson returns for another rousing round of mining the waiver wire. He does the digging so you can unearth the gems.

The OHL Stock Watch highlights the play of just about everyone on the London Knights, Calum Ritchie, Zayne Parekh, Colby Barlow, and Ethan Miedema.

Zach Benson wasted no time establishing himself as an everyday NHLer with the Buffalo Sabres, and here's the kicker: His best is yet to come.

Cam Robinson is back again to help you mine the waiver wire for the extended two-week matchup.

Lots of cool stuff in the NHL this week. Another beautiful kiss for hockey.

What to do, what to do? When fantasy darlings turn sour grapes, Cam Robinson helps you find a way to handle them.

Big week for all the news freaks out there.

Michael Clifford explores a handful of players who could be primed for a second-half surge in fantasy value.

Tis the season for giving. Michael Clifford outlines a handful of gifts that the Fantasy Hockey Gods could provide for us this year.

It's been a step-back season for Dylan Cozens in 2023-24. Michael Clifford explores how the young centre projects moving forward.

Cam Robinson is back again with another installment of Mining the Waiver Wire. Where he does all of the work and you enjoy all of the profit.

The December Sweden Stock Watch highlights the performances of Carl Lindbom, David Edstrom, Axel Sandin Pellikka, Anton Wahlberg, Otto Stenberg, and Felix Nilsson.

Michael Clifford checks in on some forwards who have accelerated their games in a hurry this season. Is it sustainable?

The Elite Prospects YouTube channel shares an exclusive interview with Buffalo Sabres prospect Isak Rosén about his hockey journey.

Cam Robinson unearths a bushel of fantasy hockey waiver wire candidates for the upcoming week of action.

With a quarter of the season in the books, Cam Robinson is exploring whether some cold starts are simply prolonged rough patches or something more sinister.

In this edition of the X Gamers, Victor Nuno explores JJ Peterka's past, present, and future to determine the heights he could obtain.

Waiver wire - Nov. 20COL, VAN, NAS, CARAvoid: OTT, WASH< VGK, TOR,MinnyAs we enter the seventh week of the season, trends are becoming more and more entrenched. Those hot starts...

Sean Shapiro's latest looks at the three-headed goalie carousels on the Detroit Red Wings and Montréal Canadiens rosters.

JFresh's latest looks at what Patrick Kane can offer to a contending team in the 2023-24 NHL season.

The November Sweden Stock Watch highlights the performances of Anton Johansson, Felix Unger Sörum, Jonathan Lekkerimäki, Noah Östlund, Filip Bystedt, and Theo Lindstein.

Two or three games won't make or break your season, but 10 probably will. That and more in this week's What We Learned.

Who needs bold predictions? Sean Shapiro brings you the boring ones that will actually happen this season.

David St-Louis reviews the performance of each Eastern Conference team's top prospects in the 2023-24 preseason.

Training camps and exhibition games don’t always mean a lot in fantasy hockey, except when they do. There are always important offensive roles up for grabs like a top-line spot...

The Atlantic Division is one bursting at the seams with fantasy-relevant talent. They boast two of the very best-scoring forwards in the game. A rookie goaltender poised to take the...

In part one of this series, I talked about the first five prospects from the EP Rinkside top 51-100 affiliated prospects. These just happened to be the last five on...

JFresh continues his look at the NHL's top players by looking at the defenceman.

JFresh continues his look at the NHL's top players by looking at the centres.