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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Bowen Byram |Buffalo Sabres |Thomas Drance
Will this be the summer that NHL teams belatedly, and genuinely, decide to lean into utilizing offer sheets?The concept of restricted free agency and offer sheets has been around for a generation. While offer sheets have been a frequent subject of fan and media conversation over the years, they’ve rarely been tendered, have rarely been accepted and have only sparingly resulted in players actually changing teams.Could this be the summer, however, that the NHL paradigm around offer sheets flips?
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1 month ago | 
prohockeyrumors.com | Buffalo Sabres |Bowen Byram |Josh Erickson
After his name sat low on trade burners throughout the 2024-25 campaign, the Sabres are now more seriously gauging what might be available on the trade market for pending restricted free agent defenseman Bowen Byram, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet said on yesterday’s 32 Thoughts podcast. Byram, acquired from the Avalanche in exchange for Casey Mittelstadt at the 2024 trade deadline, is coming off his first full season in Buffalo.
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1 month ago | 
nhl.com | Jourdon LaBarber |Bowen Byram
Byram formed one of the NHL's top defense pairs alongside Rasmus Dahlin. May 04, 2025
Every day through early May, Sabres.com will be recapping each player’s performance with all the numbers, highlights, quotations and content that tell the story of their 2024-25 season. 82 GP | 7 G | 31 A | 38 P | +11Read previous Season in Review profiles hereByram was all things for the Sabres as he took on the heaviest workload of his young career.
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2 months ago | 
buffalonews.com | Bowen Byram |Lance Lysowski
Lindy Ruff's knowledge of the Buffalo Sabres' players was limited to video study, secondhand information and one-on-one conversations. The coach didn't know their personalities − including how they'd react to adversity − or whether each player would be able to execute the changes that he planned to implement to their 5-on-5 systems. Gradually, Ruff, 65, learned who could help the Sabres win and who was expendable. Dylan Cozens was traded for Josh Norris.
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2 months ago | 
buffalonews.com | Bowen Byram |Lance Lysowski
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen gave the Buffalo Sabres a chance to play the role of spoiler Tuesday night in KeyBank Center. He made clutch saves to keep their deficit at one goal as a crowd filled with Toronto fans chanted, "Go Leafs, Go!" His teammates couldn't breakthrough against an opponent that looked like it may finally be ready to go on a long playoff run.
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2 months ago | 
buffalonews.com | Bowen Byram |Lance Lysowski
TAMPA, Fla. — Lindy Ruff called a timeout to give the Buffalo Sabres' coaching staff an opportunity to watch the replay and decide whether to challenge for offside. Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh had tied it early in the second period with a shot from the point, but his team may have been offside when it entered the offensive zone. Ruff decided not to challenge, then the Lightning scored three more goals to pull away for a 7-4 win in Amalie Arena.
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2 months ago | 
buffalonews.com | Bowen Byram |Lance Lysowski
SUNRISE, Fla. — Anton Lundell scored in the first shootout round to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night in Amerant Bank Arena. Panthers goalie Vitek Vanecek stopped Jack Quinn, JJ Peterka and Alex Tuch in the shootout. The Sabres (35-37-7) are winless in back-to-back games and dropped to 13-23-4 away from KeyBank Center. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves between regulation and overtime.
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2 months ago | 
buffalonews.com | Bowen Byram |Lance Lysowski
COLUMBUS, Ohio – JJ Peterka stickhandled toward the Blue Jackets' net for a breakaway, and his shot was stopped by rookie goalie Jet Greaves late in the second period Thursday night. The Buffalo Sabres could have taken a two-goal lead on their 17th shot of the period. The game-changing save sparked a turnaround for Columbus, as the Blue Jackets rallied with two goals in the third period to defeat the Sabres, 3-2.
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2 months ago | 
nhl.com | Mike Zeisberger |Bowen Byram
The Buffalo Sabres failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for an NHL-record 14th consecutive season. The Sabres (35-36-6) were eliminated from contention when the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Tuesday. They haven't qualified since 2010-11 after reaching the playoffs in four of six seasons. Here's a look at what happened in the 2024-25 season for the Sabres and why things could be better next season.
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2 months ago | 
buffalonews.com | Bowen Byram |Lance Lysowski
Tage Thompson collected the puck while he was several feet behind Boston Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov. Thompson stickhandled toward the net and his backhand shot sent the puck into the crossbar, causing it to ricocheted past goalie Joonas Korpisalo for the Buffalo Sabres' fifth goal Sunday in KeyBank Center. Thompson wasn't done, either. He completed the hat trick with an empty-netter, his 43rd goal this season, as the Sabres pulled away for a 6-3 win.
