The Buffalo Sabres have a stockpile of young prospects in their organization, including four first-round picks who either played the entire year or split time between the AHL Rochester Americans and the NHL last season.
The Sabres are hosting the annual NHL Draft Combine next week, ahead of the 2025 NHL Draft in Los Angeles late next month. Buffalo will be selecting ninth overall, but instead of adding another prospect to the coffers who may play three or four years down the road, GM Kevyn Adams may be willing to move his top-10 pick if he can acquire a player who can help snap the club’s 14-year playoff drought.
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It is likely that Adams, along with newly added senior advisor Jarmo Kekalainen, will be looking for a player who has significant term or a young NHLer currently on his entry-level or second bridge deal with years remaining before being able to qualify for unrestricted free agency. There is a growing sense that if Buffalo does not make the playoffs this upcoming season, there could be an upheaval of much of the current management structure.
The Sabres have 10 picks in the 2025 Draft, with selections in each round, an extra pick in the fourth round and two additional selections in the seventh round. With an extensive stockpile of young prospects playing in the NCAA, and in Europe, it is quite possible that Adams would be willing to deal multiple selections to add players to the NHL roster, since he has admitted publicly that Buffalo is not a destination city for free agents or players with no-trade protection.
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