Buffalo Sabres prospect Konsta Helenius had an excellent showing in his second appearance for Finland at the IIHF World Junior Championships, which allowed the 19-year-old center to sit out the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase in Minneapolis beginning on Friday. Helenius had six assists in seven games last January and will likely center Finland’s top line at the 2026 WJC in Minnesota next December.
Three Sabres prospects Adam Kleber, Brodie Ziemer, and Luke Osburn are taking part in the showcase as part of Team USA’s split squad. Kleber, the Sabres second round pick (42nd overall) in 2024, and Osburn, Buffalo’s fourth-round pick (102nd overall), will be teammates on the Blue squad, while Ziemer, the club’s third rounder (71st overall) will be on Team White.
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In other news, the Sabres are scheduled to appear twice on Amazon Prime Monday Night Hockey NHL coverage this upcoming season. The package of 26 games opens on Canadian Thanksgiving (Monday, Oct. 13) with a doubleheader featuring the Detroit Red Wings at the Toronto Maple Leafs and the St. Louis Blues at the Vancouver Canucks.
The Sabres will be on the following Monday, October 20 against the Atlantic Division rival Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre, while the second game will be at Key Bank Center on December 1 against the Winnipeg Jets. The television schedules for the US packages on ESPN and TNT will be revealed in September.
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