Key additions: JJ Peterka, Brandon Tanev, Nate Schmidt, Scott Perunovich, Vitek Vanecek

The Sabres will open the 2025-26 season on home ice at KeyBank Center on Oct. 9 against the New York Rangers, the team has announced. The rest of Buffalo’s schedule will be released at 1 p.m. Wednesday with the full NHL slate.

Along with the NHL additions of Kesselring and Timmins, the Sabres have defense depth in two-way defensemen such as Rathbone, Jones, and Metsa along with upcoming prospects in Rochester including Johnson, Nikita Novikov and Vsevolod Komarov, among others.

The Sabres shipped off one of their best young offensive talents JJ Peterka in a puzzling trade with the Utah Mammoth. This came reportedly after Peterka did not wish to play in Buffalo anymore due to the losing culture. This keeps the Buffalo track record going of drafting talented players just to move them before they hit their primes.

The majority of the high-priced, highly-sought free agents may be gone but there are still several players that NHL teams are eager to get under a deal, either through the open market or via trade.

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