The Buffalo Sabres currently have a healthy number of players who will be treating the 2016-17 regular season as if their career as a member of the Sabres depends on it.
That’s because, in the case of Johan Larsson and Marcus Foligno, their careers with the Buffalo Sabres actually do depend on it, as each of these players was inked to just a one-year extension in 2016. With the Sabres progressing toward becoming a playoff squad, and with at least 3-4 prospects looking as if they are almost ready to play in the NHL on a full-time basis, these two bottom-6 forwards have just one more season to prove that they can help this team achieve its goal of competing for Lord Stanley’s Cup in the not-so-distant future.