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3 surprises from The Athletic's 2025 Buffalo Sabres pipeline rankings

The Sabres need their top prospects to make major steps forward in 2025-26 after the franchise's mostly quiet offseason.

Buffalo Sabres prospect Radim Mrtka at the 2025 NHL Draft | Bruce Bennett/GettyImages

Another day, another set of new Buffalo Sabres prospect rankings ahead of the 2025-26 NHL season, but this release yielded a few unexpected results.

Corey Pronman of The Athletic placed the Sabres' system at No. 13 overall, which is in the same range as most of the other rankings released this offseason, but some of his player placements varied quite a bit from other prospect analysts.