For the Buffalo Sabres, as a franchise, the goal is to end a 14-year playoff drought, and as a collective, that is the focus. However, for some individual players, they are facing a pivotal season for their career. These are players who have been with the team for a few seasons now but haven't been able to take that next step in their career.
When looking at the roster, these are four players in particular on the Sabres that must have that breakout season this year or the Sabres (and the rest of the league) might be viewing them differently moving forward.