The Sabres will once again need a surge of secondary scoring from players not named Tage Thompson or Rasmus Dahlin.
The Buffalo Sabres fell 12 points shy of the NHL playoffs last season despite some encouraging performances from key secondary contributors. Unfortunately, that means they can't afford for those players to sustain a significant drop off during the 2025-26 campaign.
Buffalo also dealt one of its main offensive threats from last season, winger JJ Peterka, to the Utah Mammoth over the summer.