This Buffalo center needs to step up and find his place on the ice this season.
The most popular question a season ago, outside of if the Sabres could break their playoff drought, was where Buffalo would trade Peyton Krebs. Then the young center though had a career-high point total and showed development on the ice.
He had 28 points and won 49% of his faceoffs in 2024-25. He appeared poised to become a huge part of the Sabres plans.