Pre-season games for the upcoming OHL season are underway and with that brings the anticipation for a new crop of NHL draft eligible players. Last season, the OHL saw 7 of its players drafted into the first round of the NHL draft with Caleb Malhotra leading the pack at 3rd overall. For the 26-27 season, there comes another group of players from around the league who will have a chance to be selected high as well This group will highlight 4 forwards and one defenseman to keep

Photo Credit: Buffalo Sabres Multimedia Photo Galleries On June 23, 2026 the Buffalo Sabres traded 2022 Stanley Cup Champion Bowen Byram to the Chicago Blackhawks, losing a key player in last year's historic playoff run. Just three days later, however, Buffalo traded forward Anton Wahlberg and a second-round pick for Olen Zellweger from the Anaheim Ducks. Zellweger is positioned to fill the hole left by Byram’s departure, as a high-speed, puck moving, defenseman. Byram was a

The Buffalo Sabres have signed Lindy Ruff to a two-year contract extension after a historic 2025-26 season that saw the franchise end its 14-year playoff drought and capture its first Atlantic Division title since 2010.

It was a season that gave Buffalo everything it had been waiting years for, and then broke its heart in the most gut-wrenching way possible. The Sabres entered the 2026 playoffs as the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 seed, and they had earned it. Their 50-23-9 record was good enough to top the Atlantic Division, marking a massive leap from the 36-39-7 finish they posted just one year earlier.