The Buffalo Sabres recently held exploratory conversations with experienced NHL executives in an effort ... Ruff’s contract was offset by payment from New Jersey last season, the last year ...

Staal, who played 32 games for the Sabres during the 2020-21 season, appeared in more than 1,300 NHL games, had 1,063 points and won a Stanley Cup as a teammate of Adams with the Carolina Hurricanes.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Sabres have added NHL veteran Eric Staal to the front ... who retired his jersey No. 12 in January. Back during the draft, Mel Kiper Jr. was the first to whip himself ...