2015–16 Buffalo Sabres season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2015–16
Year:	2015
Team:	Buffalo Sabres
Division:	Atlantic
Divisionrank:	7th
Conference:	Eastern
Conferencerank:	14th
Record:	35–36–11
Homerecord:	16–19–6
Roadrecord:	19–17–5
Goalsfor:	201
Goalsagainst:	222
Generalmanager:	Tim Murray
Coach:	Dan Bylsma
Captain:	Brian Gionta
Altcaptain:	Tyler Ennis Josh Gorges Ryan O'Reilly
Arena:	First Niagara Center
Minorleague:	Rochester Americans (AHL) Elmira Jackals (ECHL)
Goalsleader:	Jack Eichel (24)
Assistsleader:	Ryan O'Reilly (39)
Pointsleader:	Ryan O'Reilly (60)
Plusminusleader:	Jake McCabe (+6)
Pimleader:	Evander Kane (91)
Winsleader:	Chad Johnson (22)
Gaaleader:	Chad Johnson (2.36)

The 2015–16 Buffalo Sabres season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[1] The season began its regular games on October 8, 2015 against the Ottawa Senators with a 3–1 loss.^[2]

This was originally to be the final season in which Rick Jeanneret serves as the team's play-by-play announcer; he had been in that position since the team's second season in 1971. As he did until 2022, he rotated with Dan Dunleavy in the position.^[3] However, Jeanneret agreed to continue indefinitely as part-time announcer as long as his health allowed it.^[4]

Off-season

The Sabres fired head coach Ted Nolan on April 12, 2015, amid poor on-ice record and disagreements with general manager Tim Murray. The team then made overtures to Mike Babcock, the most prominent head coach on the free agent market; despite a record-setting offer, Babcock instead sought (and received) the head coaching position for the Sabres' division and regional rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. With the Sabres failing to land Babcock, the team's second choice, Dan Bylsma, was subsequently hired on May 28. Bylsma had spent the 2014-15 season out of professional hockey after spending the previous five seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Sabres held the second overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft after finishing last in the league in 2014-15 and losing the draft lottery to the Edmonton Oilers. The Sabres selected Jack Eichel with their pick.

The Sabres fired President Ted Black on July 27, 2015, and replaced him with Russ Brandon. Brandon also serves as President of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League and will continue in that capacity in addition to his duties with the Sabres.

Training camp

As in previous years, the Sabres held a summer development camp from July 6–11, 2015. The highlight of the camp was the "blue and gold" scrimmage on July 10; the scrimmage, which pit a "gold" team led by 2015 second overall pick Jack Eichel against a "blue" team led by 2014 second overall pick Sam Reinhart, drew 17,115 paying fans, nearly double the crowd that attended the 2014 event.^[5] An additional 1,500 fans attended the less-publicized 3-on-3 scrimmage, which closed out the camp on July 11.^[6]

The Sabres did not participate in the Detroit Red Wings' annual prospect tournament in Traverse City, Michigan as they have in recent years and instead launched their own "Prospect Challenge" beginning this season. For the first year, the Sabres, New Jersey Devils and Boston Bruins prospects faced each other in a single round-robin mini-tournament.^[7] Buffalo won both of their games and the tournament.^[8]

Schedule and results

Preseason

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)^[9]
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	Buffalo	3–2	Minnesota			17,217	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 23	Ottawa	5–2	Buffalo			17,298	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 25	Buffalo	6–4	Toronto		Lieuwen	17,403	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 26	Buffalo	6–4	Ottawa			16,738	3–1–0	Recap
5	September 29	Toronto	0–4	Buffalo		Lehner	17,357	4–1–0	Recap
6	October 1	Buffalo	1–6	Minnesota		Johnson	17,214	4–2–0	Recap
7	October 2	Columbus	6–4	Buffalo		Lehner	17,578	4–3–0	Recap

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log^[10]
October: 4–7–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 1–3–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Ottawa 3–1 Buffalo 19,070 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 10 Tampa Bay 4–1 Buffalo Johnson 17,739 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 12 Columbus 2–4 Buffalo Johnson 18,075 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 15 Buffalo 2–3 Florida Johnson 11,616 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 October 17 Buffalo 1–2 Tampa Bay Johnson 19,092 1–4–0 2 Recap 6 October 21 Toronto 1–2 Buffalo SO Johnson 17,762 2–4–0 4 Recap 7 October 23 Montreal 7–2 Buffalo Johnson 18,214 2–5–0 4 Recap 8 October 24 New Jersey 4–3 Buffalo 18,040 2–6–0 4 Recap 9 October 27 Buffalo 4–3 Philadelphia OT Johnson 19,432 3–6–0 6 Recap 10 October 29 Buffalo 3–4 Pittsburgh Johnson 18,415 3–7–0 6 Recap 11 October 30 Philadelphia 1–3 Buffalo Ullmark 15,962 4–7–0 8 Reacp
November: 6–5–2 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 4–1–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Buffalo 2–1 NY Islanders 11,278 5–7–0 10 Recap 13 November 5 Tampa Bay 4–1 Buffalo Ullmark 18,161 5–8–0 10 Recap 14 November 7 Vancouver 2–3 Buffalo Ullmark 19,070 6–8–0 12 Recap 15 November 10 Buffalo 4–1 Tampa Bay 19,092 7–8–0 14 Recap 16 November 12 Buffalo 3–2 Florida Ullmark 11,271 8–8–0 16 Recap 17 November 14 San Jose 2–1 Buffalo OT Johnson 18,611 8–8–1 17 Recap 18 November 17 Dallas 3–1 Buffalo Ullmark 18,101 8–9–1 17 Recap 19 November 19 Buffalo 2–3 St. Louis SO Ullmark 17,359 8–9–2 18 Recap 20 November 21 Buffalo 0–3 Dallas Johnson 18,532 8–10–2 18 Recap 21 November 23 St. Louis 2–1 Buffalo Ullmark 17,563 8–11–2 18 Recap 22 November 25 Nashville 3–2 Buffalo Ullmark 17,871 8–12–2 18 Recap 23 November 27 Carolina 1–4 Buffalo Johnson 18,052 9–12–2 20 Recap 24 November 28 Buffalo 4–1 Nashville Johnson 17,217 10–12–2 22 Recap
December: 5–7–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Buffalo 4–5 Detroit SO 20,027 10–12–3 23 Recap 26 December 4 Arizona 2–5 Buffalo 18,204 11–12–3 25 Recap 27 December 6 Buffalo 2–4 Edmonton Johnson 16,839 11–13–3 25 Recap 28 December 7 Buffalo 2–5 Vancouver Ullmark 18,278 11–14–3 25 Recap 29 December 10 Buffalo 3–4 Calgary Johnson 18,565 11–15–3 25 Recap 30 December 12 Los Angeles 1–2 Buffalo OT Ullmark 18,133 12–15–3 27 Recap 31 December 14 Buffalo 2–1 Detroit Johnson 20,027 13–15–3 29 Recap 32 December 15 New Jersey 2–0 Buffalo Ullmark 18,297 13–16–3 29 Recap 33 December 17 Anaheim 0–3 Buffalo Johnson 18,801 14–16–3 31 Recap 34 December 19 Chicago 3–2 Buffalo SO Johnson 18,870 14–16–4 32 Recap 35 December 26 Buffalo 6–3 Boston Johnson 17,565 15–16–4 34 Recap 36 December 28 Washington 2–0 Buffalo Ullmark 19,070 15–17–4 34 Recap 37 December 30 Buffalo 2–5 Washington Johnson 18,506 15–18–4 34 Recap 38 December 31 NY Islanders 2–1 Buffalo Ullmark 19,070 15–19–4 34 Recap
January: 5–7–0 (Home: 1–4–0 ; Road: 4–3–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Detroit 4–3 Buffalo 19,070 15–20–4 34 Recap 40 January 5 Florida 5–1 Buffalo 18,560 15–21–4 34 Recap 41 January 8 Buffalo 1–3 Chicago Johnson 22,142 15–22–4 34 Recap 42 January 10 Buffalo 4–2 Winnipeg Ullmark 15,294 16–22–4 36 Recap 43 January 12 Buffalo 3–2 Minnesota Ullmark 19,034 17–22–4 38 Recap 44 January 15 Boston 4–1 Buffalo 18,704 17–23–4 38 Recap 45 January 16 Washington 1–4 Buffalo Johnson 19,070 18–23–4 40 Recap 46 January 18 Buffalo 2–1 Arizona Johnson 11,134 19–23–4 42 Recap 47 January 20 Buffalo 1–2 Colorado Lehner 13,274 19–24–4 42 Recap 48 January 22 Detroit 3–0 Buffalo Lehner 18,601 19–25–4 42 Recap 49 January 25 Buffalo 3–6 NY Rangers Johnson 18,006 19–26–4 42 Recap 50 January 26 Buffalo 3–2 Ottawa Lehner 16,815 20–26–4 44 Recap
February: 5–5–3 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 3–3–2) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 3 Buffalo 4–2 Montreal 21,288 21–26–4 46 Recap 52 February 4 Boston 3–2 Buffalo SO 18,845 21–26–5 47 Recap 53 February 6 Buffalo 1–2 Boston OT Lehner 17,565 21–26–6 48 Recap 54 February 9 Florida 7–4 Buffalo Johnson 18,837 21–27–6 48 Recap 55 February 11 Buffalo 1–5 Philadelphia Lehner 19,019 21–28–6 48 Recap 56 February 12 Montreal 4–6 Buffalo Johnson 18,505 22–28–6 50 Recap 57 February 14 Colorado 1–4 Buffalo Lehner 19,070 23–28–6 52 Recap 58 February 16 Buffalo 1–2 Ottawa SO Lehner 15,893 23–28–7 53 Recap 59 February 19 Buffalo 4–0 Columbus Lehner 14,923 24–28–7 55 Recap 60 February 21 Pittsburgh 4–3 Buffalo Lehner 19,070 24–29–7 55 Recap 61 February 24 Buffalo 0–1 Anaheim Lehner 16,543 24–30–7 55 Recap 62 February 26 Buffalo 3–1 San Jose Johnson 17,562 25–30–7 57 Recap 63 February 27 Buffalo 0–2 Los Angeles Lehner 18,230 25–31–7 57 Recap
March: 7–4–4 (Home: 5–1–3 ; Road: 2–3–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Edmonton 2–1 Buffalo OT 19,070 25–31–8 58 Recap 65 March 3 Calgary 3–6 Buffalo Lehner 18,651 26–31–8 60 Recap 66 March 5 Minnesota 3–2 Buffalo SO Lehner 19,070 26–31–9 61 Recap 67 March 7 Buffalo 4–3 Toronto SO 18,950 27–31–9 63 Recap 68 March 8 NY Rangers 4–2 Buffalo Johnson 18,651 27–32–9 63 Recap 69 March 10 Buffalo 2–3 Montreal Lehner 21,288 27–33–9 63 Recap 70 March 12 Carolina 2–3 Buffalo OT Johnson 19,070 28–33–9 65 Recap 71 March 16 Montreal 3–2 Buffalo OT Lehner 18,815 28–33–10 66 Recap 72 March 18 Ottawa 1–3 Buffalo Johnson 19,070 29–33–10 68 Recap 73 March 19 Buffalo 1–4 Toronto Johnson 18,829 29–34–10 68 Recap 74 March 22 Buffalo 3–2 Carolina Johnson 10,372 30–34–10 70 Recap 75 March 26 Winnipeg 2–3 Buffalo Johnson 19,070 31–34–10 72 Recap 76 March 28 Buffalo 2–3 Detroit Johnson 20,027 31–35–10 72 Recap 77 March 29 Buffalo 4–5 Pittsburgh SO Johnson 18,513 31–35–11 73 Recap 78 March 31 Toronto 1–4 Buffalo Johnson 18,873 32–35–11 75 Recap
April: 3–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 2 Buffalo 4–3 NY Rangers 18,006 33–35–11 77 Recap 80 April 5 Buffalo 3–1 New Jersey Johnson 14,773 34–35–11 79 Recap 81 April 8 Columbus 4–1 Buffalo 19,070 34–36–11 79 Recap 82 April 9 Buffalo 4–3 NY Islanders OT 14,811 35–36–11 81 Recap
Legend:

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season^[11]

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	71	21	39	60	−16	8
	81	24	32	56	−16	22
	79	23	19	42	−8	8
	82	9	32	41	−21	33
	65	20	15	35	−14	91
	79	12	21	33	−5	12
^‡	63	14	13	27	−10	10
	64	7	17	24	−11	68
	75	10	13	23	4	79
	81	8	13	21	−5	16
	71	7	11	18	0	20
	74	10	7	17	−4	27
	59	4	13	17	−5	26
	79	5	9	14	−4	14
	77	4	10	14	6	51
	70	6	6	12	−14	59
	77	2	10	12	−7	72
	23	3	8	11	−9	11
	55	1	10	11	−1	32
	20	3	4	7	−1	2
	36	1	4	5	−11	10
^‡	35	1	4	5	3	32
	7	0	4	4	1	8
	17	1	2	3	3	2
	7	1	1	2	2	4
	2	1	1	2	2	2
^‡	5	1	1	2	1	2
	11	0	0	0	−2	0
	2	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0	2
	8	0	0	0	−2	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[12]

Player
style=white-space:nowrap		45	40	2591:05	22	16	4	102	2.36	1270	.920	1	0	2	0
style=white-space:nowrap		21	21	1164:05	5	9	5	48	2.47	634	.924	1	0	1	8
style=white-space:nowrap		20	20	1130:40	8	10	2	49	2.60	565	.913	0	0	0	0
style=white-space:nowrap		1	1	60:00	0	1	0	4	4.00	30	.867	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sabres. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
	NHL All-Star game selection^[13]	January 6, 2016
	NHL Third Star of the Week^[14]	February 1, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal	October 8, 2015
	1st Career NHL Goal	October 15, 2015
	1st Career NHL Goal	October 17, 2015
	1st Career NHL Game	October 24, 2015
	200th Career NHL Game	October 27, 2015
L. Ullmark	1st Career NHL Win	October 30, 2015
J. Eichel	1st Career NHL Assist	November 7, 2015
	500th Career NHL Game	December 4, 2015
	1st Career NHL Hat Trick	December 10, 2015
	100th Career NHL Goal	December 12, 2015
	400th Career NHL Game	December 19, 2015
	100th Career NHL Game	December 26, 2015
S. Reinhart	1st Career NHL Hat Trick	January 10, 2016
	1st Career NHL Game	February 6, 2016
	1st Career NHL Game	February 11, 2016
	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal	March 26, 2016
	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist	March 26, 2016
	1st Career NHL Game	April 8, 2016
	1st Career NHL Game	April 8, 2016
	1st Career NHL Game	April 8, 2016
E. Rodrigues	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Assist	April 9, 2016
H. Fasching	1st Career NHL Assist	April 9, 2016
	100th Career NHL Assist	April 9, 2016

Transactions

The Sabres have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

Trades

Date			Ref
	To Ottawa Senators----NYI's 1st-round pick in 2015	To Buffalo Sabres----Robin Lehner David Legwand	^[15]
	To Colorado Avalanche----Nikita Zadorov Mikhail Grigorenko J. T. Compher 2nd-round pick in 2015	To Buffalo Sabres----Ryan O'Reilly Jamie McGinn	^[16]
	To Washington Capitals----Mike Weber	To Buffalo Sabres----3rd-round pick in 2017	^[17]
	To Ottawa Senators----Phil Varone Jason Akeson Jerome Leduc	To Buffalo Sabres----Cole Schneider Eric O'Dell Alex Guptill Michael Sdao	^[18]
	To Anaheim Ducks----Jamie McGinn	To Buffalo Sabres----conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016	^[19]
	To Nashville Predators----MIN's 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Buffalo Sabres----Jimmy Vesey (rights)	^[20]

Notes

• Buffalo to retain 50% ($1.67 million) of salary as part of trade.
• Conditional 3rd-round pick will become 2nd-round pick in 2017 NHL Entry Draft if Ducks advance to 2016 Western Conference Finals and McGinn plays in 50% of playoff games in first two rounds.

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
			1 year (2-way), $575,000	^[21]
			1 year (2-way), $825,000
			1 year (2-way), $600,000	^[22]
			2 years, $1,400,000	^[23]
			1 year, $900,000	^[24]
			2 years, $6.65 million	^[25]
			entry-level contract	^[26]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
			1 years, $875,000	^[27]
			2 years, $1.2 million	^[28]
			1 year, $600,000	^[29]
			1 year, $1.05 million	^[30]
			1 year, $650,000	^[31]
			1 year, $750,000	^[32]
			2 years	^[33]

Lost via retirement

Player	Ref
	^[34]

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref
	Cody Hodgson	Buyout	^[35]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
		3 years, entry-level contract	^[36]
		7 years, $52.5 million contract extension	^[37]
		1 year, $600,000, two-way contract	^[38]
		2 years, $2.25 million	^[39]
		1 year, $800,000	^[40]
		1 year, $700,000, two-way contract	^[41]
		3 years, entry-level contract	^[42]
		entry-level contract	^[43]
		entry-level contract	^[44]
		entry-level contract	^[45]
	Johan Larsson	1 year	^[46]
		3 years, entry-level contract	^[47]
		3 years, entry-level contract	^[48]
		2 years, contract extension	^[49]

Draft picks

See also: List of Buffalo Sabres draft picks. Below are the Buffalo Sabres' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round		Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Jack Eichel	C		Boston University (Hockey East)
2	51	Brendan Guhle	D		Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	92	William Borgen	D		Moorhead Spuds (HS-Minnesota)
5	122	Devante Stephens	D		Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6	152	Georgio Estephan	C		Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
7	182	Ivan Chukarov	D		Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL)

Draft notes^[50]

• The Buffalo Sabres' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent a second-round pick in 2015 (39th overall), Colorado's second-round pick in 2016 and Colorado's sixth-round pick in 2017 to Colorado in exchange for this pick.^[51]

Colorado previously acquired this pick from as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Ryan O'Reilly and Jamie McGinn to Buffalo in exchange for Nikita Zadorov, Mikhail Grigorenko, J.T. Compher and this pick.^[52]

• The New York Islanders' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on October 27, 2013 that sent Thomas Vanek to New York in exchange for Matt Moulson, a conditional first-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[53]
• The Buffalo Sabres' third-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Michal Neuvirth and Rostislav Klesla to Buffalo in exchange for Jaroslav Halak and this pick.^[54]

Notes and References

1. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. 2010 . Triumph Books . 27. 978-1-60078-422-4.
2. Web site: Eichel scores first goal, but Sabres lose to Senators. Yerdon. Joe. October 9, 2015. October 10, 2015. NHL.
3. Web site: Rick Jeanneret on cancer, criticism and why you never heard him talk about tanking - City & Region - The Buffalo News. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150426195947/http://www.buffalonews.com/columns/alan-pergament/rick-jeanneret-on-cancer-criticism-and-why-you-never-heard-him-talk-about-tanking-20150424. 2015-04-26.
4. Web site: Rick Jeanneret puts off retirement as Sabres' play-by-play man - Talkin' TV . September 25, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150926040145/http://talkintv.buffalonews.com/2015/09/25/jeanneret-to-return-for-2016-17-season-as-sabres-change-retirement-plans/ . September 26, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
5. http://www.wgr550.com/What-you-need-to-know-for-the-Sabres-scrimmage/21731320 What you need to know for the Sabres scrimmage
6. Hoppe, Bill (July 12, 2015). Josh Chapman unlikely standout at Sabres development camp. Olean Times Herald. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
7. Web site: Sabres Introduce Prospects Challenge.
8. Web site: Sabres rookie Jack Eichel wows with overtime winner against Bruins. September 15, 2015.
9. Web site: SABRES ANNOUNCE 2015 PRESEASON SCHEDULE. June 16, 2015. July 17, 2015. Sabres.nhl.com.
10. Web site: 2015-2016 Regular Season Schedule/Results - Buffalo Sabres - Schedule. July 17, 2015. Sabres.nhl.com.
11. Web site: 2015–2016 – Regular Season – Buffalo Sabres – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats. NHL.
12. Web site: 2015–2016 – Regular Season – Buffalo Sabres – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats. NHL.
13. Web site: Star-studded Central roster highlights All-Star reveal. NHL. January 6, 2016.
14. Web site: Scott, Atkinson, Eichel named stars of week. NHL. February 1, 2016.
15. Web site: SABRES TRADE FOR LEHNER, LEGWAND FROM SENATORS. Buffalo Sabres. June 26, 2015.
16. Web site: SABRES ACQUIRE O'REILLY, McGINN FROM COLORADO. Buffalo Sabres. June 26, 2015.
17. Web site: SABRES ACQUIRE THIRD-ROUND PICK IN 2017 FOR MIKE WEBER. Buffalo Sabres. February 23, 2016.
18. Web site: SABRES ACQUIRE FOUR FROM SENATORS. Buffalo Sabres. February 27, 2016.
19. Web site: SABRES ACQUIRE CONDITIONAL 3RD-ROUND PICK FOR McGINN. Buffalo Sabres. February 29, 2016.
20. Web site: SABRES ACQUIRE RIGHTS TO VESEY. Buffalo Sabres. June 20, 2016.
21. Web site: Jason Akeson, Matt Donovan sign one-year deals with Buffalo Sabres. NHL.com. July 17, 2015.
22. Web site: Sabres Sign Bobby Sanguinetti. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
23. Web site: Sabres sign Cal O'Reilly. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
24. Web site: Colaiacovo signs one-year deal with Sabres. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
25. Web site: SABRES SIGN FRANSON. nhl.com. September 10, 2015.
26. Web site: SABRES SIGN DEFENSEMAN CASEY NELSON. nhl.com. March 22, 2016.
27. Web site: Coyotes Sign Lindback to One-Year Contract. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
28. Web site: Matt Hacket, Chris Mueller, Joe Piskula sign with Anaheim Ducks. NHL.com. July 17, 2015.
29. Web site: Mikael Granlund, Nate Prosser sign two-year contracts with Minnesota Wild. NHL.com. July 17, 2015.
30. Web site: Mike Ribeiro, Barret Jackman, Cody Hodgson sign with Nashville Predators. NHL.com. July 17, 2015.
31. Web site: Wild Agrees To Terms Tyson Strachan and Signed Jared Knight. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
32. Web site: Blues Sign Benoit to Two-Way Contract. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
33. Web site: June transfer news . . 2016-06-27 . 2016-06-27.
34. Web site: Blood clots will force Sabres' Cody McCormick to retire. April 12, 2016.
35. Web site: Cody Hodgson signs with Predators, hopes for career turnaround. July 1, 2015. Yahoo Sports. July 17, 2015.
36. Web site: SABRES SIGN EICHEL TO ENTRY-LEVEL CONTRACT. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
37. Web site: O'Reilly signs seven-year extension with Sabres. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
38. Web site: SABRES RE-SIGN VARONE TO 2-WAY CONTRACT. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
39. Web site: SABRES SIGN PYSYK TO 2-YEAR CONTRACT. nhl.com. July 17, 2015.
40. Web site: SABRES SIGN LARSSON TO 1-YEAR DEAL. nhl.com. July 21, 2015.
41. Web site: SABRES SIGN D'AMIGO TO 2-WAY CONTRACT. nhl.com. July 23, 2015.
42. Web site: SABRES SIGN GUHLE TO ENTRY-LEVEL CONTRACT. nhl.com. July 28, 2015.
43. Web site: SABRES SIGN KASDORF TO ENTRY-LEVEL CONTRACT. nhl.com. March 15, 2016.
44. Web site: SABRES SIGN FASCHING TO ENTRY-LEVEL DEAL. nhl.com. March 21, 2016.
45. Web site: SABRES INK FORWARD CORNEL. nhl.com. March 28, 2016.
46. Web site: SABRES EXTEND FORWARD LARSSON. nhl.com. May 3, 2016.
47. Web site: SABRES INK MARTIN TO ENTRY-LEVEL CONTRACT. nhl.com. May 23, 2016.
48. Web site: SABRES SIGN KARABACEK TO ENTRY-LEVEL DEAL. nhl.com. May 31, 2016.
49. Web site: SABRES, DESLAURIERS AGREE TO TWO-YEAR EXTENSION. nhl.com. June 20, 2016.
50. Web site: 2015 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions. Pro Sports Transactions. June 3, 2015.
51. Web site: Trades completed during 2015 NHL Draft weekend. June 27, 2015. June 27, 2015.
52. Web site: Avalanche trade O'Reilly to Sabres. June 26, 2015. June 26, 2015.
53. Web site: Islanders acquire Vanek from Sabres. National Hockey League. October 28, 2013. October 27, 2013.
54. Web site: Capitals acquire goalie Halak for Neuvirth, Klesla. March 5, 2014. March 5, 2014.