Matthew Fairburn

After the most exciting Sabres season in more than a decade, fans are finally done clinging to the future and are focused on the present.

Lucic wasn’t popular among Sabres fans during his Bruins career after a hit on Sabres goalie Ryan Miller in 2011.

Levi, 24, looked like the Sabres' goalie of the future at one point but spent last season playing exclusively in the AHL.

Sabres GM Jarmo Kekäläinen expressed confidence in what the team has but left the door open for more moves.

Daxon Rudolph and Ilia Morozov, Buffalo's 2026 first-round picks, took part in their first development camp.

Kekäläinen is confident in this Sabres roster, but he’s still open to the right trade or signing.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Jarmo Kekäläinen saw this summer coming. When he joined the Buffalo Sabres as a senior adviser last summer, the staff walked him through each player, how they were acquired and where they fit into the roster build. He then had a front-row seat to the team's initial negotiations with

The Sabres already have 14 forwards with Peyton Krebs left to sign. Figuring out the forward lines will be an adventure.

Kane is a Buffalo native and a Chicago icon, so either would be fitting for the twilight of one of the best careers in modern NHL history.

The Sabres and Krebs have avoided arbitration, agreeing to a four-year contract with a $4.5 million cap hit.