Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR Sports Radio 550) - Here is the Buffalo Sabres' 2025 offseason tracker. We’ll update anything that needs to be as soon as new information becomes available. Be sure to bookmark and refer to this page daily:
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2025 NHL Draft picks:
- Round 1 (9): Radim Mrtka - Defense - Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
- Round 3 (71): David Bedkowski - Defense - Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
- Round 4 (103): Matous Kucharcik - Forward - Slavia Praha (Czech2)
- Round 4 (116): Samuel Meloche - Goalie - Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
- Round 5 (135): Noah Laberge - Defense - Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
- Round 6 (167): Ashton Schultz - Forward - Chicago Steel (USHL)
- Round 7 (195): Melvin Novotny - Forward - Leksands IF (J20 Nationell)
- Round 7 (199): Yevgeni Prokhorov - Goalie - Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruysk (MHL)
- Round 7 (219): Ryan Rucinski - Forward - Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
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Unrestricted free agents:
- D - Jacob Bernard-Docker** (Signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings)
- G - James Reimer
- C - Mason Jobst
- LW - Brett Murray*
- RW - Lukas Rousek (Signed a two-year contract with HV71 in the Swedish Hockey League)
- D - Kale Clague (Signed a one-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets)
- D - Jack Rathbone (Signed a two-year contract with the Sabres worth $1.6 million)
- G - Felix Sandstrom
* - Group 6 UFA
** - Not offered a qualifying offer
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Restricted free agents:
- C - Ryan McLeod (Signed a four-year contract with the Sabres worth $20 million)
- RW - Jack Quinn (Signed a two-year contract with the Sabres worth $6.75 million)
- C - Tyson Kozak (Signed a three-year contract with the Sabres worth $2.325 million)
- D - Bowen Byram (Signed a two-year contract with the Sabres worth $12.5 million)
- D - Conor Timmins (Signed a two-year contract with the Sabres worth $4.4 million)
- RW - Tyler Tullio
- LW - Aleksandr Kisakov (Signed a tryout contract with Dynamo Moskva in the Kontinental Hockey League)
- LW - Bennett MacArthur (Signed a one-year contract with the Jacksonville Icemen in the ECHL)
- D - Ryan Johnson (Signed a three-year contract with the Sabres worth $2.325 million)
- D - Erik Brannstrom (Signed a three-year contract with Lausanne HC in the National League)
- G - Devon Levi (Signed a two-year contract with the Sabres worth $1.625 million)
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Free agent signings:
- RW - Justin Danforth (Signed a two-year contract worth $3.6 million)
- D - Zac Jones (Signed a one-year contract worth $900,000)
- G - Alex Lyon (Signed a two-year contract worth $3 million)
- C - Jake Leschyshyn (Signed a one-year contract worth $775,000)
- RW - Carson Meyer (Signed a two-year contract worth $1.55 million)
- D - Zach Metsa (Signed a two-year contract worth $1.55 million)
- D - Mason Geertsen (Signed a two-year contract worth $1.55 million)
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Trades:
- LW - JJ Peterka (Traded to the Utah Mammoth for Michael Kesselring and Josh Doan)
- D - Connor Clifton (Traded with Buffalo's 2025 second-round pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Conor Timmins and Isaac Belliveau)
- RW - Sam Lafferty (Traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for a 2026 sixth-round pick)
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Signed to contract extension:
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Entry-level signings:
- C - Ridley Fiddler-Schultz (Signed to a two-year contract worth $1.73 million)
- D - Radim Mrtka (Signed a three-year contract worth $2.925 million)
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New hirings/promotions:
- Eric Staal (Hired as special assistant to the general manager)
- Brian Galivan (Hired as director of performance)
- Jarmo Kekalainen (Hired as senior advisor to the general manager)
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Staff departures:
- Eric Gannon (Relieved as director of physical performance and head strengthening coach)
- J.T. Allaire (Relieved as assistant strength and conditioning coach)
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All contract info according to PuckPedia.com