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Buffalo Sabres Sign Devon Levi

The Buffalo Sabres have signed goaltender Devon Levi to a two-year contract with an AAV of $812,500. The team announced the deal on Thursday morning, locking up their final restricted free agent. The 23-year-old is expected to be the starting goaltender for the AHL’s Rochester Americans this season, giving him some needed time to build his confidence and continue to grow before hopefully…

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Turning the Page

It’s time to begin a new chapter in Die By The Blade history. I’m excited to announce that beginning August 15, 2025, Die By The Blade will be incorporated as an expansion site of Expected Buffalo, with founder (and former DBTB editor!) Chad DeDominicis taking the reins to help move this site into the future and ensure that there will always be a home for Sabres fans to gather on the Internet.

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Pop Quiz, Hot Shot! (Part Deux)

What do you do when the class doesn’t do very well on a state test? In today’s world, obviously you make the test easier. So I have done that here today. I sure hope for improvement across the board from you people! This will be another 20 question quiz, multiple choice again. Your score is on the honor system. As before, a current or former Buffalo Sabre will represent your grade.

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Top 25 Under 25: Honorable Mentions

Thanks to all 117 people who responded to Die By The Blade’s annual voting for the Buffalo Sabres’ Top 25 Under 25 list. Before we get into the list, let’s take a moment for the honorable mentions – AKA, the players who didn’t make the top 25. There were 49 eligible players this year. Several players on last year’s top 25 list aged out (Rasmus Dahlin & Mattias Samuelsson among them) while…

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Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #25 Scott Ratzlaff

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. 117 readers ranked Buffalo Sabres players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2025. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production to rank each player. Drafted: 2023 – 5th Round (141st Overall) Position: Goaltender Born: March 9, 2005 – 20 Years Old 2024-2025…

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As Good As It Gets*? Part 1

What if the Sabres are done for the immediate future with roster upgrades? Will the streak be 15 or 1? The Sabres off season roster moves make a lot of sense and have improved the team. Maybe improved the team to the point where we could make the playoffs for the first time in many years. But maybe not. The pluses – Improved defense – losing Clifton, saving ~$1 million in salary…

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Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #24: Topias Leinonen

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. 117 readers ranked Buffalo Sabres players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2025. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production to rank each player. Drafted: 2022 – 2nd Round (41st Overall) Position: Goalie Born: January 25th, 2004 – 21 Years Old 2024-2025…

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Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #23 Zac Jones

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. 117 readers ranked Buffalo Sabres players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2025. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production to rank each player. Drafted: 2019, NYR (68th overall), 3rd round, 6th pick Position: Defense Born: 10/18/2000 (Age: 24) Richmond…

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Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #22, Viktor Neuchev

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. 117 readers ranked Buffalo Sabres players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2025. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production to rank each player. Drafted: 2022 – 3rd Round (74th Overall) Position: Left Winger Born: October 25th, 2003 – 21 Years Old 2024-2025…

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Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #21: Prokhor Poltapov

Drafted: 2021 – 2nd Round (33rd Overall) Position: Winger Born: February 1st, 2003 – 22 Years Old 2024-2025 stats: KHL – 68 GP – 17-23-40 / Playoffs: 6 GP – 1-2-3 2024 T25U25 Ranking: 22 The Sabres knew they would have to be patient when they selected Prokhor Poltapov at the top of 2021’s second round. They will have to continue waiting, as he has signed a two-year…

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Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #20 Adam Kleber

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. 117 readers ranked Buffalo Sabres players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2025. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production to rank each player. Drafted: 2024, BUF (42nd overall), 2nd round, 10th pick Position: Defense Born: 3/24/2006 (Age: 19) Chaska, Minnesota…

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As Good As It Gets – Part 2

If the Sabres aren’t done in the offseason with upgrades, what might they do? Will “The Streak” be 15 or 1? In Part 1, I stated I did not think the offseason improvements the Sabres have made on defense, and kind of replacing Peterka’s spot with Norris and friends would be enough to end “The Streak” at 14, and start the “Streak of 1”. What follows are some ideas of what they could do in the…

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The Final Buzzer

So, here we are. I started writing about men’s hockey in 2008 as part of my college newspaper. A few years later, I had my first opportunities to write about hockey – and largely, the Sabres – online. I spent five years under Fansided before finding my home here at DBTB in 2017. All told, that means I’ve been writing about the Sabres for about half of my life, which is… absolutely wild.

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Buffalo Sabres Top 25 Under 25: #18 Maxim Strbak

The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. 117 readers ranked Buffalo Sabres players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2025. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production to rank each player. Drafted: 2023, (45th overall), 2nd round, 13th pick Position: Defenseman (RHD) Born: 4/13/2005 (Age: 20) Košice…

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