The Athletic’s season preview series has the Sabres at 19th (median projection of 90 points, 43% chance of qualifying for the postseason)
September 25, 2025
Rough summary: a deep team that lacks star power after Dahlin and Thompson has potential to end their playoff drought. They need goaltending, improvement on the power play, and guys like Kulich, Benson and Power to reach the next level.
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Okay so now do it.
Sounds about right. Will the investment in the defense pay off both in terms of how the new players do and will we see corresponding improvement from the old defensemen within a deeper unit (Power). Forward depth will rely a lot on existing players taking the next step – Benson and Quinn being key. If they show improvement then forwards might be ok, if not the forward depth will be severely lacking and we will be in for another long season. A lot of unknowns, good see them squeaking into the playoffs or the wheels could fall off again.
2 comments
Okay so now do it.
Sounds about right. Will the investment in the defense pay off both in terms of how the new players do and will we see corresponding improvement from the old defensemen within a deeper unit (Power). Forward depth will rely a lot on existing players taking the next step – Benson and Quinn being key. If they show improvement then forwards might be ok, if not the forward depth will be severely lacking and we will be in for another long season. A lot of unknowns, good see them squeaking into the playoffs or the wheels could fall off again.