Sabres' Playoff Drought & Luukkonen for the Masterton
Also, a look at Peyton Krebs' role with the club.
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Sabres Extend NHL Record Playoff Drought to 13 Seasons
April 7, 2024 by Matthew Zator
After falling 3-1 to the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday, the Buffalo Sabres are going to miss the playoffs for the 13th straight season. They now hold the record for the most seasons without a playoff appearance – a record no one wants to have. Despite having a young, up-and-coming team capable of scoring at will, they are still looking for that first playoff game since 2010-11 when Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville were leading the charge. To put things in perspective, Tyler Myers was 20 years old that season and he is now 34.
Sabres’ Luukkonen Deserves to Be Team’s Masterton Nominee
April 10, 2024 by Matthew Morris
This past Friday the NHL announced the annual list of every team’s nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy and it should come as no surprise that the Buffalo Sabres’ was Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. The goaltender has had quite a long road to get where he currently is and has overcome a plethora of adversity and setbacks along the way. He’s emerged as the Sabres’ undisputed number one netminder and it doesn’t look like he’ll be losing that spot any time soon.
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Peyton Krebs Still Doesn’t Have a Role With the Sabres
April 4, 2024 by Harper Cotie
It’s inevitable for young NHL players to go through challenges along the way, and we’re seeing that with Buffalo Sabres forward Peyton Krebs. After putting up some big totals in the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Vegas Golden Knights selected the Calgary, Alberta native in Round 1 of the 2019 NHL Draft. However, like most of the first-round picks made by Vegas, Krebs didn’t last long in Nevada. Prior to the draft in 2019, TSN’s Craig Button said that Krebs reminded him a lot of Ryan O’Reilly, which is ironic given the fact that O’Reilly is a former Sabre, and then it’s even more ironic that Krebs was involved in the Jack Eichel trade between Vegas and Buffalo on Nov. 4, 2021. In 196 games as a Sabre, he only has 63 points.