Sabres Grades: Goalie Lyon Gave Buffalo One-Half Of Solid Netminding Tandem

TRENDINGNFL news, live updatesReport: Klay Thompson to HeatSinner to miss US OpenNBA's season of comebacksFantasy Football Draft KitStory byStory bySabres Grades: Goalie Lyon Gave Buffalo One-Half Of Solid Netminding TandemAlex Lyon (Sam Navarro, Imagn Images)Adam ProteauFri, August 21, 2026 at 10:22 PM UTC·2 min readAbout Our AdsRecommended StoriesSabres Insider Reveals The Goaltender They Could TradeIt’s going to be interesting to watch whether or not the Buffalo Sabres will be able to repeat their tremendous success they enjoyed over the final two-thirds of the 2025-26 NHL season that saw them return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2011, while also winning their division for the first […] The post Sabres Insider Reveals The Goaltender They Could Trade appeared first on HEAVY.HEAVYSabres Grades: D-Man Samuelsson Evolved Into Key Contributor For BuffaloIn TheHockeyNews.com's series grading Buffalo Sabres players, we're turning our attention to Sabres defenseman Mattias Samuelsson. 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