The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Die By The Blade community. 92 readers ranked Buffalo Sabres players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2026. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production to rank each player.
Jack Quinn
Drafted: 2020 – 1st Round (8th Overall)
Position: Winger
Born: September 19th, 2001 – 24 Years Old
2025-2026 Stats: GP 82 G 20 A 31 PTS 51 / Playoffs GP 13 G 2 A 5 PTS 7, NHL
2025 T25U25 Ranking: 6
Jack Quinn had the best season of his young career this past season. He set career highs in games played, goals, assists, and points while skating primarily with McCloud and Zucker on the third line. Lindy Ruff liked the chemistry between those three as he largely left the combination static throughout the season. It will be interesting to see if Ruff goes back to those three as a line for continuity purposes as they reshuffle their forward lines.
Quinn’s 51 points made him the 6th highest scoring player on the roster, but there is still room for him to grow. While he has become more consistent, there were stretches of last season where he’d seemingly disappear. He had three separate 4 game stretches with no points in the first half of the season. He was more consistent in the second half which helped Buffalo turn their season around in route to the division title. Buffalo needs the second half Quinn to resurface as they look to replace the departed production of Alex Tuch. Quinn will likely be asked to step into a larger role which gives him the opportunity to earn a significant payday at the end of the season. He will be a restricted free agent after next season.
One area Quinn showed significant improvement was his work along the walls. Particularly in the first half of the season, he was consistently losing battles which led to a lack of sustained offensive pressure. In the second half, he was much stronger in board battles and it significantly improved his effectiveness. Additionally, there were concerns about how effective he would be as the physicality of the game ramped up in the playoffs. After an unremarkable start against Boston, Quinn found his footing and was one of the more noticeable Sabre forwards against Montreal.
There is a lot to like about Quinn’s game. He will likely have the opportunity to go from a quality secondary scorer to become one of the Sabres primary scorers. Buffalo will need him to take another developmental step to build off last year’s success.