A Saturday matinee awaits the Buffalo Sabres as they host the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 3 p.m. puck drop. This afternoon’s game will be broadcast on Sabres.com and WGR550. The team made a number of roster cuts on Friday after a busy week of preseason action.
Forwards Filip Cederqvist, Aleksandr KIsakov, Tyson Kozak, Olivier Nadeau, Viktor Neuchev and Linus Weissbach, and defenseman Nikita Novikov, have been officially assigned to the Amerks. Rochester’s training camp begins Monday.
Also released from their professional tryouts by the Sabres: Christopher Brown, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Damien Giroux, Mason Jobst, Dominick Mersch, Michael Mersch, Graham Slaggert, Brendan Warren, Brandon Fortunato, Chris Jandric, Zach Metsa, Ethan Prow, Nicolas Savoie and Michael Houser. Several of those players have already signed AHL deals; they’ll all report to Amerks camp.
Buffalo Sabres Roster
Forwards: Zach Benson, Brandon Biro, Dylan Cozens, Peyton Krebs, Jiri Kulich, Kyle Okposo, Victor Olofsson, Isak Rosen, Lukas Rousek, Jeff Skinner, Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch
Defense: Jacob Bryson, Joseph Cecconi, Jeremy Davies, Ryan Johnson, Henri Jokiharju, Riley Stillman
Goalies: Devon Levi, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Levi expected to play entire game)
Columbus Blue Jackets Roster
Forwards: Dmitri Voronkov, Adam Fantilli, Justin Danforth, Josh Dunne, Stefan Matteau, Patrik Laine, Emil Bemstrom, James Malatesta, Jordan Dumais, Kirill Marchensko, Kent Johnson, Jack Roslovic
Defense: Denton Mateychuk, Zach Werenski, Ivan Provorov, Adam Boqvist, Erik Gudbranson, David Jiricek
Goalies: Aaron Dell, Elvis Merzlikins