Buffalo Sabres

Every NHL player the encyclopedia attributes to the Buffalo Sabresfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth.

Every position room Buffalo Sabres has passed down, steadiest first. The G room is their most stable — 12 holders across 56 years, a new one every 4.7 on average.

1. G12 holders · 11 handoffs · 1971–2026 · one every 4.7y
   Dave Dryden1971–1974→Roger Crozier1971–1976→Gerry Desjardins1975–1978→Don Edwards1977–1982→Bob Sauve1977–1985→Tom Barrasso1984–1989→Daren Puppa1986–1993→Dominik Hasek1993–2001→Martin Biron1996–2007→Ryan Miller2003–2014→Robin Lehner2016–2018→Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen2021–2026
2. LW29 holders · 28 handoffs · 1972–2026 · one every 1.9y
   Rick Martin1972–1981→Craig Ramsay1972–1985→Rick Dudley1973–1981→Brian Spencer1974–1977→Fred Stanfield1975–1978→Tony McKegney1979–1983→Lindy Ruff1980–1989→Gilles Hamel1981–1986→Randy Cunneyworth1981–1999→Paul Cyr1983–1988→Dave Andreychuk1983–2001→Scott Arniel1987–1990→Benoit Hogue1988–1992→Brad May1992–1998→Yuri Khmylev1993–1996→Randy Burridge1996–1998→Dixon Ward1996–2000→Michal Grosek1996–2000→Taylor Pyatt2002–2006→Daniel Paille2006–2010→Thomas Vanek2006–2014→Marcus Foligno2012–2017→Matt Moulson2014–2018→Johan Larsson2014–2020→Evander Kane2016–2018→Jeff Skinner2019–2024→Victor Olofsson2019–2024→Zach Benson2024–2026→Jason Zucker2025–2026
3. RW33 holders · 32 handoffs · 1971–2026 · one every 1.7y
   Steve Atkinson1971–1974→Rene Robert1972–1979→John Gould1972–1980→Danny Gare1975–1982→Gary McAdam1976–1983→Ric Seiling1978–1986→Sean Mckenna1982–1986→Mike Foligno1982–1991→John Tucker1984–1991→Ray Sheppard1988–1990→Rick Vaive1989–1992→Alexander Mogilny1990–1995→Donald Audette1990–2001→Rob Ray1990–2003→Randy Wood1992–1994→Wayne Presley1992–1995→Matthew Barnaby1993–1999→Jason Dawe1994–1998→Vaclav Varada1996–2003→Miroslav Satan1997–2004→Maxim Afinogenov2000–2009→J-P Dumont2001–2006→Ales Kotalik2002–2009→Mike Grier2004–2011→Jason Pominville2004–2019→Drew Stafford2007–2015→Patrick Kaleta2007–2015→Tyler Ennis2010–2017→Brian Gionta2015–2017→Kyle Okposo2017–2024→JJ Peterka2022–2025→Alex Tuch2022–2026→Jack Quinn2022–2026
4. C36 holders · 35 handoffs · 1971–2026 · one every 1.6y
   Gerry Meehan1971–1975→Gilbert Perreault1971–1987→Jim Lorentz1972–1978→Don Luce1972–1981→Derek Smith1976–1982→Andre Savard1977–1983→Dale McCourt1982–1984→Christian Ruuttu1987–1992→Pierre Turgeon1988–1992→Bob Corkum1990–2002→Dale Hawerchuk1991–1995→Pat LaFontaine1992–1997→Derek Plante1994–1999→Brian Holzinger1995–2000→Curtis Brown1995–2004→Michael Peca1996–2000→Erik Rasmussen1998–2002→Stu Barnes1999–2003→Chris Gratton2000–2003→Tim Connolly2002–2011→Daniel Brière2003–2007→Adam Mair2003–2010→Paul Gaustad2003–2012→Jochen Hecht2003–2013→Chris Drury2004–2007→Derek Roy2004–2012→Cody Hodgson2012–2015→Zemgus Girgensons2014–2024→Sam Reinhart2015–2021→Ryan O'Reilly2016–2018→Jack Eichel2016–2021→Casey Mittelstadt2018–2024→Tage Thompson2019–2026→Dylan Cozens2021–2025→Peyton Krebs2022–2026→Ryan McLeod2025–2026
5. D46 holders · 45 handoffs · 1972–2026 · one every 1.2y
   Mike Robitaille1972–1975→Larry Carriere1973–1978→Jim Schoenfeld1973–1985→Jerry Korab1974–1985→Bill Hajt1974–1987→Jocelyn Guevremont1975–1979→Lee Fogolin1975–1987→Richie Dunn1978–1989→Larry Playfair1979–1990→John Van Boxmeer1980–1983→Mike Ramsey1980–1993→Hannu Virta1982–1986→Phil Housley1983–1990→Uwe Krupp1987–1992→Grant Ledyard1989–1993→Doug Bodger1989–1996→Ken Sutton1991–1995→Richard Smehlik1993–2002→Garry Galley1995–1997→Alexei Zhitnik1995–2004→Darryl Shannon1996–1999→Jay McKee1996–2006→Jason Woolley1998–2003→Rhett Warrener1999–2003→James Patrick1999–2004→Brian Campbell2000–2008→Dmitri Kalinin2000–2008→Henrik Tallinder2002–2014→Teppo Numminen2006–2009→Toni Lydman2006–2010→Jaroslav Spacek2007–2009→Andrej Sekera2007–2013→Mike Weber2008–2016→Steve Montador2010–2011→Tyler Myers2010–2015→Jordan Leopold2011–2013→Christian Ehrhoff2012–2014→Mark Pysyk2013–2022→Jake McCabe2014–2021→Rasmus Ristolainen2014–2021→Zach Bogosian2015–2020→Rasmus Dahlin2019–2026→Henri Jokiharju2020–2025→Mattias Samuelsson2021–2026→Owen Power2022–2026→Bowen Byram2024–2026

Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1971–2026 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.