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2008–09 Buffalo Sabres
Division	TBD Northeast
Conference	TBD Eastern
2008–09 record	TBD
Home record	TBD
Road record	TBD
Goals for	TBD
Goals against	TBD
General Manager	Darcy Regier
Coach	Lindy Ruff
Captain	TBD
Alternate captains	TBD
Arena	HSBC Arena
Average attendance	TBD
Team leaders
Goals	TBD
Assists	TBD
Points	TBD
Penalties in minutes	TBD
Plus/Minus	TBD
Wins	TBD
Goals against average	TBD

The 2008–09 Buffalo Sabres season will be the 38th season of the Buffalo Sabres.

Pre-season

Regular season

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Game log

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free Agents

Claimed from Waivers

Draft picks

Buffalo's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior Team
1	12	Tyler Myers	D	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
1	26	Tyler Ennis	C	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
2	44	Luke Adam	C	Canada	St. John's Fog Devils (QMJHL)
3	81	Corey Fienhage	D	United States	Eastview High School (Minnesota)
4	101	Justin Jokinen	RW	United States	Colquet High School (Minnesota)
4	104	Jordan Southorn	D	United States	P.E.I. Rocket (QMJHL)
5	134	Jacob Lagace	LW	Canada	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
6	164	Nick Crawford	D	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)

Roster

As of August 9, 2008. [1]

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
30		Ryan Miller	L	1999	East Lansing, Michigan
40		Patrick Lalime	L	2008	Saint-Bonaventur, Quebec

Defensemen
#		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
4		Nolan Pratt	L	2007	Fort McMurray, Alberta
5		Toni Lydman	L	2005	Lahti, Finland
6		Jaroslav Spacek	L	2006	Rokycany, Czechoslovakia
10		Henrik Tallinder	L	1997	Stockholm, Sweden
27		Teppo Numminen	R	2005	Tampere, Finland
34		Mike Weber	L	2005	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
38		Nathan Paetsch	L	2003	Leroy, Saskatchewan
44		Andrej Sekera	L	2004	Bojnice, Czechoslovakia
52		Craig Rivet	R	2008	North Bay, Ontario

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
9		Derek Roy – A	C	L	2001	Ottawa, Ontario
12		Ales Kotalik	C/W	R	1998	Jindrichuv Hradec, Czechoslovakia
19		Tim Connolly	C	R	2001	Syracuse, New York
20		Daniel Paille	LW	L	2002	Welland, Ontario
21		Drew Stafford	RW	R	2004	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
22		Adam Mair	C/RW	R	2002	Hamilton, Ontario
26		Thomas Vanek	LW	R	2003	Vienna, Austria
28		Paul Gaustad	C/LW	L	2000	Fargo, North Dakota
29		Jason Pominville – C	RW	R	2001	Repentigny, Quebec
36		Patrick Kaleta	RW	R	2004	Buffalo, New York
55		Jochen Hecht – A	LW	L	2003	Mannheim, West Germany
61		Maxim Afinogenov	RW	L	1997	Moscow, Russia
76		Andrew Peters	LW	L	1998	St. Catharines, Ontario
--		Mathieu Darche	LW	L	2008	Montreal, Quebec

See also

• 2008–09 NHL season

Farm teams

On June 11, the Buffalo Sabres signed a three-year deal with the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League, ending a 29-year affiliation with the Rochester Americans.^[1]

References