Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 8 o Oketopa, i whakaingoatia e te Sabres te kaituku, a Craig Rivet hei rangatira kapa, ko ia te rangatira wā-katoa tuatahi mai i te wā o Stu Barnes mai i te tau 2001 ki te tau 2003. I kaha hoki te rōpū i te rā whakamutunga o te tauhokohoko. Tuatahi, i hainatia e rātau a Tim Connolly mō te roanga atu o te rua tau, $4.2 miriona, kātahi ka riro i a Mikael Tellqvist mai i te Phoenix Coyotes mō te kōwhiringa tuawhā o te tauwhāinga 2010.
He aha? I haere mai a Dominic Moore mai i te Toronto Maple Leafs mo te kowhiringa tuarua i te tau 2009, katahi ka riro i a Buffalo te kowhiringa tuarua i te tau 2009 mai i nga Edmonton Oilers hei utu mo Ales Kotalik. I te Paenga-whāwhā 9, i whakakorea te Buffalo Sabres mai i nga whakataetae.