{"id":178067,"date":"2025-09-29T17:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/178067\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:38:07","slug":"sabres-recall-vsevolod-komarov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/178067\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres Recall Vsevolod Komarov"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sabres announced<\/a> Monday they\u2019ve recalled defenseman\u00a0Vsevolod Komarov<\/a>\u00a0from AHL Rochester. While he was a part of Buffalo\u2019s massive round of training camp cuts<\/a> over the weekend, they\u2019re likely looking to get him into one more preseason game to allow rest for their veterans before sending him back to the minors.<\/p>\n

Komarov, 21, was a fifth-round pick in 2022 but has outpaced his draft billing so far in his development. The 6\u20192\u2033 righty had a highly successful major junior career, leading the QMJHL in scoring among defenders in 2023-24 while taking home a second league title, being named the league\u2019s top defenseman during the regular season, and earning playoff MVP honors.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s adjustment to professional hockey was smooth. He didn\u2019t pop in a huge way offensively, but delivered a well-rounded two-way game with the physical edge Buffalo hoped for when they drafted him. He played in all but three games for Rochester last year, logging a 2-16\u201318 scoring line with 85 PIMs and a +7 rating in 69 appearances. He was knocking on the door of top-pair minutes by season\u2019s end, notes Steven Ellis of Daily Faceoff<\/a>, who tabbed him as the No. 10 prospect (and No. 4 defenseman) in Buffalo\u2019s prospect pipeline this summer.<\/p>\n

He was never expected to compete for an opening-night job this fall. Taking a chunk out of his time with Rochester in training camp to give him another preseason look, though, could be an indicator he\u2019s high on their list of recall options this season in case a shakeup or injury replacement is needed.<\/p>\n

Komarov\u2019s entry-level contract carries him through 2026-27 at a cap hit of $835K, after which he\u2019ll be a restricted free agent. This season, he\u2019s owed a minor-league salary of $82.5K with a $90K signing bonus and up to $35K in performance bonuses and a prorated $775K salary if he spends time in the NHL. Unless he somehow manages to play 160 NHL games in the next two years, he\u2019ll remain waiver-exempt for the life of his ELC before requiring them beginning with the 2027-28 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sabres announced Monday they\u2019ve recalled defenseman\u00a0Vsevolod Komarov\u00a0from AHL Rochester. While he was a part of Buffalo\u2019s massive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,6581,575,85,206,115114],"class_list":{"0":"post-178067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-buffalo-sabres","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-transactions","14":"tag-vsevolod-komarov"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}