{"id":400990,"date":"2026-01-09T02:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/400990\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T02:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:04:09","slug":"nhl-trade-rumors-uncover-sabres-approach-to-2026-deadline-under-new-gm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/400990\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Trade Rumors Uncover Sabres&#8217; Approach to 2026 Deadline Under New GM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Buffalo Sabres plan to take an aggressive approach to the 2026 NHL trade deadline under new general manager Jarmo Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen, according to Sportsnet&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/real-kypers-nhl-buzz-what-some-teams-are-weighing-ahead-of-nhl-trade-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Nick Kypreos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;We previously had Buffalo pegged to be a seller and pending UFA Alex Tuch to be on the way out, but their recent run and incredible climb back up the standings has changed the equation,&#8221; Kypreos reported Wednesday. &#8220;Now new GM Jarmo Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen is aggressively shopping around as a buyer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Buffalo is entering its first deadline with Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen, who was <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/47315833\/sabres-fire-long-gm-kevyn-adams-hire-jarmo-kekalainen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">hired<\/a> by the team on Dec. 15 following the firing of Kevyn Adams. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Sabres will have a decision to make regarding the future of Tuch, as the forward is currently slated to hit free agency. While he&#8217;s been involved in\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nhl\/2025\/12\/18\/nhl-trade-rumors-rasmus-andersson-alex-tuch\/87827118007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">trade rumors<\/a>, he could end up staying in Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Per Kypreos, the Sabres could ultimately meet Tuch&#8217;s salary demands of roughly $10 million on a new contract instead of parting ways with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Buffalo owns a 22-15-4 record, currently sitting at No. 4 in the Atlantic Division standings. The Sabres have excelled as of late, winning 11 of their past 12 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">They&#8217;re looking to end the NHL&#8217;s longest active playoff drought, as their last postseason appearance came during the 2010-11 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 2026 trade deadline is on March 6 at 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Buffalo Sabres plan to take an aggressive approach to the 2026 NHL trade deadline under new general&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-400990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400990","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=400990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}