Two former Buffalo Sabres from this past season are still alive in the playoffs, with Casey Mittelstadt’s Colorado Avalanche and Kyle Okposo’s Florida Panthers coming off big first-round wins as we dig into the Sabres Grades for the trade casualties.
FORT LAUDERDALE — The Florida Panthers have a lot of high-profile talent, but coach Paul Maurice admits his team’s most “consistent” has been its fourth.
TAMPA — Kyle Okposo reintroduced himself to playoff hockey by bringing the thunder with the Florida Panthers. In his first playoff game since 2016, Okposo
The Florida Panthers will be without forward Ryan Lomberg for the second straight game on Thursday in Game 3 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Lomberg has been fighting an illness that kept him out of Game 2 on Tuesday, an overtime win for Florida as they take a 2-0 series lead into Tampa Bay.
TAMPA — For the first time since 2016, Kyle Okposo will lace ‘em up in a playoff game. And it will come as a member of the Florida Panthers, the team he helped knock out of the postseason eight years ago, when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning for Game 3.
Florida Panthers forward Kyle Okposo will play in the postseason for the first time in eight years on Thursday when he takes the ice for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round series versus the host Tampa Bay Lightning.
FORT LAUDERDALE — Kyle Okposo had only played for two NHL teams before being traded to the Florida Panthers in March. On Dec. 23, 2016, Okposo returned to Brooklyn with the Buffalo Sabres, the team he signed with as a free agent after leaving the New York Islanders during the previous offseason.
When the Buffalo Sabres shipped off Erik Johnson, Casey Mittelstadt and Kyle Okposo at the NHL's trade deadline, it appeared they were raising a white surrender flag on their season.
An early trade deadline winner is far and away the Buffalo Sabres. They traded away Kyle Okposo to go chase a Stanley Cup in Flordia, and flipped defenceman Erik Johnson to the Philadelphia Flyers.
It’s never easy to part ways with the captain of your team, but that’s exactly what the Buffalo Sabres did by sending forward Kyle Okposo to the Florida Panthers before the NHL’s trade deadline on March 8.
After eight years with the Buffalo Sabres, it was a hard conversation for Kyle Okposo when he and GM Kevyn Adams agreed it was time for him to move on to a contender.
The Florida Panthers are the top team in the NHL. They currently sit above the entire league with a record of 43-17-4 with 90 points. Additionally, they’ve won eight of their last ten games.
It has been a whirlwind few days in the NHL with the trade deadline coming to pass on Friday afternoon.
The Florida Panthers acquired Sabres captain Kyle Okposo from Buffalo on Friday. The Sabres, in turn, will receive defenseman Calle Sjalin and a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.
The Florida Panthers have acquired Kyle Okposo from the Buffalo Sabres in return for defenceman Calle Sjalin and a conditional 2024 seventh-round pick, which can upgrade to a 2024 fifth-round pick if Florida wins the Stanley Cup.
The Florida Panthers have acquired Buffalo Sabres captain Kyle Okposo in exchange for Calle Sjalin and a conditional 2024 seventh-round pick. The condition on the draft pick is it can become a fifth-round pick if Florida wins the Stanley Cup.
Now former Buffalo Sabres captain Kyle Okposo has been traded. Today’s deal sends Okposo to the Florida Panthers in return for a conditional draft pick and Calle Sjalin.
After adding Vladimir Tarasenko earlier this week, the Panthers have made another addition up front.
The Toronto Maple Leafs made a splash when they acquired Ilya Lyubsuhkin from the Anaheim Ducks in a three-team trade on Feb. 29, which allowed them to bring him in at 75% retention.
Kyle Okposo, who is playing his eighth season for the Buffalo Sabres, admitted his time with the team may be running out. After a 5-2 loss to the Winnipeg
Buffalo Sabres forward Kyle Okposo is out week-to-week with a lower body injury, according to the team. The team captain was injured in Buffalo’s last game against Ottawa but “gutted it out” according to head coach Don Granato.
On Tuesday afternoon, it was announced that Buffalo Sabres captain Kyle Okposo will be out week-to-week with an unspecified lower-body injury. Okposo was absent from practice this morning without warning after sustaining the injury against the Ottawa Senators on Sunday without missing a single shift.
The Buffalo Sabres’ captain will be missing a few games. On Tuesday, the team announced forward Kyle Okposo is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
Sabres captain Kyle Okposo will be out on a week-to-week basis with a lower-body injury, the team said Tuesday.
Buffalo Sabres team captain Kyle Okposo was in Las Vegas to enjoy the atmosphere of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, something he has not experienced since signing with the Sabres in 2016 and support former teammates Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart, and Brandon Montour, but also commented on Eichel’s difficult exit from the organization after six seasons.
The Buffalo Sabres signed esteemed captain, Kyle Okposo, to a one-year contract worth $2.5 million, the team announced on Wednesday, May 24. The 35-year old workhorse completed his sixteenth NHL season, seven of which were with the Buffalo Sabres.
Buffalo Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams announced Wednesday that the Sabres have re-signed captain Kyle Okposo to a one-year, $2.5 million contract extension.
The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed forward Kyle Okposo to a one-year deal, as per a statement by the organization on Wednesday. The deal is worth $2.5 million and will see the captain returning and trying to help lead the team as they take strides to be a potential playoff contender.
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