Sabres Circle Hockey’s Most Polarizing Draft Gamble

Buffalo is being tied to one of the 2026 draft’s most divisive names, and that alone tells you the room is not unanimous. The Sabres have spent enough time in the rebuild trenches to know that high-end talent and high-end risk often show up in the same suit. This is the kind of prospect who can make scouts sound like theologians, and Buffalo is right in the middle of the argument.