Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 1983 <unk>84 Buffalo Sabres kakar wasa ce ta 14 ga Sabres. Tom Barrasso ne Sabres suka zaba tare da 5th overall a cikin 1983 NHL Entry Draft, ya zama mafi girman mai tsaron gidan da aka zaba har sai Roberto Luongo ya ɗauki 4th overall a
A shekara ta 1997. Ya tsallake aikin kwaleji, ya tafi kai tsaye daga makarantar sakandare zuwa NHL inda ya wuce duk tsammanin. Barrasso ya lashe Calder Memorial Trophy da Vezina Trophy a kakar wasa ta farko, ya zama dan wasa na uku da ya lashe lambobin yabo biyu a shekara guda.