Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kullewar NHL ta 2012 <unk> 13 ta kawar da kashi na farko na kakar 2012 <unk> 13, wanda a ƙarshe ya fara da wasanni 48 da aka tsara. Bayan farawa na 6<unk>10<unk>1 zuwa kakar wasa, kwangilar babban kocin Lindy Ruff na dogon lokaci ya ƙare ta babban manajan Darcy Regier a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, 2013, yana kawo ƙarshen yanayi 16 a matsayin babban koci. An maye gurbin Ruff da Ron Rolston da farko a kan wucin gadi, sannan har abada bayan kakar wasa ta kare. Saboda lokutan da aka rage, an jinkirta ranar ƙarshe na ciniki zuwa Afrilu 3, 2013. A kwanakin da suka gabata, Sabres sun kasance masu aiki a cikin sana'a. A ranar 15 ga Maris, cinikin farko na Sabres ya aika da T. J. Brennan zuwa Florida Panthers don musayar zagaye na biyar (wanda Los Angeles Kings ke da shi a asali) a cikin shirin 2013
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar 30 ga Maris, Sabres sun yi musayar Jordan Leopold zuwa St. Louis Blues don musayar zagaye na biyu da zagaye na biyar na zagaye a cikin shirin 2013. A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, Sabres sun yi musayar Robyn Regehr zuwa Los Angeles Kings don musayar zagaye na biyu na zagaye na biyu (ɗaya a cikin 2014 da ɗayan a cikin 2015). Kasuwanci na ƙarshe ya zo a ranar ƙarshe na ranar ciniki, Afrilu 3, inda Sabres ya aika da Jason Pominville zuwa Minnesota Wild don Johan Larsson da Matt Hackett. Sanarwar hukuma ta zo ne bayan wa'adin karfe 3 na yamma. A lokacin sanarwar hukuma, ba a bayyana ko akwai wasu sassan yarjejeniyar ba yayin da har yanzu ana jiran amincewar NHL. Daga baya an bayyana cewa zaɓaɓɓun zaɓaɓɓu sun shiga cikin yarjejeniyar: Wild za ta sami zagaye na huɗu a cikin shirin 2014, kuma Sabres za su sami zagaye na farko a cikin shirin 2013 da zagaye na biyu a cikin shirin 2014.