Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Iyo 2012<unk>13 NHL lockout yakabvisa chikamu chekutanga chemwaka wa2012<unk>13, icho pakupedzisira chakatanga nemitambo 48 yakarongwa. Mushure mekutanga 6<unk>10<unk>1 kumwaka, chibvumirano chemurairidzi wenguva refu Lindy Ruff chakapedzwa nemaneja mukuru Darcy Regier musi waFebruary 20, 2013, achipedza mwaka gumi nematanhatu semurairidzi mukuru. Ruff yakatsiviwa naRon Rolston kutanga pane imwe nguva, ipapo zvachose mushure mokunge mwaka wapera. Nemhaka yemwaka wakapfupikiswa, musi wokupedzisira wokutengeserana wakaendeswa kuna April 3, 2013. Mumazuva akaitangira, maSaber akanga achishingaira mukutengeserana. Musi waMarch 15, Sabres 'kutengesa kwekutanga yakatumira T. J. Brennan kuFlorida Panthers mukutsinhana kwekutora kwechishanu-kutenderera (pakutanga yaive yeLos Angeles Kings) mu2013 dhizaini. Musi waMarch 30, Sabres vakatengesa Jordan Leopold kuSt. Louis Blues mukutsinhana kwechipiri-kutenderera uye kusarudzwa kwechishanu-kutenderera musarudzo yegore ra2013. Musi waApril 1, Sabres yakatengesa Robyn Regehr kuLos Angeles Kings mukutsinhana kwezviviri zvechipiri-kutenderera sarudzo (imwe muna 2014
uye imwe muna 2015). Kutengeserana kwekupedzisira kwakauya pazuva rekupedzisira rekutengeserana, Kubvumbi 3, apo maSabres akatumira Jason Pominville kuMinnesota Wild yaJohan Larsson naMatt Hackett. Chiziviso chepamutemo chakauya pashure penguva yokupedzisira ya3 masikati. Panguva yechiziviso chepamutemo, zvakanga zvisina kujeka kana paiva nezvimwe zvikamu zvechibvumirano sezvo kutengeserana kwakanga kuchiri kumirira kubvumirwa kweNHL. Yakazoratidzwa kuti sarudzo dzinosarudzwa dzakabatanidzwawo muchibvumirano: iyo Wild yaizogamuchira sarudzo yechina-kutenderera mudhirowa ra2014, uye maSabres aizogamuchira sarudzo yekutanga-kutenderera mudhirowa ra2013 uye sarudzo yechipiri-kutenderera mudhirowa ra2014.