It appears the trade market is heating up for Buffalo Sabres defenceman Bowen Byram.
TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reports “multiple teams” are exploring a trade with the Sabres for the 25-year-old blueliner.
Dreger adds that Bryram’s agent, Darren Ferris, has a history of marching his clients to unrestricted free agency, which is motivating the Sabres towards a trade with one year left on his contract at a cap hit of $6.25 million.
Byram posted 11 goals and 42 points in 82 games with the Sabres this past season, adding four goals and seven points in 13 playoff games.
He was acquired by the club at the trade deadline in 2024, sending Casey Mittelstadt back to the Colorado Avalanche in a one-for-one deal.
Byram was selected fourth overall by the Avalanche in the 2019 draft. He has 44 goals and 152 points in 328 career games with the Sabres and Avalanche.
The Sabres enter the off-season after ending their 14-year playoff drought this spring. The team was eventually eliminated in Game 7 of their second-round series with the Montreal Canadiens.
Changes, though, appear to be on the way in Buffalo with Byram potentially now on the way out in addition to pending unrestricted free agent Alex Tuch, who has yet to sign an extension with the team.
Buffalo has a projected $11.95 million in cap space this off-season with 22 players currently under contract for next season, per PuckPedia. Trade-deadline additions Luke Schenn and Logan Stanley are also among the team’s pending UFAs, while Peyton Krebs and Zach Benson are in need of new deals as restricted free agents.
