With the best regular-season record in the NHL, the Sabres were awarded the Presidents' Trophy for the first time in their history, and they also earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. They defeated the New York Islanders and the New York Rangers in the first two rounds of the playoffs. In the Eastern Conference finals, however, the Sabres' season came to an end when they were defeated by the Ottawa Senators in game five of the Conference finals. As of 2024, this remains the most recent season the Sabres won a playoff series.
Controversy swirled around the team's logo and jersey, meanwhile, as the look was changed. The team's colors were reverted to blue and gold, which they had worn from their addition to the league as an expansion team until 1996–97, when the colors were changed to black and red. The new logo, though, was said to resemble to many a slug or a wig. There were strong efforts to prevent the team from wearing this new jersey, although none were successful. The team's new third jersey, meanwhile, featured the team's original logo. Despite the controversy, the NHL reported that sales of Sabres merchandise were up approximately 1170% from the 2005–2006 season.[2]
Regular season
The Sabres were very successful early in the season, tying an NHL record by winning their first ten games, before finally suffering a shootout loss to the Atlanta Thrashers.[3] They did not lose a game in regulation until exactly one month into the season, in their thirteenth game, when they lost to Toronto.[4] The Sabres also set an NHL record by winning their first ten road games of the season,[5] not losing outside of HSBC Arena until November 18 in Ottawa. This record would not be broken until 2023, when the Los Angeles Kings won their 11th straight road game to start the season.
On January 9, it was announced that three members of the Sabres had been voted to start the All-Star Game for the Eastern Conference: forward Daniel Briere, defenseman Brian Campbell, and goaltender Ryan Miller. It was the first All-Star appearance for each.[6] In addition, as the Sabres had the best record in the Eastern Conference as of the end of All-Star voting, head coach Lindy Ruff was assigned to coach the Eastern Conference team.[7] Briere recorded a goal and four assists in the game, and was named Most Valuable Player of the game.[8]Thomas Vanek was also invited to All-Star Weekend to play in the YoungStars game.[9]
On January 13, Jason Pominville recorded his 20th goal of the season, becoming the fourth Sabre (after Chris Drury, Thomas Vanek and Maxim Afinogenov) to record 20 goals before the All-Star break. At the time of Pominville's 20th goal, no other team in the NHL had more than two players with 20 goals.[10]Daniel Briere became the fifth Sabre to record 20 goals as he scored a hat-trick on January 30 against the Boston Bruins. With the feat, the Sabres became the first team since the 1995–96 Pittsburgh Penguins to have five 20–goal scorers before February.[11] Four Sabres would go on to reach the 30-goal plateau. For the first time in 12 years, Buffalo was not shut-out in any of their 82 regular season games. Moreover, the Sabres led the NHL in goals scored and became the first team to score at least 200 even-strength goals during the regular season since the New Jersey Devils in 2000–01.
In February, the Sabres found themselves battling injury problems. Forward Tim Connolly had been on the long-term injury list all season, and he was joined by Paul Gaustad when a tendon in his leg was sliced on February 7 against the Ottawa Senators. Jaroslav Spacek broke his left hand soon thereafter, and the Sabres lost Maxim Afinogenov, who broke his left wrist, and Jiri Novotny with a high ankle sprain. Ales Kotalik was next to go down, with a knee sprain, and forward Daniel Paille broke his finger. Against the Ottawa Senators on February 22, captain Chris Drury was injured by a blow to the head by Chris Neil, sparking a wild brawl which saw a fight between Martin Biron and Senators goaltender Ray Emery, and later between Emery and Sabres enforcer Andrew Peters.[12]
The Sabres were the last team to be involved in a trade in the 2006–07 season. On the day of the NHL trade deadline, though, they made four trades. Goaltender Martin Biron, who had been the longest-tenured Sabre, was sent to Philadelphia for Philadelphia's second-round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Buffalo's fifth-round pick in that draft was sent to Columbus in exchange for another backup goalie, Ty Conklin. Jiri Novotny was sent along with Buffalo's 2007 first-round pick to Washington in exchange for Dainius Zubrus and Timo Helbling. Finally, the Sabres sent their fourth-round pick in 2007 to Nashville for Mikko Lehtonen, a minor league defenseman.[13]
Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
The Sabres faced the New York Rangers in the second round of the playoffs. The Rangers advanced by sweeping the Atlanta Thrashers, the number three seed, in the first round.
The Sabres faced their division rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in the Eastern Conference finals. The Senators advanced by defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round and the New Jersey Devils in the second. The Sabres lost the series, four games to one.
The Sabres were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.[27]
^Dumont received a $2.9 million arbitration award on August 2. Buffalo elected to “walk away” from the award, making Dumont an unrestricted free agent.
^Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 157. ISBN978-1-894801-14-0.
^ ab"TRANSACTIONS". The New York Times. July 11, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2024. BUFFALO SABRES - Signed F Andrew Peters to a one-year contract. Traded the rights to D Jan Hejda to the Edmonton Oilers for a 2007 seventh-round draft pick.
^"Sports Briefs". The New York Times. July 15, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2024. Buffalo sent wing Taylor Pyatt to the Vancouver Canucks yesterday in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick in next year's draft.
^"Adam Berkhoel". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on May 11, 2007. Retrieved September 4, 2024. 07-Sep-06: Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Buffalo Sabres.
^"David Cullen". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved September 4, 2024. 17-Jul-06: Signed with the Dusseldorfer EG of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).
^"Chris Taylor". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved September 4, 2024. 02-Aug-06: Signed with the Frankfurt Lions of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).
^"Sports briefs". Deseret News. August 19, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2024. The Vancouver Canucks signed free agent defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick on Friday.
^"Jeff Jillson". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on December 31, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2024. 25-Oct-06: Signed with the Eisbaren Berlin of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).
^"Timo Helbling". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved September 4, 2024. 04-Jun-07: Signed with the HC Lugano of the Swiss National League.
^"TRANSACTIONS". The New York Times. July 4, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2024. BUFFALO SABRES--Agreed to terms with D Teppo Numminen on a one-year contract.
^"Sports Briefing". The New York Times. July 24, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2024. The Sabres signed forward Ales Kotalik to a multiyear deal yesterday
^ ab"Transactions". Deseret News. July 28, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2024. BUFFALO SABRES—Agreed to terms with D Toni Lydman and F Jason Pominville on multiyear contracts.
^ abcd"Sports briefs". Deseret News. September 13, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2024. Center Marek Zagrapan, the Buffalo Sabres' first-round draft pick last year, was among four players signed by the team. Also re-signed were three minor-league forwards, Jiri Novotny, Michael Ryan and Chris Thorburn.
^"Sabres sign Gragnani to entry-level deal". The Buffalo News. June 2, 2007. p. 11.
^"ACTIVITY". The Globe and Mail. June 4, 2007. Retrieved September 4, 2024. Buffalo Sabres--Agreed to terms with F Phillip Gogulla on a three-year contract.
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