It is never an easy time being traded to a new team, and it is even less easy being moved from a championship-caliber roster, to a playoff bubble team.
The Department of Player Safety issued punishment to Buffalo Sabres defenseman Bowen Byram.
The National Hockey League (NHL) Department of Player Safety announced Thursday that Buffalo Sabres defenseman Bowen Byram has been fined $5,000 the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement for interference on Ottawa Senators forward Angus Crookshank.
When Devon Toews signed his extension with the Colorado Avalanche at the start of the regular season, it essentially put a ceiling on how high Bowen Byram could go on the depth chart in Colorado.
An early trade deadline winner is far and away the Buffalo Sabres. They traded away Kyle Okposo to go chase a Stanley Cup in Flordia, and flipped defenceman Erik Johnson to the Philadelphia Flyers.
Absolutely nobody saw this coming. Back on Feb. 28, the Buffalo Sabres were sitting a full 14 points back of the Detroit Red Wings in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
With a 7-3 win at home over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday, the Buffalo Sabres now sit five points out of a playoff spot. Yes, we’re talking about the NHL playoffs.
The Colorado Avalanche were rather active at the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline. Colorado made a few moves to add depth to their lineup prior to March 8. However, they made two significant moves to boost their playoff odds.
When you take a look at some of the other defencemen that have moved in the recent days; Noah Hanifin, Byram Bowen, and Sean Walker, and you take a look
This year’s “Trade Deadline Week” has already lived up to the hype. Wednesday alone has been nothing short of seismic. As of this writing, we’ve already received word of a half-dozen different deals, with various other rumblings about players like Jake Guentzel and Jason Zucker.
In an unexpected blockbuster trade, the Colorado Avalanche acquired center Casey Mittelstadt from the Buffalo Sabres for defenseman Bowen Byram. Heading into the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Mittelstadt was considered one of the can’t-miss offensive prospects.
Just minutes after sending Ryan Johansen and a first-round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers in a trade for defenseman Sean Walker, the Colorado Avalanche continued checking boxes off their wish list by acquiring Buffalo Sabres center Casey Mittelstadt in exchange for 22-year-old blueliner Bowen Byram.
The Avalanche are making their second high-impact deal of Wednesday.
Earlier in the season, when the Colorado Avalanche were looking to try Bowen Byram with Samuel Girard, it was Byram who was stuck playing his off-side.
Bowen Byram has potentially been the most frustrating player on the Colorado Avalanche this season. Everyone knows he’s extremely talented, but he’s been remarkably inconsistent on the ice, and he knows it.