{"id":188316,"date":"2025-08-31T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T01:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/188316\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T01:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T01:12:09","slug":"sabres-face-difficult-decision-with-isak-rosen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/188316\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres Face Difficult Decision With Isak Rosen"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was only a few years ago that the Buffalo Sabres selected forward Isak Rosen<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>with the 14th overall pick in\u00a0the 2021 NHL Draft. Unfortunately, since then, he\u2019s earned very little playing time at the NHL level, despite achieving successful AHL campaigns.<\/p>\n

In a recent mailbag from Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News<\/a>, a question was answered on Rosen, to which Lenzi argued that the Sabres could be better off trading Rosen rather than trying to make him work in the top six. Although Rosen has shown considerable talent with the AHL\u2019s Rochester Americans, he\u2019s unlikely to beat out any of Buffalo\u2019s forwards for a top-six role as the roster is currently constructed.<\/p>\n

Still only 22, Rosen has spent the last three years in North America after departing from the SHL\u2019s Leksands IF. Since then, Rosen has recorded 62 goals and 142 points in 194 regular-season games with Rochester, along with 11 additional goals and 16 points in 27 playoff contests.<\/p>\n

Despite that track record, the Sabres have only given Rosen 15 opportunities in Buffalo, leading to only one assist while averaging 9:09 of ice time per game. Not having the skill set for a bottom-six role, the Sabres are left with very few options for Rosen if they\u2019re unwilling to give him more ice time.<\/p>\n

There are a few teams that could have interest in Rosen for a top-six role, with the Edmonton Oilers standing out as an interesting fit. Given that winger Zach Hyman<\/a><\/strong> is unsure<\/a> if he\u2019ll start the regular season on time, Rosen could be a sufficient stopgap in the Oilers\u2019 top-six, especially if Isaac Howard<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s transition to the NHL is less than ideal.<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019s been quiet on the trade front for a few weeks, the Sabres could conceivably get quite the haul in a deal, especially if they\u2019re willing to include Rosen in a Bowen Byram<\/strong><\/a> trade. There\u2019s no indication a deal is close, or still being considered, but Buffalo may now have another arrow in its quiver.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s certainly no rush for the Sabres to trade Rosen, as they hold his contractual rights for the next few years. Still, they\u2019re getting dangerously close to Rosen simply being a very good AHL piece, without ever having developed the necessary skill to play at the game\u2019s top level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was only a few years ago that the Buffalo Sabres selected forward Isak Rosen\u00a0with the 14th overall…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":188317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[1720,105397,293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-188316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-buffalo-sabres","9":"tag-isak-rosen","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115120723956646014","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}