| TRADE : From Sabres to Oilers : Cooper Marody (P). |
| General Manager Change : Sabres hired general manager Dima |
| Matt Duchene was added to Sabres. |
| TRADE : From Sabres to Bruins : Dmitrij Jaskin. |
| Josh Harding was released. |
| Dylan Gambrell was added to Sabres. |
| Bobby MacIntyre was released. |
| Blake Wheeler has been selected as assistant for Sabres. |
| Sabres paid 422.500 € to release Kevin Spinozzi. |
| Alexander Radulov was added to Sabres. |
| Cardinals was eliminated at round 1 of year 2017. |
| Sabres paid 0 € to release Calle Andersson. |
| Sabres paid 375.375 € to release Erik Gustafsson.. |
| Nino Niederreiter was added to Sabres. |
| Vladislav Namestnikov was added to Sabres. |
| Jordan Staal is no longer captain for Sabres. |
| Joakim Ryan was added to Sabres. |
| Blake Hillman was added to Sabres. |
| Sabres paid 845.000 € to release Francois Beauchemin. |
| Mika Zibanejad is no longer as assistant for Sabres. |
