2004–05 Buffalo Sabres season

Schedule

The Sabres preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 12 and July 14, 2004, respectively.

|- | 1 || September 24 || Columbus Blue Jackets |- | 2 || September 25 || Minnesota Wild |- | 3 || September 28 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs |- | 4 || October 2 || @ Montreal Canadiens |- | 5 || October 3 || @ Minnesota Wild |- | 6 || October 6 || Montreal Canadiens |- | 7 || October 8 || Toronto Maple Leafs |- | 8 || October 10 || @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Transactions

The Sabres were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the season was officially cancelled.

Trades

The Sabres did not make any trades.

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Buffalo's picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.

Farm teams

The Sabres AHL affiliate Rochester Americans played with a roster that included many future Sabres. Thomas Vanek, Derek Roy, Ryan Miller and Jason Pominville among others, played the season in Rochester. HSBC Arena (now the KeyBank Center) hosted a pair of Rochester games experimenting with blue ice to see if blue would make the television appearance better than white. The blue ice experiment was ultimately not accepted in post-lockout rule changes.

Notes

References

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