Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News wrote Monday that Buffalo Sabres forward Victor Olofsson, and his representatives expect him to be traded prior to the start of training camp in September.
Olofsson has spent his entire five-year career with the Sabres where he has put up 167 points in 263 NHL games.
This news isn’t all that surprising given that the soon to be 28-year-old is just a year away from being an unrestricted free agent and he was a healthy scratch for the Sabres down the stretch while they were battling for a playoff position.
The Swedish forward has been remarkably consistent in his career notching at least 20 goals in three of his last four seasons with the lockout shortened 2020-21 season being the one year he didn’t reach the mark.
This past season Olofsson set a career high with 28 goals in 75 games to go along with 12 assists, but he has been made expendable by the emergence of several Sabres forward prospects and his pricey $4.75M cap hit.
Sabres GM Kevyn Adams has reportedly been very active on the trade market as he tries to get Buffalo back to the playoffs for the first time in 12 years.
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