OTP - Sending Levi To The AHL Is The Right Move The Buffalo Sabres [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/] have annouced that forward Sam Lafferty will not return against the Vancouver Canucks [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/vancouver-canucks/] due to a lower-body injury. Lafferty, 29, has played in 22 games this season, where he has one goal to go along with a minus-2 rating. Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjExMDUyNDIzMzAzNjY5Mjk1/usatsi_24796757.jpg] Lafferty joined the Sabres this past off-season when he signed a two-year, $4 million contract in free agency. This was after he spent the 2023-24 season with the Canucks, where he had 13 goals, 24 points, and 191 hits in 79 games.