Last up in our 2022 Buffalo Sabres player report cards series is defenseman Mark Pysyk.
Total Season Stats: 68 GP | 3 G | 9 A | 12 PTS
Age: 30
Contract Status: One-year deal at $750,000, signed with Detroit in FA.
With the Sabres defensive corps undergoing major surgery last summer with the departures of Rasmus Ristolainen and Jake McCabe, coach Don Granato needed some experience and stability to ground all the youngsters in the room. Enter Mark Pysysk, who had been drafted by the organization and was a solid d-man between 2010-16 before an unpopular trade saw the analytics crowd darling shipped out to Florida where he truly hit the limelight.