The 2008-09 roster for the Sabres included Derek Roy at center, Thomas Vanek at left wing, Jason Pominville at right wing, Jaroslav Spacek at defenseman and Ryan Miller at goalie.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Maxim Afinogenov M. Afinogenov	RW	6'0"	190	9/4/1979	29	Moscow, Russia
2	Chris Butler C. Butler	D	6'1"	196	10/27/1986	22	St. Louis, MO
3	Tim Connolly T. Connolly	C	6'1"	190	5/7/1981	27	Syracuse, NY
4	Matt Ellis M. Ellis	LW	6'0"	208	8/31/1981	27	Welland, Canada
5	Paul Gaustad P. Gaustad	C	6'5"	227	2/3/1982	26	Fargo, ND
6	Nathan Gerbe N. Gerbe	C	5'4"	176	7/24/1987	21	Oxford, MI
7	Marc-Andre Gragnani M. Gragnani	D	6'3"	205	3/11/1987	21	Montreal, Canada
8	Jochen Hecht J. Hecht	C	6'1"	198	6/21/1977	31	Mannheim, Germany
9	Patrick Kaleta P. Kaleta	RW	6'1"	198	6/8/1986	22	Buffalo, NY
10	Tim Kennedy T. Kennedy	LW	5'10"	175	4/30/1986	22	Buffalo, NY
11	Ales Kotalik A. Kotalik	RW	6'1"	225	12/23/1978	30	Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic
12	Patrick Lalime P. Lalime	G	6'3"	192	7/7/1974	34	St. Bonaventure, Canada
13	Toni Lydman T. Lydman	D	6'2"	213	9/25/1977	31	Lahti, Finland
14	Clarke MacArthur C. MacArthur	LW	6'0"	192	4/6/1985	23	Lloydminster, Canada
15	Adam Mair A. Mair	C	6'1"	208	2/15/1979	29	Hamilton, Canada
16	Mark Mancari M. Mancari	RW	6'4"	208	7/11/1985	23	London, Canada
17	Ryan Miller R. Miller	G	6'2"	168	7/17/1980	28	East Lansing, MI
18	Dominic Moore D. Moore	C	6'0"	192	8/3/1980	28	Thornhill, Canada
19	Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	D	6'2"	198	7/3/1968	40	Tampere, Finland
20	Nathan Paetsch N. Paetsch	D	6'1"	198	3/30/1983	25	Leroy, Canada
21	Daniel Paille D. Paille	LW	6'1"	200	4/15/1984	24	Welland, Canada
22	Andrew Peters A. Peters	LW	6'4"	240	5/5/1980	28	St. Catharines, Canada
23	Jason Pominville J. Pominville	RW	6'0"	180	11/30/1982	26	Repentigny, Canada
24	Craig Rivet C. Rivet	D	6'2"	207	9/13/1974	34	North Bay, Canada
25	Derek Roy D. Roy	C	5'9"	184	5/4/1983	25	Ottawa, Canada