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The Buffalo Sabres have returned forward Josh Bloom and defensemen Mats Lindgren, Vsevolod Komarov and Spencer Sova to their respective junior teams.

Buffalo picked Bloom in the third round of the 2021 NHL Draft (95th overall). He scored 30 goals and added 31 assists in 67 games last year with the Saginaw Spirit of the OHL.
He signed his entry-level contract with Buffalo in April.
Lindgren was selected in the fourth round (106th overall) of the 2022 NHL Draft. Last season with Kamloops, he recorded 44 points (5+39) in 68 WHL games last year. He posted seven assists in the 2022 WHL Playoffs to help Kamloops advance to the Western Conference Championship.
Lindgren was traded to Red Deer in the offseason.
Buffalo selected Komarov in the fifth round (134th overall) in 2022. The 6-foot-2, 182-pound Russian blue liner produced 19 points (2+17) in 60 games for the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL last year.
He also posted four points (2+2) in 12 playoff games.
Sova earned an invitation to training camp after an impressive showing at the 2022 Prospects Challenge. He'll return to the Erie Otters of the OHL where he recorded 28 points (9+19) in 64 games last year.
Buffalo now has 55 players (33 forwards, 16 defensemen, and six goaltenders) on its training camp roster.
The Sabres' next preseason game is tonight in Columbus. Faceoff from Nationwide Arena is at 7 p.m. The Blue Jackets' feed of the game will stream live on Sabres.com. Dan Dunleavy and Rob Ray will call the action on WGR 550.