3 Sabres Veterans Buffalo May Move Before No-Trade Clauses Hit

Buffalo is staring at one of those summer decisions that tells you exactly where a franchise thinks it is. The Sabres have three players who could get moved before their trade protection fully locks in, and that kind of clock tends to make GMs sweat a little harder than they admit publicly. This is the part of the calendar when front offices try to get ahead of leverage before it flips to the player side, and Buffalo has to decide whether to act early or live with the consequence.