One Sabres Deadline Swing Still Looms Over Their Summer

The Sabres are heading into the offseason with one trade deadline move still hanging around their neck like a bad contract in June. This is the kind of deal that keeps a front office honest, because the paper trail does not disappear just because the schedule does. Buffalo now has to live with the fallout, and the real sting is that the consequences are still unfolding rather than fading into the rearview.