Sabres RFA Draws Buzz as His Value Climbs Elsewhere

Buffalo has a familiar front-office problem on its hands - one of its RFAs may be looking a lot better to other teams than he does in the home room. That is the kind of market wrinkle that can quietly change a negotiation fast, especially when an outside evaluator sees more upside than the club does. The Sabres have lived through enough roster math to know when leverage starts drifting away.