‘Consider that the Sabres have only two defensemen — Henrik Tallinder and Toni Lydman — who started the season among their top six. Brian Campbell was traded and Nathan Paetsch (concussion), Dmitri Kalinin (shoulder) and Jaroslav Spacek (chest) are out. Two others have stepped in. Twenty-year-old Mike Weber was plus-13 in his first four games since being called up from Rochester and fellow rookie Andrej Sekera was plus-8 over the same span. Then there’s forward Jason Pominville, who received the "C" for March in the team’s monthly captain rotation, and entering the weekend was third in the NHL in points this month.’