‘And all things considered, Buffalo is in decent shape money-wise looking ahead. The entire core of the team — Eichel, Ryan O’Reilly, Kyle Okposo and Rasmus Ristolainen — are locked in long term. There’s enough flexibility in upcoming years, especially with Evander Kane ($5.25 million) and Josh Gorges ($3.9 million) coming off the books, that the Sabres can still add impact players.’