‘”It is the unknown,” admitted Sabres General Manager Jason Botterill. “You look at the fact the cap maybe didn’t go up as much as some teams expected or probably the industry expected and it made it tighter. You look at the fact these are significant contracts and as much as it’s a difficult process going through salary arbitration, at least we get our players signed and at least we know a month going into camp we have our guys signed up.”‘
Dilemma with RFAs has NHL locked up with lots of decisions still coming
Source: Buffalo News