When I look at the current Sabres roster, I find myself doing something that I really haven’t had to do over the past several seasons:
Pay attention to the salary cap.
It’s actually tricky. I’m so used to saying that the Sabres should sign Player A or B because they can, that I often forget to think about salary cap ramifications when pondering possible roster additions.
I love that I have to think more, though. It means that the rebuild of the organization is one step closer to relevancy, but it also means that some difficult decisions loom over the next several weeks/months/years.