The rumor mill is starting to pick up around the NHL as the calendar flips to June. Outside of re-signing Jeff Skinner, one of the things that should be at the top of the Buffalo Sabres priority list this summer is addressing the center position.
After the trade of Ryan O’Reilly last summer and unexpected departure of Patrik Berglund during the season, the club was left thin at the position. Casey Mittelstadt wasn’t ready to step up into a top six center role at this point in his career and they shouldn’t go into next season banking on that changing.