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Sabres raise expectations for quick success with changes at draft

New Buffalo Sabres coach Dan Bylsma had a little argument with general manager Tim Murray about the team's impressive moves at the NHL draft.

"I said, 'Tim I think we got more than a little bit better," Bylsma recalled. "And he said, 'No we got a little bit better,' and that's certainly true."

Let the tempering of expectations begin.

After and drafting Jack Eichel and trading for goaltender Robin Lehner and forwards Ryan O'Reilly and Jamie McGinn, the Sabres are a much different, stronger team than they were last season or even last week.