‘Now, it’s Boyes who carries the big ticket — $4.5 million this year, $4 million next season — and getting him at the deadline was a huge statement by the Sabres to not only their fans, but to their dressing room. And, although the new owner wasn’t technically in place yet, it was also a tacit promise that, under Terry Pegula, the Sabres won’t always think wallet first, result second.’