‘As it stands right now, Buffalo needs to act quickly. A large part of the Sabres defense has just one year left on their deals and several of the offensive parts to the team have contracts expiring the following offseason. Robyn Regehr, Jordan Leopold and Alexander Sulzer will be unrestricted free agents following the upcoming season while Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville and Steve Ott’s contracts — not to mention Ryan Miller’s — will expire after the 2013-14 season.’