‘Coach Dan Bylsma wanted the Sabres to be harder to play against, and general manager Tim Murray did his part by signing free agent forward Kyle Okposo to a seven-year contract and acquiring defenseman Dmitry Kulikov from the Florida Panthers. Okposo and Kulikov, along with the core group of defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen and forwards Ryan O’Reilly, Jack Eichel, and Sam Reinhart, give the Sabres plenty of reason to think big.’
Reasons for optimism, questions facing Sabres
Source: NHL.com