‘The Sabres are getting next to no offense from their blue line, and there really aren’t many players that are capable of adding it. Their best player, and one of the core players of the rebuild, is Rasmus Ristolainen, a first-round draft pick by the team in 2013 and a fairly polarizing player. On one hand, he is the one player on the blue line that is at least a threat to do something offensively. Ristolainen has had back-to-back 40-point seasons, looks the part of a top-pairing NHL defenseman, and the Sabres most definitely use him like one, playing him more than 26 minutes per night. The problem is he doesn’t always produce the results of a 26-minute per night, top-pairing defenseman.’