‘In addition to Evan Rodrigues, the Sabres could trade their six pending unrestricted free agents: Vesey, Sheary, Michael Frolik, Zemgus Girgensons, Johan Larsson and Zach Bogosian. Those are the sort of moves that will only fetch conditional mid-to-late round draft choices. It’s time for the Sabres to consider a more significant trade, though. Listen to offers on Ristolainen and Brandon Montour. Buffalo can’t rely on Casey Mittelstadt or Dylan Cozens to save the day next season. Acquiring an established scorer must be at the top of Botterill’s to-do list.’