Sabres Let Three Unsigned Picks Walk

Buffalo is making a quiet but telling roster-office move by cutting loose the rights to three unsigned draft picks. That kind of housekeeping usually says as much about the organization’s evaluation as it does about the players themselves, because NHL teams do not give away draft rights for fun. The Sabres have plenty of bigger-picture decisions looming, and this is another reminder that the pipeline is always under a microscope in this league.