The summer of 2016 is almost over, and the Buffalo Sabres still have a pretty important item on their To-Do list:
Sign Rasmus Ristolainen.
It seems like such a simple task, especially since Risto is the Sabres’ undisputed No.1 blueliner (who was just ranked 19th among the current 30 No.1 defenesemen in the NHL, by the way).
But common folk like you and I must be complete and utter idiots, because what to us seems like a simple process that began on June 27 has yet to result in a new contract for Ristolainen, meaning this must be a much, much more complicated procedure than, say, open-heart surgery, which can be performed in 3-4 hours.