Top priority for Murray, Sabres is finding a starting goalie

Taking Jack Eichel with his first pick is the easy part. What Sabres General Manager Tim Murray does with the rest of his time at next week’s NHL Draft in Sunrise, Fla., is what could really shape his team, both in the short term and long term.

And it’s going to start in net. The Sabres have only one NHL goaltender under contract in Chad Johnson, but he injured his ankle in March and never played a game for the team.

“The basic plan is we have to get a goalie, that’s for sure,” Murray said at the team’s annual pre-draft news conference in First Niagara Center. “It’s a moving plan. The plan always moves. We would love to trade for a ‘youngish’ goalie. If that doesn’t work, we would trade for a…