BUFFALO, NY - NOVEMBER 07: Rasmus Ristolainen #55 of the Buffalo Sabres celebrates a goal against the Vancouver Canucks at First Niagara Center on November 7, 2015 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Jen Fuller/Getty Images)
The Buffalo Sabres need to make a series of franchise-changing moves this offseason, but I don’t think trading Rasmus Ristolainen is one of them.
For what seems like the 5th-straight year of trade rumors involving Rasmus Ristolainen, the Buffalo Sabres are, yet again, faced with a difficult decision regarding the direction this franchise wants to take with this defenseman moving forward.