Potential Sabres Trade Or Free Agent Acquisitions - Bryan Rust

We are continuing to look at potential options for the Sabres, now that veteran Patrick Kane has returned with Chicago . Some of the possibilities are not going to match Tuch's stats, but any additions could provide some relief to the pressure that youngsters Konsta Helenius, Jiri Kulich , or Noah Ostlund will be under to make up the deficit.

Kekalainen ideally is looking for someone who could make up as much of the 60-to-70 point production that he lost with Tuch, or someone who can fill the leadership gap and/or add some snarl and sandpaper to the middle-six, with the trade of Jordan Greenway to Chicago.

Two-time Stanley Cup winner Bryan Rust was expected to be a trade commodity last season, as the Pittsburgh Penguins were expected to miss the playoffs and begin a rebuild under GM Kyle Dubas, but the sell off did not occur, as the Pens surprised and made the postseason but lost in the first round to Philadelphia .