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Ryan Miller signed a five-year, $31.25 million contract extension this summer.

OUR EXPERT'S TAKE By Pierre LeBrun

Last year's preseason write-ups for the Buffalo Sabres played out, strangely enough, exactly as predicted. The young team found it difficult to recover from the offseason losses of co-captains Daniel Briere and Chris Drury to free agency. A well-built team that went to back-to-back conference finals ...

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