[Buffalo Hockey Beat] - After trade to Sabres, shock turned to excitement for Beck Malenstyn

BUFFALO – At first, said he felt neither excitement nor disappointment, only shock. The Sabres newcomer was drinking coffee in his in-laws’ living room outside picturesque Canmore, Alberta, when he learned he had been traded. As a restricted free agent, Malenstyn, 26, needed a new contract from the Washington Capitals. So when their assistant general manager called him during the NHL Draft on June 29, he initially thought little of it. Then after ... The post first appeared on .