Kaleta has been a role player on the team to this point, but Regier thinks the rugged forward can increase his role in Buffalo.
"We're looking to Pat Kaleta to become a better player, both in production and the obvious thing he's known for, that being an agitator. We feel he's a very good hockey player and I know Lindy's looking forward to seeing the skill development and the production increase."

The NHL rejected a 17-year contract given to Ilya Kovalchuk by the New Jersey Devils. Regier can see why the NHL needed to step in and intervene to keep teams from creating an unfair advantage in signing Free Agents.
"I think it really creates more disparity within the National Hockey League. It's more likley that the big-market clubs will take advantage of these types of contracts. It's a way to get more players underneath your salary cap. It plays heavily in favor of the big-market clubs. I'm glad to see the league step in and take the direction it had taken."

Regier went into the off-season admitting a need to alter the Sabres roster. The team acquired Rob Neidermayer and Jordan Leopold in Free Agency in moves that wouldn't be considered a major shake-up. Regier says that they've made an attempt to change the team from the inside and out.
"Some things have been altered on the outside, some things I think we've worked on successfully internally. We've had a lot of meetings with current players, more than we've had in the past. We continue to work with this group. If there's an opportunity to get better, to make changes, we're open to that. That's not always a possibility. It doesn't always work out that way."

Regier said that attempts were made to bring in some free agents that failed, not because the Sabres didn't have the right offer but because players chose different teams.
"It's very frustrating. I can tell you, in two cases, that we were either at the number that the player accepted or above the number. In one case, the player stayed where he had been. In another case, he won't home. The player went back to where he had been."