​Sabres’ latest move allows them to fit Connor Hellebuyck’s salary in a trade, barely originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Buffalo Sabres may still have a chance to get Connor Hellebuyck.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAnd on the potential trade front, there’s good news — they can fit his salary, probably, and barely.The Sabres signed Peyton Krebs to his new deal on Monday, and that mostly solidified what the salary cap picture looks like.The one key left is that Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has to go to Winnipeg in the trade for the star goalie. If that happens, the Sabres can fit Hellebuyck:MORE:How a 3-team Dylan Larkin, Jason Robertson trade could workIn a follow-up to the above post, Marino points out that the Sabres probably will still need to sign a 13th forward so that one of their younger forwards isn’t a healthy scratch most games. That would require a veteran, someone who likely can just squeak under a $1.6 million cap spot.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOf course, Buffalo could include other players along with UPL in a trade for Hellebuyck to give themselves a bit more salary cap breathing room, too.But it’s definitely more encouraging for the numbers to work out this way than some alternative where they’d have no chance of fitting Hellebuyck on the books.It seems at this point that the only dilemma, and it’s certainly a notable one, is actually having the Jets and Sabres agree on trade parameters. Hellebuyck seems open to a deal, and the Sabres clearly want him.If a trade can be agreed on, the financials seem to all be in order.7-foot-1 draft pick is impossibly tallCale Makar is about to become a lot more expensiveSidney Crosby trade plans did a 180 for the PenguinsIt’s time to ask a serious Matthew Knies questionOilers’ Frederik Andersen signing is a massive bargain