Are the Buffalo Sabres suddenly an attractive destination for unrestricted free agents? Not in any meaningful fashion, but they bagged their second NCAA free agent of the cycle anyway when they signed Western Michigan Broncos forward Dawson DiPietro.

The news came less than a week after the club put pen to paper on an entry-level contract for Penn State Nittany Lions forward Brandon Biro, and was bookended by Mattias Samuelsson‘s entry-level deal only two days later. Talk about a productive stretch.

[Read more: Brandon Biro Sticks With Buffalo Sabres]

NCAA free agency is a volume game, and it’s all about loading enough rounds into the chamber that even a blindfolded marksman will eventually hit the target.

Does DiPietro have staying power?

There likely isn’t a better team in the NHL to mak