It took four days to get his work visa straightened out, but the newest Sabre, forward Michael Frolik, was finally on the ice Wednesday.

"It's been a busy few days, but I am very excited to be here. Seems like a great group of guys. It was a little bit of a wait, but I am glad I'm here,” said Frolik.

The winger who came over from Calgary for a fourth round pick was skating on the left wing of Marcus Johansson and Conor Sheary to the right.

"Johansson, he’s a skilled player. He is a really smart centerman. For me as a winger that is what you need, is a good playmaker in the middle and that is what he is. Hopefully it will click sooner than later,” said Frolik.

"Really good hockey player. It was fun to be out there. He's quick, he's smart, so I'm looking forward to it,” said Johansson.

"Just from watching him in the past he is an experienced guy. He's a responsible, penalty kill-type guy. I think he brings some grit to our lineup and our line so I'm excited,” said Sheary.

Frolik isn't having his best year statistically speaking, just five goals for 10 points in 38 games with the Flames. But that's not where the Sabres are looking for immediate dividends: they want that on the penalty kill.

"It's one of the areas where we expect him to help our group. Yeah, he'll be seeing some penalty killing time right off the hop,” said head coach Ralph Krueger.

Krueger and his staff also don’t want to put too much on his plate at first.

"We feel he's going to slide into the way we wanna play quickly, but you don't overload him. We'll do a few clips on the plane now and continue the conversation, and then tomorrow you do more on a need to know basis,” said Krueger.

A couple other notes: Jack Eichel and Kyle Okposo were back after maintenance days, and Lawrence Pilut was skating with Rasmus Ristolainen. The Sabres will be back on the ice tomorrow when they visit St. Louis to face the Blues.