He's not going anywhere. The Sabres have repeatedly said that they won't spend money to buy players out. He's also virtually un-tradable right now with only a single season left on his deal. He doesn't give you enough offense to justify $4.5M, he does nothing in the faceoff circle, and there's the everpresent risk of injury. At best, you can move him as a rental at the deadline if another team thinks he'll help.

EDIT: I also dispute he's an 80 point player. His best season was 05-06 with 66 including the playoffs.

But he's always on pace for 80 until he misses 15-20 games that season...