The Sabres ended up losing their top 4 defenseman by the end of that series.
I believe that McKee, Paetsch, Numinen, Tallinder, and Kalinin were all out by game 7.
Had the Sabres been healthy, I believe they would have won the Stanley Cup that year. Despite the rash of injuries, they barely lost to Carolina 4 games to 3 and Carolina went on to defeat Edmonton in the finals, 4 games to 3.