Luke Adam traveled with his Buffalo teammates on their trip to Europe, where they will open the 2011-12 season. He is slated to play in his sixth exhibition game Tuesday against Adler Mannheim in Germany between Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville. However, the Sabres aren't expected to feature that line in their opener. "Right now, obviously, we're still in the evaluation process," coach Lindy Ruff said. "Derek [Roy]'s coming off injury. We'll take another look at Luke again tomorrow night. I think he's played well to this point. Brad Boyes is coming off injury [and suspension], and I thought his last game was his best game, so there's players pushing for ice time and position right now."