‘”I don’t get the sense that there’s a rush [to get a deal signed],” Dreger said with Andrew Peters and Martin Biron on The Instigators on Friday. “The trade deadline always makes sense to get your pending unrestricted free agents signed by, but, in saying that, as long as there’s a healthy dialogue back and forth and there’s a mutual interest, a meaningful attempt to get something done, then it’s ok to go beyond the trade deadline and deal with things as they come and focus on getting the deal done when it feels right to get it done. I believe that’s exactly where Buffalo and Jeff Skinner are at this moment.”‘