‘”I understand people always want a deal as of yesterday,” Botterill said. “I think there’s just an urgency because we’ve always wanted the player. We’ve always wanted to have him back. We want him to be part of our group moving forward here and we’ve always continued to try to look at our group and try and add to our group versus trying to replace.”‘
Skinner contract top priority for Sabres, GM says
Source: NHL.com