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Well, we've heard from Chad. D and Dreger they've talked to Fast and were planning to talk to Toffoli and Hall. And when Brawndo says keep and eye on someone, I listen.

Well, he did score twice as many goals as Wennberg did. 😜

Or a goalie. They can't be in on Markstrom?

Agree on Markstrom. Canucks are in cap trouble because they have to sign Petterson and Hughes and weren't able to commit to whatever Calgary (or whoever) will. That smacks of overpaying for a good winger

i live in B.C. and the radio station here just broke it 10 minutes ago

You're right. I missed the "If". Apologies.

Still out there, pretty much all the biggest names. Pieterangelo, Hall, Markstrom, Crawford, Barrie, Granlund, Krug, Hoffman, Dadanov, Brodie, Toffoli, Tanev, Galchenyuk, Vatanen, SMith, Hamonic, Haula, Wilson...

He's not signing in Vancouver. They couldn't reach a deal. the Canucks signed Holtby instead.

Carolina is the other team in on Markstrom. Edmonton apparently out.

Here's something interesting: There are maybe 10 teams with enough cap space to sign anybody to big ticket contract, and maybe 5 who can do it comfortably. Doesn't mean another team won't step up, but then they will have to be dumping salary. Patience could be rewarded.

ERod back to Pittsburgh? LOL! Or they are speaking to other players.

Exceptional circumstances call for exceptional measures.

SOunds like Holtby to Vancouver, Markstrom moving on.

Somebody get @Thorny a shot of Scotch.

Sure there is. You like the player and you don't think you can find someone better or cheaper for the same role.

If they don't trade away a single player, the Sabres are going to start the season with 7 players who have been on the team more than two years.

That's about entertaining fans. I don't think it's relevant to building a good hockey team.

I think that contract helps the Sabres. You can make an argument that their value is pretty similar around the league. Sam's clearly more talented, but Anderson's skillset is more rare, and is a huge draw for NHL GMs.

This would make me happy.

Can Stralman still play? If Ryan Murray is worth a 5th, shouldn't they be paying people to take him?

Zemgus is good at his role and I'm glad he re-signed. I don't buy into the idea that he is a reason the Sabres have been bad. The bad thing about this will be seeing similar guys signing today for less. I suspect Adams misread the market on this one.

Merrill? Nnnnooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

Should that not be Olofsson's contract?

I wouldn't have signed him for anything. I stand by my earlier prediction: he will get one fan base very excited for a month or two and will be in the press box by season's end.

To me, this is the roster depth chart right now (guys in brackets are pencilled in) Skinner Eichel Reinhart Olofsson Staal (Thompson/Cozens) Girgensons _____ Okposo ____ _____ (Thompson/Cozens) Lazar Dahlin (Ristolainen) _____ (Montour) McCabe Jokiharju _____ (Miller) Ullmark (Hutton) Maybes: MIttelstadt, Asplund, Ruotsalainen, Borgen