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Is it normal for the trade to have not been announced this long after it has broken?

LA is now over their roster limit apaz - another move must be coming for them. Probably why this hasn't been finalised yet

Hey if David can beat Goliath... :/

LA's 5th - updated my post (thanks for the reminder though, knew i had forgotten one)

Pretty soon the Sabres will be hosting competitions for fans to fill the number of holes in this roster. What is wrong with Leino?

BUF 1st BUF 2nd STL 2nd LA 2nd BUF 3rd BUF 5th LA 5th STL 4th/5th (conditional) BUF 6th BUF 7th (we also have all our picks and LA's 2nd next year)

I just don't think any team wants to trade roster players this time of year - it is counter intuitive

Basically a first for Bouwmeester - how he has fallen in the hockey world. St Louis have a nice top 4 though If St Louis miss the playoffs this year, they add a 4th, keep the 2013 1st and trade their 2014 first Elliot remembered he was a mediocre back-up. Halak was injured and hasn't regained form since

I presume one is 2014

Byron/Butler for 3 seconds and Kotalik - not bad Good luck to him. I feel bad he was ever tricked into playing for us

I'm disappointed we got 2 seconds rather than a first

Pair of seconds for Regehr

Well if we got a guy like Toffolli, then he can play straight away, but it might not be enough to convince the other two to stay And I agree with people saying DR must have a few teams with fairly firm offers if he has asked for the list, otherwise this is just going to hurt resign relationships

I heard a rumour Montreal were looking at Regehr and Pommers. I presumed it was just standard trade deadline ######. Maybe not. The return best be really good. If this return is picks and prospects who can't play now, then I think we say good bye to Miller and Vanek in a trade or FA - all three of these guys want to win

Not really - just Tofolli

Ah another symbolism thing Goose - Scared Roy - Lazy Pominville - Soft Stafford - Inconsistent Leino - How Pegula presence hasn't helped Kaleta - Reckless Myers - Regression Ellis - Lack of talent Gerbe - Diminutive stature Miller - Overpaid Is this all of them? Maybe greed, lust or pride?

Out of interest, why do so many people want to move Pominville? He seems like the best one to stay - he is solid 2-way, consistent, durable, able to score and a leader - his numbers are very similar to Vanek's over their careers It seems a lot of people are saying things like "It's time for Pominville to move on"

Very good signing

Damn Sekera - both goals are caused by you not tying up your ###### man

Guess Lundqvist is also mediocre - i'll let the Rags know

I presume he means they can resign with their team in free agency. Which has always been true. If Iginla wins the cup, I wouldn't be shocked if he resigned with Calgary for 1 year and got traded at the deadline again for picks (if they aren't in the hunt)

He still has 10+ minutes so far

I think our stars have more value than most people give them credit for. A trade/extension is not out of the question. If we trade our big names we are easily 2/3 years from competing, whereas I think making a few moves this offseason and we can do a Montreal style last to top style move

If only Ruff hadn't ruined him he could have been a star by now :(

I think it does depend a bit, but: a) I doubt we really do a "hockey trade" this deadline b) I think the core have some reservations about the team getting younger - i.e. I'm not sure they like the idea of the Sabres building around younger players and have them as the extra vet. Understandable, if you are getting older would you want to play for an organisation that won't commit to winning for a few years The best trade would be a mike Richards - get a young stud (Schenn) and a young but established player (Simmonds)