Losing back to back games this past weekend at home against Boston
& Washington all but confirmed the Buffalo Sabres are in 100% sell off mode.
The trade of Robyn Regehr earlier today all but confirmed that. The former Flame
defenseman was traded Monday afternoon to the defending Cup Champions LA Kings
for (2) second round draft picks. The move for the Kings were a required after
the teams injuries to rugged blueliners Matt Greene & Wille Mitchell.
The big spending Sabres have asked veteran Jason Pominville to submit a
list of eight teams he would NOT be traded to. Safe to
assume Columbus, Islanders, Coyotes, Stars, Panthers & Flames are on that
list for sure. And it would take a massive package from the Bruins, Leafs or
Senators for Sabres to trade within the division.
Look for John Scott, Nathan Gerbe, Drew Stafford, Ville Leino, Jochen
Hecht & Adam Pardy all to be available. Scott, Hecht, Pardy could all be had
for 5th rounders or less; Leino & Gerbe could be had a for B level prospect.
Stafford could be had for a late 2nd or early 3rd rounder.
Might a team like Toronto cough up a 1rst rounder for pesky forward
Steve Ott? Because the PEI forward has one year left on his contract it is not
out the question.
My hunch says the following; with the exception of Ott & first line
center Cody Hodgson, the same “core group” has been intact for a long time. With
little or no success it could be time to make major changes; so much so Ryan
Miller & Tyler Myers could be had for the right price.
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