The Buffalo Sabres were viewed as one of the teams that could make a few moves before Friday's Olympic roster freeze, but like the other teams in the NHL the Sabres decided to stand pat.
For now.
Many had talked about how the Olympic freeze essentially created two trade deadlines this year, but for all the talk March 5, the official trade deadline, will hold its usual luster.
That holds especially true for the Sabres.
From comments made by the hockey media to those made by Sabres general manager Tim Murray himself, the Sabres are going to be the preeminent sellers at this year's trade deadline. While Murray has said multiple times─most notably during his introductory press conference─that everyone is available on a last-place team, clearly no one believes that to be true. That statement is more than likely just a way for Murray to let Sabres fans know he understands things have to change.
What is likely is that Ryan Miller, Matt Moulson, Steve Ott and Henrik Tallinder will garner substantial interest over the break and in the ten days between the Olympics and the March 5 deadline&nb ...
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Buffalo Sabres’ Quiet Olympic Freeze Means Busy Trade Deadline
February 10th, 2014 by Matt Clouden Leave a reply »
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