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I might have the same sources that you do because I have heard the same thing. That team may never get close (in Buffalo, anyway) if Quinn did not push for the Chris Drury trade.

To name 4: Briere, Drury, McKee, and Grier. 2 years or 8 years. IMHO, anything which has Power becoming a UFA at 26 is ridiculously short-sighted.

In the stuff I read, they assumed Dumba was gone already.

I have checked Minnesota boards. Although the team would prefer to keep him, the Suter and Parise buyouts peak this coming season, so their fans think that his age may make it necessary to move Foligno for a young player.

This made me think of why Carolina may move him. Assuming that their fans are correct and Pesce is their #5D in spite of his usage, then they will try and give him the 5th most money. If he wants to be paid by usage, then he might price himself out of Carolina and still be at an acceptable price to us.

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Neither.

I thought he did it with a seance.

And you only need one.

Unlikely. Probably a 3rd.

But we tanked and got McEichel. Are you telling me that this does not count? Please say it ain't so!

When I see playoff stats in the regular season, I have to ask if the stat applies in the regular season. Blocked shots and hits would be numbers 1 and 2.

Brett Pesce just changed agents. If the talks for an extension go nowhere, are we interested in trading for him from Carolina?

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Strap yourself in. According to fans of the teams, both are available.

That is because of The Tank. Only when the Sabres are a consistent playoff team will this perception be ended.

Even though we got a great return for Ristolainen, I wanted to expose him instead of Borgen.

Not a chance on Borgen unless we are sending Seattle an immediate upgrade. I don't know about anyone else, but I can't imagine trading for him 1-1 for any of the defencemen they would find acceptable.

IMHO, the key to moving Mittlestadt is if a team overvalues him to trade us something clearly better, such as a low-end 1st pair RHD. Assuming that this does not happen, I like having a 3rd liner who did not look out of place on a higher line -- although more evidence of his performance there would be preferable. A few of these players are necessary for a team that aspires to winning the Cup. In fact, you really want your 3rd liners to all be capable to be 2nd liners. For the moment, he qualifies.

I wish you were right, but I find @Brawndo's analysis of owners taking in $30+M in expansion fees per team to be irresistible.

For those who are dying to get him back: I was just on a Minnesota Wild site. Marcus Foligno is a potential cap casualty from the Parise and Super buyouts.

I am rooting for a game 6. I just hate short series.

Peeked is available. What the price is beats the heck out of me.

Thank you for emphasising how much Don Granato is respected in the hockey world. I don't think that we the fans are truly aware of how much his presence and his influence matters.

Again, so soon? What is wrong with league stability?