Here’s your daily discussion thread chock full o’ Buffalo Sabres and NHL news, collected from around the internet for your viewing pleasure.
– The Sabres organization could sense that a lockout was inevitable. [Tonawanda News]
– Ryan Miller say that we don’t want to go down the same path. [WGR]
– Buffalo has sent all their eligible players to Rochester including Marcus Foligno and Cody Hodgson. [Tonawanda News]
Around the NHL:
– Shane Doan agreed to a four year deal to stay in Phoenix. [NHL.com]
– Other extensions yesterday include Kari Lehtonen in Dallas for five years [NHL.com] Alex Burrows in Vancouver for four years [NHL.com] and John Carlson for six years in Washington. [NHL.com]
– With CBA negotiations never really reaching the level of anything meaningful, NHL owners and the NHLPA are preparing their respective game plans for a lockout, scheduled to take affect Saturday. Hockey fans are similarly gathering their troops together. [SB Nation]
– The rules of a lockout. [ESPN]
– Should Gary Bettman excuse himself from CBA negotiations? [CBC Sports]