Sabres Links: Murray successful in first draft, Spezza nixes trade to Nashville, draft day trades

Sabres Links

• The Sabres made a lot of picks yesterday. You can find info about all of them right here.
• Corey Pronman and Frank Provenzano gave the Sabres an A+ for their draft [ESPN]
• You’ll really want to read this list of draft winners. [USA Today]
• Brendan Lemieux was crushed to not get drafted in the first round, but is ready to prove people wrong with the Sabres [Buffalo Hockey Beat]
• More specifically, Lemieux is going to make other teams regret not taking him [Puck Daddy]
• Tim Murray and his scouts focused on getting high-end talents [Buffalo News]/

Around The League

• Jason Spezza nixed a deal that would have sent him to Nashville according to Bryan Murray [Ottawa Sun]
• The Maple Leafs moved Carl Gunnarsson and a draft pick to St. Louis for Roman Polak [Toronto Sun]
• The Canucks continued making moves, acquiring Linden Vey from Los Angeles [TSN]
• The Blackhawks cleared some cap space by sending Brandon Bollig to Calgary for a pick [Chicago Tribune]
• Montreal’s Josh Gorges is likely on the trading block [TSN]