Sabres Links: Murray successful in first draft, Spezza nixes trade to Nashville, draft day trades
The draft is over, and now the Sabres are ready to move on to the next step in the off-season. Today is the day that teams must tender their RFAs. Is it the last day Jamie McBain is a member of the Sabres?
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]