Sabres Links: Conflicting reports continue in final hours of Babcock watch
Babcock is expected to announce his decision at some point today, and where he's going is still not set in stone.
Sabres Links
- John Vogl said yesterday that a coaching source tells him that the Sabres money will woo Mike Babcock [Buffalo News]
- John Wawrow reports that Babcock was in contract talks with Tim Murray yesterday [AP]
- Matthew Coller reports the Sabres could be offering $50 million to Babcock [Twitter]
- Pierre Lebrun says Babcock was still undecided as of last night [Twitter]
- Vogl said Babcock likes that Murray doesn't micromanage the roster, and is more of a scout [Twitter]
- John Shannon of Sportsnet said a Sabres source told him Babcock was still only 50-50 on whether he would come to Buffalo [Twitter]
- Dunleavy: Rasmus Ristolainen is bringing youthful maturity to the franchise [Sabres.com]
- Todd McLellan was officially introduced as the Oilers head coach [TSN]
- Marcus Kruger scored in triple OT to tie the Western Conference finals at one [NHL.com]
- Nick Foligno will be the next Blue Jackets captain, which will be announced tomorrow [Blue Jackets Xtra]