Sabres Links: Hasek inducted into the Hall, possible Sabres trade partners, Flyers make moves
Murray has talked a lot about trading back into the first round. Who could he deal with, and who is he looking to draft? Only three days away from the draft, it is still an uncertainty who the Sabres will even take second overall.
Sabres Links
- Dominik Hasek was named to the 2014 NHL Hall of Fame class along with Peter Forsberg, Mike Modano, Rob Blake, Pat Burns, and referee Bill McCeary [Buffalo News]
- The NHL.com writers unveiled their final mock drafts, with two having the Sabres taking Sam Reinhart and one having them taking Leon Draisaitl [NHL.com]
- Coller: Who could the Sabres target in the late first round for a trade? [WGR 550]
- Sabres prospect Nick Baptiste has been invited to Canada's U-20 development camp roster [HockeyCanada.ca]
- BarDown had a nice video feature about the famous story of the Sabres selecting Taro Tsujimoto [TSN]
Around The League
- The Flyers traded Scott Hartnell and a 4th round pick to Columbus for R.J. Umberger [TSN]
- The Canadiens signed Andrei Markov to a three-year extension [Montreal Gazette]
- It was a busy day for Philadelphia, who also signed Brayden Schenn to a multi-year extension [Flyers.com]
- Daniel Alfredsson told the Red Wings he would like to play another season according to Helene St. James [Twitter]
- The Kings are close to signing defenseman Matt Greene to a new deal [LA Kings Insider]
- Willie Desjardins was officially introduced by Vancouver yesterday [Canucks.com]
- Gary Bettman says the NHL would start to look more closely at Las Vegas if the league expanded [Pro Hockey Talk]