Sabres Links: Sabres have top farm system, Ice GM expects Reinhart in Buffalo, Bryan Murray battling cancer
It's no breaking news that the Sabres future looks bright, but seeing their prospects ranked number one by SI is still nice to see. Kootenay's GM spoke yesterday, and said Sabres fans may be seeing one of those young guns sooner rather than later.
Sabres Links
- The Sabres top Sports Illustrated's list of top farm teams in the league [SI.com]
- Kootenay Ice GM Jeff Chynoweth joined the Howard Simon Show yesterday and said that he expects Sam Reinhart to be with the Sabres next season [WGR 550]
- Coller: How much better will the Sabres be next season? [WGR 550]
Around The League
- Senators GM Bryan Murray, who has had his fair share of run-ins with the Sabres, has been diagnosed with cancer [Ottawa Sun]
- Predators forward Mike Fisher will be out 4-6 months after suffering a Achilles Tendon rupture [Tennessean]
- Jeff Petry signed a one-year, $3 million deal with the Oilers [Edmonton Sun]
- The Blue Jackets signed former Sabre Corey Tropp to a two-year deal [Pro Hockey Talk]
- The Predators signed defenseman Anton Volchenkov to a one-year, $1 million deal [TSN]
- The Sharks signed Tommy Wingels to a new three-year deal [ESPN]
- The Blues are going back to a classic look next season, and here's a sneak peek [Icethetics]