With their first trade since the drafting season, the Sabres decided they are officially out of the playoff running for this year. The Sabres not only made one trade today, but no longer then 10 min after making their first offical trade of the year, they made their second.
Trade #1
To TB: Todd Bertuzzi Steve Eminger Yannick Lehoux
To Buffalo: Steven Reinprecht Toni Lydman Brendan Mikkelson DAL1 Y2007 EDM3 Y2007 Stu Barnes 500,000 _________________________________________________________________
Trade #2 To NJ: Jack Skille Steven Reinprecht Stu Barnes
To Buffalo: Ryan Potulny Philadelphia 1st Y2007 Doug Weight _________________________________________________________________
To Boston: Doug Weight Frederic Cassivi
To Buffalo: Ryan O'Marra Jocelyn Thibault Joey Tenute _________________________________________________________________ Total gain/loss on the day To Buffalo: Ryan O'Marra Ryan Potulny Philadelphia 1st Y2007 Dallas 1st Y2007 Edmonton 3rd Y2007 Toni Lydman Brendan Mikkelson 500,000 Jocelyn Thibault Joey Tenute
Lost: Todd Bertuzzi Steve Eminger Yannick Lehoux Jack Skille Frederic Cassivi
I would say you win the 1st one but lose the second, why would you guys want Weight?
-- Edited by CBJackets at 00:44, 2006-11-27
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To NYIslander: Daniel Tjarnqvist, Duvie Westcott, Ilja Bryzgalov, Pat Rissmiller, Tom Poti, Bjorn Melin, Karri Ramo, Tom Gilbert
To Boston: Chris Pronger, Doug Murray, Jocelyn Thibault, Ken Klee, Wade Brookbank, Denis Istomin, Viktor Dovgan
Weight came to us because he needed to lose Salary, hes still a decent asset for some teams who want to make a cup run but dont want his salary til the trade deadline. We've already had talks with one GM about Weight.
