On Hockey Night in Canada’s Saturday Headlines, Elliotte Friedman reports that the sense around the league is that the Buffalo Sabres are wide open for business and will listen to just about anything.
He specifically mentioned Sam Reinhart and Eric Staal as players to watch for on the trade market. As Chris Johnston points out, only Taylor Hall and Jeff Skinner have no-movement clauses, so the Sabres can proceed unimpeded in that regard.
GM Kevyn Adams declared that captain Jack Eichel has not asked for a trade. Regardless, any Eichel trade figures to be an off-season move rather than a trade deadline one.
There has been some talk about Taylor Hall wanting to stay in Buffalo beyond this season. With a cap hit of $8 million and limited production this season, the Sabres might decide his value in-use outweighs his value as a trade chip.
