The Buffalo Sabers could be a player at the trade deadline
Jim Biringer of NHLRumors.com, Full Press NHL and RG Media joined TSN Radio in Montreal and was asked if the Buffalo sabers must hold out or be aggressive at the trade deadline. Will the only move be to extend Alex Tuch?
NHLRumors.com Transcripts
NHL Rumors: Could the Sabers re-sign Alex Tuch?
Host: “So Jim, we live in a bit of a bizarre world here. Two months ago we would have probably been talking about an incredible fire sale with the Sabres. Now Alex Tuch is the big question mark going forward. Will he stay with this organization? Will he take his skills elsewhere? Only time will tell, but the Sabers are now ranked third in the Atlantic.”
Strange question, I didn’t think I’d ask this question: Do the Sabers try to do anything between now and the deadline? Or they just say to themselves: we only play with house money.”
Jim Biringer: “I mean, I think their biggest priority right now is to sign Alex Tuch. To see if they can get an extension before the deadline. And you can’t let them go to free agency or let him walk for nothing, given the great run they’re on.
I wouldn’t be shocked to see Jarmo Kekäläinen just roll with what he has, to be honest, because he’s done that before. We saw it in Columbus, when he had all those free agents (Artemi) Panarin as one of them, (Sergei) Bobrovsky, Matt Duchene, like he just rolled them over and went into the playoffs.
Buffalo plays very well sometimes. They still have to convince me and they will make the play-offs, but things are starting to turn the other way. Hey, this is a playoff team. I wouldn’t be shocked if I saw that.
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The people around the league I talked to, Buffalo, are going to stay at the top, but they’re going to add some complementary pieces that fit this group because they like what they have in that room right now. And since Jarmo took over, there’s a new attitude in this group. There is a belief and they feel that they can make the playoffs.
And maybe Jarmo gets a little aggressive, not too much, but he makes a smart hockey trade to give this team a chance to maybe make a run in the playoffs.
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