THATHURMANATOR
03-03-2009, 09:44 AM
http://www.wgr550.com/Dishing-on-Deadline/3951010
Jim Kelley has been around the game, and the Sabres, for a while, but even his vast experience can't produce a true read on Buffalo's intentions for Wednesday's trade deadline.
"Every day that changes," Kelley said during a Tuesday appearance on The Howard Simon Show. "So many clubs have to do a straight dollar-for-dollar match... In the Sabres scenario, there are a couple things. I think we might have a hint from Lindy Ruff today on the injury of Ryan Miller."
Earlier in the morning, Ruff had answered one of WGR's question regarding the trade deadline by saying Miller's injury status is one of the things they'll consider.
SI.com's Kelley has heard that the Sabres have made inquiries into "every" goaltending possibility out there.
"I've heard every name from Nikolai Khabibulin in Chicago to Manny Legace, who is playing out his career (in the AHL)," Kelley said, adding that Darcy Regier may have a special issue making a trade.
"Any deal of any consequence in Buffalo, they've been trying to link Maxim Afinogenov into the deal," Kelley said. "There doesn't seem to be much of a taker. You look at the team without the goaltending scenario, even with Thomas Vanek coming back, you think they'd be a buyer. A great number of their young players, and even some of their veteran young players, have not been scoring in a consistent pattern."
Jim Kelley has been around the game, and the Sabres, for a while, but even his vast experience can't produce a true read on Buffalo's intentions for Wednesday's trade deadline.
"Every day that changes," Kelley said during a Tuesday appearance on The Howard Simon Show. "So many clubs have to do a straight dollar-for-dollar match... In the Sabres scenario, there are a couple things. I think we might have a hint from Lindy Ruff today on the injury of Ryan Miller."
Earlier in the morning, Ruff had answered one of WGR's question regarding the trade deadline by saying Miller's injury status is one of the things they'll consider.
SI.com's Kelley has heard that the Sabres have made inquiries into "every" goaltending possibility out there.
"I've heard every name from Nikolai Khabibulin in Chicago to Manny Legace, who is playing out his career (in the AHL)," Kelley said, adding that Darcy Regier may have a special issue making a trade.
"Any deal of any consequence in Buffalo, they've been trying to link Maxim Afinogenov into the deal," Kelley said. "There doesn't seem to be much of a taker. You look at the team without the goaltending scenario, even with Thomas Vanek coming back, you think they'd be a buyer. A great number of their young players, and even some of their veteran young players, have not been scoring in a consistent pattern."