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TEAM UPDATES
GENERAL MANAGER INFO
THOMAS GIDLOW
GM Since: August 2020
Location: Cary, NC, United States
Retirement Saves: 1
TEAM ENDORSEMENTS
BUFFALO SABRES ALL-TIME TRADE LOG
April 14th, 2021: Acquired Morgan Rielly, Marcus Johansson, and NSH 1st 2021 from Los Angeles for Steven Stamkos, Nick Jensen, and Jacob Bernard-Docker.
April 9th, 2021: Acquired Jeff Skinner, Ole-Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Blade Jenkins, and NYI 3rd 2022 from NY Islanders for Serron Noel, Lukas Cormier, and SJS 1st 2021. (Islanders retained $2 million of Skinner's 2020-21 salary)
March 30th, 2021: Acquired Steven Stamkos, Garrett Pilon, and BOS 3rd 2022 from Boston for Ryan Getzlaf and Quintin Byfield.
March 27th, 2021: Acquired Leo Loof and VAN 1st 2021 from Vancouver for Riley Stillman, VGK 5th 2021, and $784,582 in cash.
March 23rd, 2021: Acquired Marc Staal, Vladislav Gavrikov, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Vladislav Polyachonok, and CAR 1st 2021 from Chicago for Jaccob Slavin, Dmytro Timashov, and NSH 4th 2021.
March 4th, 2021: Acquired Erik Kallgren and ARI 6th 2021 from Arizona for Zachary Emond and Evan Vierling.
March 3rd, 2021: Acquired William Villeneuve and VGK 3rd 2022 from Montreal for Rudolfs Balcers and $100,000 in cash.
February 27th, 2021: Acquired Troy Terry from Washington for Lucas Carlsson.
February 23rd, 2021: Acquired Alexander Radulov from Detroit for Brandon Saad.
February 20th, 2021: Acquired Maxence Guenette and SJS 2nd 2021 from San Jose for Jay Bouwmeester and $1,000,000 in cash.
February 17th, 2021: Acquired Joe Pavelski and ANA 6th 2022 from Anaheim for Frank Vatrano, Aapeli Rasanen, and DET 3rd 2021.
February 17th, 2021: Acquired Marc Michaelis from Montreal for Tom McCollum.
February 15th, 2021: Acquired Zachary Emond from Montreal for Markus Niemalainen.
February 13th, 2021: Acquired Chris Tanev from Columbus for Michael Anderson and LAK 2nd 2021.
February 9th, 2021: Acquired Stuart Skinner and Danil Savunov from Toronto for Michael McNiven and Kevin Gravel.
February 9th, 2021: Acquired Braydon Coburn and NSH 4th 2021 from Nashville for NYR 5th 2021.
February 4th, 2021: Acquired Sam Reinhart and Pekka Rinne from Calgary for David Rittich, Jake DeBrusk, and Graeme Clarke. (Flames retained $2.5 million of Reinhart's 2020-21 salary)
January 30th, 2021: Acquired Ryan Getzlaf and Michael Anderson from Detroit for Jared McCann.
January 20th, 2021: Acquired Dylan Larkin, Jake DeBrusk, Joey Anderson, and Mason Lohrei from Minnesota for Brock Boeser, Nolan Patrick, Kristian Vesalainen, Martin Fehervary, Matias Maccelli, and WSH 1st 2021.
January 16th, 2021: Acquired Mathew Dumba from Los Angeles for Derek Forbort and Jack Rathbone.
January 11th, 2021: Acquired William Borgen from St. Louis for Patrik Siikanen and Graham McPhee.
January 11th, 2021: Acquired Kevin Lebanc, Jacob Bernard-Docker, and SJS 1st 2021 from San Jose for William Karlsson and NYR 6th 2021.
January 8th, 2021: Acquired David Rittich, Cam Talbot, Philippe Myers, Evan Barratt, and LAK 2nd 2021 from Los Angeles for Carey Price, Carter Hutton, Nick DeSimone, and VGK 4th 2021.
December 31st, 2020: Acquired Brock Boeser and WSH 1st 2021 from Washington for Nikita Zaitsev, Drake Batherson, Raphael Lavoie, Jonathan Aspirot, BUF 2nd 2022, and BUF 1st 2023.
December 22nd, 2020: Acquired Brandon Saad, Nikita Zaitsev, Ville Heinola, and BUF 2nd 2022 from Montreal for Gabriel Landeskog and MTL 6th 2021. (CONDITION: If Buffalo initiates In-Season UFA Negotiations on Saad and/or Zaitsev and one of them does not re-sign, MTL sends DET 2nd 2022. If neither one signs, MTL sends DET 2nd 2022 and prospect Linus Karlsson - this condition has since been voided due to Buffalo dealing both players before any In-Season talks could commence.)
December 16th, 2020: Acquired Nick Jensen, Lukas Cormier, and TOR 3rd 2021 from Toronto for Ron Hainsey and $250,000.
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December 13th, 2020: Acquired MTL 6th 2021 and $150,000 in cash from Los Angeles for Frans Nielsen.
December 13th, 2020: Acquired Johan Larsson and VGK 5th 2021 from Vegas for Jeremy Groleau and $750,000 in cash.
December 13th, 2020: Acquired Jared McCann, Derek Forbort, Jeremy Lauzon, Sam Stange, and NYR 5th 2021 from Vancouver for T.J. Oshie and Matt Niskanen. (Sabres retained $2.5 million of Niskanen's 2020-21 salary and $2 million of Oshie's 2020-21 and 2021-22 salaries)
December 9th, 2020: Acquired $100,000 in cash from Chicago for Jonathon Martin.
December 9th, 2020: Acquired Christian Folin from Montreal for FLA 4th 2021.
December 9th, 2020: Acquired Carter Hutton from Nashville for Chris Driedger, DET 6th 2021, and $750,000 in cash.
December 5th, 2020: Acquired Chris Driedger and NYR 6th 2021 from NY Rangers for Henrik Lundqvist and $1,000,000 in cash.
December 5th, 2020: Acquired Carey Price, Mitchell Stephens, Brinson Pasichnuk, and VGK 4th 2021 from Detroit for Pekka Rinne, Jake Virtanen, and Ryan Lindgren.