Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News: The Buffalo Sabres could use a second line center. Making a trade like that isn’t easy for salary reasons, you need a find a team that wants to move one, and then you need to meet that asking price to acquire that player.
Names that could be available and of interested include Los Angeles Kings Jeff Carter, Minnesota Wild’s Charlie Coyle and St. Louis Blues Brayden Schenn.
Too many holes for the Oilers to fix
Chris Nichols of Nichols on Hockey: Darren Dreger was on NBCSN and was asked about the Edmonton Oilers bigger picture.