TSN: Frank Seravalli when asked what impact the Kyle Palmieri trade to the New York Islanders will have on the Buffalo Sabres trading Taylor Hall.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“Well, I think it impacts them in a big way because we believe the New York Islanders were one of the teams that were in on Taylor Hall. They now no longer have that need. And they were one of the teams, the few teams in the NHL that could have made the Hall trade without any help financially because they had so much cap space from Anders Lee and his injury.