Pre-UFA Player Movement
Jun 30, 2008 NHL
Free Agency starts tomorrow, but several names are already off the market. The rights to Gary Roberts and Ryan Malone were traded from the Pens to the Lightning, with both players signing new deals (Malone 7 years, $31.5 million, Roberts 1 year, $1.2 million). The Lightning also acquired the rights to negotiate with Brian Rolston of the Wild. Colorado re-signed Adam Foote and Jean-Michael Liles, taking away two more D-men for the Sabres to pursue. Lubomir Visnovsky was also traded to the Oilers, in exchange for Jarret Stoll and Matt Greene. I know there are still plenty of possibilities, but there are times I wish the Sabres were in the mix for some of this.
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More Details On Ice Bowl, er, Winter Classic Festivities
Canadian singer/songwriter Sam Roberts will be performing during the second intermission, I admit I had to Google the guy as I am not that up on Canadian rockstars. Ronan Tynan will be performing “God Bless America”, and the Sabres’ normal anthem singer Doug Allen will still be handling those duties. Although the NHL.com article states Doug is just doing the Canadian anthem (he does a great job on it), so I wonder if they are forgoing the US anthem for Tynan’s performance.
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