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Sabres GM Murray: ‘Teams are just trying to feel us out’ on trades

Tim Murray

Tim Murray listens to questions from the media after he was introduced as the Buffalo Sabre’s new general manager, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Nick LoVerde)

AP

The Buffalo Sabres could be one of the busier teams at the trade deadline, and new GM Tim Murray knows there will be interest in three key players.

Goalie Ryan Miller and forwards Matt Moulson and Steve Ott are all on expiring contracts and that makes them prime possibilities to be dealt to a contender to help win the Stanley Cup. Murray tells Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News that he’s starting to hear from curious teams about their availability.

“There’s been lots of interaction, a lot of early talking,” he said. “There’s been no real specifics. I think teams are just trying to feel us out, feel me out on what we want to do. There’s certainly been discussions. I’m not sure there’s any artificial deadline. I think people are in a wait-and-see mode, to tell you the truth.”

The NHL has essentially two trade deadlines this season. There’s a full roster freeze during the Winter Olympics starting on February 7 and the actual deadline on March 5. Some teams may look to make a move early so they’re not scrambling to make a move once players return from Sochi.

As it is, the rumors are well underway for the likes of Moulson and Miller, especially in St. Louis.

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