About this episode

The episode discusses the Sabres' recent trades, draft picks, free agency activity, and player expectations.

On today's episode, we discuss trading for Olen Zellweger, the Sabres selections in the NHL Draft, not trading either 1st round pick, the Hellebuyck rumors, the lack of activity over the first couple days of free agency, the crowded forward group, our trust in Lyon and UPL, expectations for Ostlund/Helenius/Kulich, and more!

People in this episode

Host: Straight Up Sabres

Topics covered

• trading
• NHL Draft
• free agency
• Hellebuyck rumors
• forward group
• goalie trust
• player expectations

Keywords

• Olen Zellweger
• NHL Draft
• Hellebuyck
• free agency
• Sabres
• forward group
• Lyon
• UPL
• Ostlund
• Kulich

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Organizations: Sabres, NHL

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