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Counting the Days
Sept. 24th is turning out to be a pretty big day. News started with the normal injury roll off as three big name defensemen join the growing list of skaters to miss the league's Oct. 1st start date: Sabres' Tyler Myers (7.5c/8.0c) 2 weeks, Sharks' alternate captain Dan Boyle (7.5c/7.5c) 3 weeks, and Leafs' captain Dion Phaneuf (8.0b/8.0b) 4 weeks.
The Oilers have flipped RW David Perron (7.5c/8.0c) for young power forward Marcus Foligno (7.0b/7.5b) and AHL defender Matt MacKenzie (5.5b/6.0b) from Buffalo. The move looks to help the Sabres compete this year as they add a bonafide goal scorer, while the Oilers seem as though they are just looking to tank again for another #1 Draft Pick.
The Islanders accepted a contract clearing trade that takes RD Matt Konan (5.5a/6.5a) off the books and flips the Flyer's 5th round pick into a 3rd. The Flyers again make out like kings as an ELC is offered to Oscar Fantenberg (6.5a/7.0a) for $590,000 a year.
And finally, the Coyotes offer another trade which would send the Flyers the 2012 58th overall pick Jordan Martinook (5.5c/6.5c) for Adam Hall (6.5a/6.5a). Additional scouting would have to be done on Martinook in the next week to make sure he had true NHL potential, but Shjon can't help but feel obliged to make the move after Maloney helped him clear up the contract space earlier to make room for the addition of Eric Wellwood (6.5a/6.5a).
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