In the seventh round, Florida selected Pat Shea, a center from Marshfield and Kimball Union Academy, at 192, and Ottawa took Joey Daccord, a goalie from North Andover and Cushing Academy, 199th.
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Until that time, there will be more questions than answers.
Talbot, 27, went 21-9-4 with a 2.21 goals-against average in his second NHL season and propelled the Rangers to the top of the NHL standings with an injured Lundqvist missing nearly all of February and March. With Lehner arriving in Buffalo, Eddie Lack of the Vancouver Canucks and Martin Jones of the Los Angeles Kings are fallback options for teams missing out on Talbot.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Anaheim Ducks acquired goalie Anton Khudobin from the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday in exchange for defenseman James Wisniewski.
After this frenzied 36 hours of netminders changing addresses, only time will tell.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune said the deal is worth $26 million.
Still, of all the players likely to be moved on Saturday, Talbot has to be among the favorites.
I say that the Buffalo Sabres should make a distinct effort to bring him in as their starting goalie.
It seems he did not pull the trigger because he did not get the price he was looking for, and it’s possible teams are ponying up because they wouldn’t be allowed to extend Talbot’s contract past this coming season after a trade until January 1, 2016. Niemi is set to become an unrestricted free agent Wednesday. “And we’re hopeful that Devan can be a steadying influence back there”. But they have also had their share of misses such as Shane McColgan and, to a lesser degree, Michael St. Croix.
Talbot has a year left on his contract and can be an unrestricted free agent next summer, but the Oilers would appear confident they can sign him to a longer deal. “We were one of the finalists – it was down to the wire”, General Manager Dale Tallon said.
Right off the bat, it looked like a deal with the Edmonton Oilers was finally going to happen as Sather was seen talking to their GM, Peter Chiarelli.
It’s obviously a cap-clearing move, but that didn’t stop the ink-stained wretches on hand from sarcastically wondering if Pronger will go into the Hall as a Coyote.
As The Post first reported Thursday, Sather had given permission to interested parties to speak to Talbot’s agent, George Bazos, about whether the goaltender – who will turn 28 in a couple of weeks – might be amenable to a contract extension. Nice job. Just like that Edmonton’s original passel of picks has diminished from 10 to 6, with the next one presently on the docket being #86 – late in the third round. But Hamilton? You don’t give up on kids like this.
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There had been reports the day before of the San Jose Sharks offering a first round selection for Talbot’s services, but either that was never to be or the Rangers believed they could get something better.
