In a move widely anticipated by the Buffalo Sabres leading up to the National Hockey League trade deadline, Jamie McGinn was traded on Monday to the Anaheim Ducks for a conditional draft pick. The forward spent under a year with the team after Buffalo acquired him from the Colorado Avalanche. “Sure, we’d have interest”, Murray said.
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Finally, the Ducks sent left wing Patrick Maroon to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for defenseman Martin Gernat and a fourth-round selection in the 2016 draft.
If the Ducks advance at least to the Western Conference finals with McGinn playing in half of their playoff games, the third-round pick in 2016 acquired by the Sabres becomes a second-round pick in 2017.
McGinn was the biggest pending unrestricted free agent on the Sabres roster, and had been expected to be dealt. He was injured on February 13 during a game against the Nashville Predators. He has 11 goals and 13 assists this season in 52 games and is a minus-4. The power forward has just four goals and nine assists while putting up a team-worst minus-13 rating.
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Last season, Pirri scored a career-best 22 goals but had just two assists.
