NHL offseason moves influenced by coronavirus' impact on cap

[ASFN Admin]

Jeff Skinner was enjoying an afternoon in his parents’ backyard, when suddenly the Buffalo Sabres' forward thought his father was pulling an April Fool's joke on him in mid-September. “My dad came out and told me that Eric Staal is on our team,” Skinner said upon learning Buffalo had acquired his former Carolina Hurricanes teammate in a trade with Minnesota. The Sabres’ addition of Staal was completed before the Stanley Cup was even awarded, and wasn’t the most high-profile move made over the past four months.

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