Another team making their first appearance on the free agent frenzy is the Buffalo Sabres. They have announced that they have signed goaltender Patrick Lalime to a 2-year deal, worth $4 million. Lalime will likely back-up Ryan Miller for the next couple seasons for the Sabres.Lalime had a productive season as the back-up in Chicago, winning 16 games and earning 34 pool points. Those totals are likely to go down, as he'll be playing behind a goalie that plays a lot of games. Don't count on Lalime to pick up the slack in the goaltending department for your pool team, but he could earn you some points behind a young Sabres team that will have to rest their number one every once and a while.
| Forwards | Defense | Goaltenders |
| Thomas Vanek | Jaroslav Spacek | Ryan Miller |
| Derek Roy | Toni Lydman | Patrick Lalime |
| Maxim Afinogenov | Henrik Tallinder | |
| Tim Connolly | Nathan Paetsch | |
| Ales Kotalik | ||
| Jochen Hecht | ||
| Drew Stafford | ||
| Paul Gaustad | ||
| Jason Pominville | ||
| Dan Paille | ||
| Adam Mair |
The Sabres came into July without having to do a whole lot of work to the team. Adding Lalime brings their signed total to 16 players at a cap hit of $42.6 million. The Sabres want to remain in the competition for some of the key free agents, but will likely have a hard time convincing some to come to this young team.
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