Interesting about Darcy, and probably widely known [but I didn’t know], the past 8 years of trade deadline eligibility (04-05 lockout)… he traded on the deadline day on 7 of those years (with 1 trade also happening the day prior to deadline in 2004, in addition to the trades on deadline in 2004 that interestingly enough included Brad Boyes in a 3-way deal from SJ to Bruins), and 1 of those years he only did one trade that was on the day before the deadline — that was last year.
2003-04: March 9th, 2004 deadline, they traded the day before:
| March 8, 2004 | To Buffalo Sabres
Brad Brown |
To Minnesota Wild
4th round pick in 2005 |
and then they traded that day:
| March 9, 2004 | To Buffalo Sabres
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To San Jose Sharks
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To Boston Bruins
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| March 9, 2004 | To Buffalo Sabres
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To Washington Capitals
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2004-05: No season, lock-out.
2005-06: March 9th, 2006 deadline, they traded that day:
Second-round pick in 2006
2006-07: Feb 27th, 2007 deadline, they traded that day (last team to trade):
| February 27, 2007 | To Philadelphia Flyers
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To Buffalo Sabres
Second-round pick in 2007 |
| February 27, 2007 | To Columbus Blue Jackets
Fifth-round pick in 2007 |
To Buffalo Sabres
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| February 27, 2007 | To Washington Capitals
Jiri Novotny |
To Buffalo Sabres
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| February 27, 2007 | To Nashville Predators
Fourth-round pick in 2007 |
To Buffalo Sabres
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From Wikipedia page… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Buffalo_Sabres_season “The Sabres were the last team to be involved in a trade in the 2006–07 season. On the day of the NHL trade deadline, though, they made four trades. Goaltender Martin Biron, who had been the longest-tenured Sabre, was sent to Philadelphia for Philadelphia’s second-round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Buffalo’s fifth-round pick in that draft was sent to Columbus in exchange for another backup goalie, Ty Conklin. Jiri Novotny was sent along with Buffalo’s 2007 first-round pick to Washington in exchange for Dainius Zubrus and Timo Helbling. Finally, the Sabres sent their fourth-round pick in 2007 to Nashville for Mikko Lehtonen, a minor league defenseman.[12]”. Sidenote: Vanek was a +47 on the season. (best in entire NHL). Unreal. He had Briere.
2007-08: Feb 26th, 2008 deadline, they traded that day:
| To San Jose Sharks
Brian Campbell |
To Buffalo Sabres
Steve Bernier |
2008-09: March 4th, 2009 deadline, they traded that day:
| March 4, 2009 | To Buffalo Sabres Mikael Tellqvist |
To Phoenix Coyotes Fourth-round pick in 2010 |
| March 4, 2009 | To Buffalo Sabres Dominic Moore |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Second-round pick in 2009 |
| March 4, 2009 | To Buffalo Sabres Second-round pick in 2009 |
To Edmonton Oilers Ales Kotalik |
2009-10: March 3rd, 2010 deadline, they traded that day:
| March 3, 2010[7] | To Columbus Blue Jackets
Nathan Paetsch |
To Buffalo Sabres
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| March 3, 2010[8] | To Atlanta Thrashers
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To Buffalo Sabres
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2010-11: February 28, 2011 deadline, they traded one day before deadline:
| February 27, 2011[20] | To St. Louis Blues
2nd-round pick in 2011 |
To Buffalo Sabres
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