from Luke Fox of Sportsnet,

- Buffalo Sabres GM Kevyn Adams knocked the Tage Thompson extension out of the park, and now he's trying to lock in Rasmus Dahlin (RFA 2024) for all his prime years, too. Pierre Dorion style.

According to Andrew Peters, Dahlin is poised to crack the $10 million mark on his next AAV, but the sides are in a tug-o-war over term. Dahlin is said to want five years; the Sabres want eight, the max.

If you believe in the player, get him signed for as long as possible.

Interesting that Dahlin is taking a page out of the Matthews/Matthew Tkachuk playbook here, trying to steer himself to unrestricted free agency quicker. Dahlin isn't happy his extension remains unsettled with camp opening in a few days, according to Peters.

Let's see who blinks.

- For the price tag (one year at $1.5 million), Tomas Tatar is a heckuva September pickup for the Colorado Avalanche.

While the '22 champs can't replace injured captain Gabriel Landeskog and will miss centre JT Compher, their forward corps have undergone a fascinating overhaul now that Jonathan Drouin, Ryan Johansen, Miles Wood, Ross Colton, and Tatar have all been added to the top nine.

Tatar should arrive motivated off his sixth 20-goal campaign, and he seldom misses time due to injury.

The concern here is that the winger's production routinely dries up come playoffs. Tatar has just seven goals and 13 points in 52 postseason outings.

Still, the 30-year-old should give the Avs some cheap secondary scoring this winter.

Nicely done.

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