Paul Gaustad C FA Mon 2/20/12 3:49 PM
Paul Gaustad
C FA
If the Buffalo Sabres decide to be sellers before the Feb. 27 trade deadline, Paul Gaustad could be one of the players dealt.
Gaustad is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. He's a bottom-six forward that's capable of chipping in offensively while still being responsible at his own end. Of the Sabres' players who have participated in at least half of the team's contests, Gaustad is one of just two with a rating of plus-one or higher. However, Gaustad doesn't sound like a man who wants to be dealt to a contender. "I've always wanted to be a Sabre and win in Buffalo," Gaustad said. "I've come to grow up here and my adult life has been in Western New York." His name is one worth remembering as we approach the trade deadline.