The Hockey Herald

via TSN:

The Buffalo Sabres are trying hard to move Maxim Afinogenov but there’s not much of a market right now for an underachieving and healthy scratch winger making $3.5 million with a $3.33 million cap hit…Don’t be surprised if the New York Islanders keep underage centre Josh Bailey for the balance of the NHL regular season. Bailey has been playing well of late – he’s a pre-eminent playmaker – and Isles’ coach Scott Gordon would rather keep the kid under his wing this season and teach him to be a pro than return him to junior. The final call rests with Isles’ ownership and management but the sense seems to be that as long as Bailey is playing, and contributing, there’s no point is returning him to the OHL powerhouse Windsor Spitfires. That can always change, but if I were Bob Boughner and Warren Rychel in Windsor, I wouldn’t be holding my breath, that’s for sure.

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