Breaking News - Buffalo Sabres set to acquire a goalie via trade
The Buffalo Sabres are already preparing for this summer. The Sabres are set to acquire Ben Bishop in a trade was the Dallas Stars. Bishop announced last season his retirement from professional hockey due to injury, so this move is entirely for salary cap purposes.
**Breaking News ** 📰🚨 I'm told that the @BuffaloSabres are close to acquiring Ben Bishop's contract from the @DallasStars in a Salary Cap move. @NHL #HockeyTwitter
Bishop's contract comes with a cap hit of nearly $5,000,000 while only being owed $3,500,000 in actual cash. There were likely be many teams this off season looking to weaponize cap space in a similar manner.
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