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Moulson’s agent isn’t worried about trade value, no contract talks with Sabres yet

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James OBrien

Once news hit about Matt Moulson being sidelined until after the Olympic break with an upper-body injury, many wondered if that would severely impact his trade value. Moulson’s agent Wade Arnott doesn’t seem to think so.

Or, at the very least, he doesn’t seem to be lingering on the issue, as he told the Buffalo News on Friday.

“It’s something that we can’t control anyway, so to that end we’re not overly concerned about it,” Arnott said. “Obviously, we’re fully aware that we have a standard trade deadline on March 5, but we also have a trade freeze for the upcoming Olympic break before that. I am aware that managers have been talking and are maybe trying to do something prior to this freeze, but in Matt’s case I’m not sure anything was or would get done anyway.”

Arnott takes a similar wait-and-see approach with matters that extend beyond March 5. He admitted that there haven’t been substantial contract talks with the Sabres, even if the 30-year-old seems open-minded about possibly staying in Buffalo. (Arnott notes that Moulson has “said a lot of positive things” about his brief Buffalo run.)

Thomas Vanek has said similar things about his time with the New York Islanders after being traded from Buffalo, for whatever that’s worth.

Moulson has 24 points in 40 games since being traded to the Sabres.

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