January 24, 2006 in League news

20 yrs ago · 1 min read

Panthers, Sabres Exchange Goalies

Mathias Vaigur

League office

OTHL -- The Buffalo Sabres traded there number one goaltender, Jean-Sebastien Giguere to the Ottawa Senators. As they decided to go with rookie netminder Ryan Miller. However, Miller had a shakky start to this OTHL career, posting a 3.51 goals against average and a .871 save pct. And with Alex Auld having a 7-28-10 record for the season, the Sabres decided to get some veteran help from Florida. So they traded goalie Christobal Huet to the Panthers in exchange for Chris Osgood, who despite a 13-22-6 record has the experience to help the Sabres into the post-season. The two teams also exchanged some picks in the same trade.

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