The Buffalo Sabres are considered to have one of the best prospect pools in the NHL, not only because of their selecting high in recent drafts but also due to their eye for talent and their organizational choices of either leaving players to develop in their home countries or bringing them to North America. All are 25 years old or younger, whose rights are currently held by the Sabres, or are on AHL or NHL deals and have played less than 40 NHL games.

There have been a slew of trades this past week in the NHL, but the Philadelphia Flyers' trading of Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee to the Calgary Flames sticks out as different from the bunch.

San Jose Sharks dealt forward forward Mikael Granlund and defenseman Cody Ceci to the Dallas Stars for draft picks

Hakanpaa hasn't played since Nov. 16 and had a second knee procedure in early December.

The Winnipeg Jets wrap up a three-game Eastern Conference road trip with a showdown against the Washington Capitals in a battle for first place in the NHL.

The Dallas Stars acquired Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for draft picks after placing two players on LTIR.