Sabres Extensions, Dorofeyev Offer Sheet Talk Lead NHL Rumor Mill

Buffalo is back in the rumor machine, and when extension chatter gets loud there, you know the front office temperature is rising. Add in the idea of an offer sheet for Pavel Dorofeyev and a possible Laviolette-to-Oilers angle, and this is the kind of column that has agents, cap watchers, and GMs all reading a little slower. This is the part of the calendar when one call can change a summer, and the whispers are already doing damage.