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Originally Posted by browna
With the Buffalo offer sheet, it was more due to the fact that Buffalo caught wind that Lowe was going to do it, but formally called him a day or two before and not to bother wasting everyone's time, as Buffalo was going to match. Out of likely the need to put on the appearance of trying to do something to make the team better, he did it anyways.
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this. Buffalo had already lost Briere and Drury that summer, they couldn't afford to lose Vanek as well. So Regier made it very clear that they would match every offer sheet, he said so pubicly and the fact that Lowe didn't listen and went with the offer sheet anyway surely wasn't helpful for Lowes and Edmontons reputation around the league. Especially when they followed it up with that Penner offer sheet.