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    No clue what the story is here. Berglund has missed the last 2 games with the flu. Perhaps it was the "flu"? Not much information out yet. He still has 3 more years at $3.8M on his contract.

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    The Buffalo Sabres today announced that forward Patrik Berglund has been suspended indefinitely by the organization due to failure to report to the team. There will be no further information or comment at this time.

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    From Sabres reporter Mike Harrington on Twitter.

    Early in the season, some of the players referred to Berglund as the "Swedish godfather" because they felt he would help all the young Swedes. He was furious with the healthy scratch in San Jose and you don't see him much when room is open to media. Always in the back. #Sabres

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    From the Atlanta Thrashers twitter account....

    Patrick Berglund has signed with Atlanta.
    “I would rather play for a fake team than live in Buffalo.”

    Hahahaha

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    Quote Originally Posted by DusterDave View Post
    From the Atlanta Thrashers twitter account....

    Patrick Berglund has signed with Atlanta.
    “I would rather play for a fake team than live in Buffalo.”

    Hahahaha
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    Sort of weird. He has $10 million left on his contract and Buffalo is playing well as a team. That's a lot of money to be throwing away. It's not like anyone else will want him with the numbers he is putting up...

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    With this move, dies it open up the door where they could just get rid of him and not owe him the money and not have the cap hit?

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    I assume if he continues to refuse to report the Sabres could argue it's a material breach of contract and put him on unconditional waivers to terminate the contract. I could quite wrong there though.

    I love Buffalo but Lake Erie does start to take it's toll on a person's spirit this time of year. Seasonal Affective Disorder?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dennis View Post
    I assume if he continues to refuse to report the Sabres could argue it's a material breach of contract and put him on unconditional waivers to terminate the contract. I could quite wrong there though.
    I believe you are correct.

    And there's no way he gets similar money from anywhere else.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dennis View Post
    I assume if he continues to refuse to report the Sabres could argue it's a material breach of contract and put him on unconditional waivers to terminate the contract. I could quite wrong there though.

    I love Buffalo but Lake Erie does start to take it's toll on a person's spirit this time of year. Seasonal Affective Disorder?
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    Good God. Is he actually walking away from $12.5M?



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    Patrik Berglund is on unconditional waivers.

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    NOTE: It is mutual termination.

    Some things that could be happening:
    -He HATES the city of Buffalo
    -Something dire has happened in his life where he justified faking an illness to not play
    -He hates the players on the team


    When it comes to family emergencies, teams tend to be very understanding and will even allow their top young goalie (Matt Murray and Pitts) to take time off. So I'd find it very hard to believe it's something family health wise.

    Drugs, maybe just personal hate towards someone/city? Apparently he was being shopped yesterday and teams were interested, but obviously nothing happened on that front. He is owed a lot of money so maybe teams wanted Buffalo to hold some of his cap hit, and they were not willing to do that.


    Opens up the 24mill/3yr deal for Skinner though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dennis View Post
    Good God. Is he actually walking away from $12.5M?



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    he's already grossed approx 25 mil US during his career up to this point so thats probably enough to get by on should he go unclaimed and head back to Västerås to retire.

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    This is such a strange situation. I can only assume that Buffalo told him he either plays in the AHL or they mutually agree to terminate the contract. I can't believe someone would walk away from $12.5 million, but I guess he is already a wealthy person and doesn't want to ride a bus for the next 3+ years.

    I wonder what has happened to cause him to hate playing for the team. Only speculating, again, but perhaps he has an ego and didn't like playing 4th line minutes and being a healthy scratch. Maybe he'd rather they terminate his contract and go play top line minutes in Sweden, getting paid less money but probably enjoying life a bit more.
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    I'm sure the truth will come out soon.


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    Patty Kane, Evander Kane, ROR... Now Berglund - every year there's some odd situation coming out of Buffalo
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