Meanwhile, I Was Still Thinking

It's been more than 48 hours since the main two shoes dropped as unrestricted free agents and (now former) Buffalo Sabres co-captains Daniel Briere and Chris Drury signed with the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, respectively, and I am still mulling things over, even after Dainius Zubrus signed a six-year deal with the New Jersey Devils today.
There is no one or two villains or reasons in these cases, but many, including smaller-revenue NHL cities like Buffalo, team ownership and management, the players and agents themselves, and sadly, us fans in part for sometimes falling for the oldest tricks in the book and rooting for something beyond obedience to the almighty dollar.
But man, I hope we don't hear of any more defections from Buffalo, and that restricted free agent forward Thomas Vanek is signed soon, followed by maybe a tough defenseman and/or forward or two.