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          Trade Grades: Robin Lehner to Buffalo Sabres

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          • Craig Custance, ESPN Senior WriterJun 26, 2015, 11:36 AM ET
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            • Senior NHL writer for ESPN The Magazine
            • Wrote for Atlanta Journal-Constitution
            • Wrote for The Sporting News
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          The deal

          Ottawa Senators get: 2015 first-round pick (No. 21 overall)

          Buffalo Sabres get: goalie Robin Lehner, forward David Legwand

          Senators: A-minus

          Ottawa knows what it's giving up here.