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CONFERENCE CONVERSATIONS: Maple Leafs G Curtis Joseph will be one of the most highly sought free agents this summer. He wants to stay in Toronto but the Maple Leafs must come up with a $9 million-a-season multiyear contract. If the Leafs fail to sign Joseph before July 1, six teams are believed to be interested. One executive who had a chance to sign Joseph four years ago in Joseph's last go-round with free agency was Flyers G.M. Bob Clarke, who instead signed John Vanbiesbrouck. The Flyers have won just two playoff series since then while the Maple Leafs have won six. Think Clarke is kicking himself?.... The NHL has guaranteed there will be hockey in Buffalo next season, but unless a white knight rides in and buys the Sabres, it will be a bare-bones operation. Owner John Rigas was forced to turn over the Sabres to Adelphia, the sixth-largest cable provider in the U.S., as part of his $1 billion in assets to help cover loans. The company has been looking to sell assets since revealing in March it had failed to report $3.1 billion in loan guarantees to Rigas, who resigned as Adelphia's CEO last week. Since the disclosure, Adelphia's stock fell from $20.39 to less than $1, and it was delisted by NASDAQ. The company faces stockholder lawsuits, a Securities and Exchange Commission probe and grand jury investigations in New York and Pennsylvania.... Player agent Allan Walsh cost two young clients money ...