Scouting the New Jersey Devils and Tampa Bay Lightning …
- Tom Gulitti: Scouts/reps listed for the Devils-Lightning: Flyers (2), Bruins, Blue Jackets, Penguins and Rangers.
Scouting the Anaheim Ducks and Edmonton Oilers ..
- Rob Tychkowski: 13 scouts/reps listed at the Ducks-Oilers game: Canadiens, Blackhawks, Devils, Capitals, Hurricanes and Sabres .. were also at the Kings game last night.
Scouting the Buffalo Sabres and San Jose Sharks …
- Kevin Kurz: The Canadiens have six reps listed for the game, including assistant GM Scott Mellanby and Rick Dudley.
Scouting the Texas Stars and Ontario Reign …
- Sean Shapiro: Lightning, Panthers, Blue Jackets, Oilers and Flyers. First time Shapiro’s seen a Flyers scout at the CPC this year.
On the Trade Market …
- Dennis Bernstein: One team executive on the trade action: “Ladd done, once Loui Eriksson and Eric Staal move, that’s when all the trades start”
- Pierre LeBrun: Wonder if the prices will drop a bit by Monday as the buyers for rentals are less than the rentals available.
On Free Agents …
- Platinum Seat Ghosts: Pierre LeBrun on pending UFAs making deals now before hitting the open market on July 1st: “The first flat cap that we had last summer was a heck of a wake up call for a lot of guys.”
Top non rentals …
- Brian Lawton: The top non rental players that could be moved include: Travis Hamonic, Martin Hanzal, Marcus Johansson, Nazem Kadri, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jonathan Drouin, Frederik Andersen, Jordan Eberle and Jannik Hansen.
On the Edmonton Oilers …
- Elliotte Friedman: (Thursday night) The
Blackhawks, Stars, Panthers and Kings were interested in Teddy Purcell.
- Bob McKenzie: Looks like Teddy Purcell and Justin Schultz will return to Edmonton with the team, Anders Nilsson won’t.
On the Buffalo Sabres …
- Elliotte Friedman: Chad Johnson’s start last night could have been an audition for the Sharks and possibly the Kings.
- Dennis Bernstein: A source on Jamie McGinn: “he’s a 4th liner having a great season but Buffalo will get a 2nd rounder for him”
- Trade Deadline Activity image from James Mirtle of The Globe and Mail
