- Nick Kypreos via twitter: Bryan Little re-signs with the Thrashers, 3 years, $7.5 million $7.15 million ($1.65 mill, $2.5 mill, $3.0 mill, with a $2.38 million cap hit).
- Sportsnet.ca: Sheldon Souray thinks he’ll be traded by the start of the season, and that the Oilers have done nothing to smooth things over.
- George Malik of MLive: Niklas Kronwall’s left knee isn’t recovering as planned and may require surgery. The club opted not to go that route after the playoffs, but he’s heading to Detroit early to have the doctors look at it.
- Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Brian Burke took the stand for the NHL to support the invalidating of Ilya Kovalchuk’s New Jersey contract.