- Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Could the St. Louis Blues go after Ilya Kovalchuk? They tried to acquire him at the deadline.
- Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: It may take a trade for the Atlanta Thrashers to find their ’15 plus goal scorer’ instead of through free agency. The Thrashers have 10 UFAs, they made offers to 9 of them, all but Slava Kozlov. They continue to negotiate with Pavel Kubina but the sides remain apart.
- Darren Dreger via Twitter: Z. Michalek and the Coyotes still trying to get a deal done.
- Darren Dreger via Twitter: Dreger thinks the Rangers may go after Marty Biron. (Signed with the Rangers, 2 years at about $875,000 per season)
- Derek Van Diest of the Edmonton Sun: The Oilers could be looking for a tough guy, possibly Derek Boogaard, John Scott, Brian McGrattan, Jody Shelley and Georges Laraque.