- Slava Malamud: Blue Jackets Sergei Bobrovsky tells Sport-Express “we are talking to both Columbus and SKA.”
- Ken Wiebe: The Jets have held preliminary contract discussions with defenseman Zach Bogosian’s agent on Thursday.
- Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Capitals Matt Hendricks will be looking for a big raise from his $800,000 salary. He may be able to somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 million on the open market if the Capitals don’t agree to terms with the UFA beforehand.
- Chip Alexander: Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford expects all of their UFAs to hit the open market next month. He added that they may later sign one or two of them.