Lou Korac: Blues GM Doug Armstrong on defenseman Alex Pietrangelo: “We are going to do what is necessary to get him signed.”
Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports: Jaromir Jagr’s agent wouldn’t confirm or deny that Jagr “inspected” the Devils facilities, but said “a possibility he was there.” On when a decision could be made: “I don’t want to put a time frame on it. It’s up to him. Fairly soon,” said agent Petr Svoboda.
Paul Branecky: Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford on Zach Boychuk: “It’s really up to Zach. He’s disappointed with the way things have gone and expected to be in the NHL by now. We’d like to re-sign him, but so far he hasn’t accepted so I’m not sure where that’s at.”
Jim Matheson: If the Red Wings can’t afford to sign Daniel Cleary, Matheson thinks the Oilers should take a run at him.
Dmitry Chesnokov: Ilya Bryzgalov visited CSKA yesterday. GM Sergei Fedorov denies that they are talking about a deal.