- Joe Yerdon: If Red Wings Valtteri Filppula doesn’t re-sign, Yerdon keeps thinking the Flames.
- Tom Gulitti of the Bergon Record: The Devils have begun contract talks with Patrick Elias, David Clarkson and Dainius Zubrus.
“We’re talking to all of them and we’ll try and expedite that as best as possibly can,” Lamoriello said.
Lamoriello has also started talking to defensemen Marek Zidlicky and Peter Harrold. He hopes to have them all locked up by the start of free agency on July 5th.
- Mike Halford of Pro Hockey Talk: From CSN Philly reports, the Flyers and Predators are after free agent Austrian winger Michael Raffl. Raffl played in the World Championship for Austria and with Leksands IF in the Swedish second division.
- Dmitry Chesnokov: SovSport is reporting that KHL Avangard defeseman Anton Belov is hoping to join the Penguins this offseason. His agent would not confirm that he’s signing with the Penguins, said a deal “with an NHL team” is close.