- Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Boston Bruins and Marc Savard continue to have contract discussions regularly, but the longer they drag on, the more likelihood that Savard will become a UFA.
- Tarik El-Bashir of the Washington Post: Michael Nylander has cleared waivers and could find himself in the KHL soon, as he`s mulling over a couple options.
- James Gordon of the Ottawa Citizen: The Ottawa Senators would like to add another forward, according to GM Murray “I’m certainly going to investigate as we go forward here to see if there’s anything more we can do, and at some point we’ll figure out if we need to make a change.”
- Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The St. Louis Blues find themselves in a situation where they might have trade off capable players to make room for NHL ready youngsters. It`s a situation that most teams wish they were in.