On Michael Grabner …
Craig Custance: “Nothing done yet on Grabner. He’ll be an interesting one to watch as the dominos fall.”
On Tobias Rieder …
Darren Dreger: “Darren Ferris, agent for Tobias Rieder will present his final 3 options to Rieder early this afternoon.”
On Victor Antipin …
Aivis Kalnins: “We’re waiting to see what happens but Victor Antipin has some mild interest from few NHL teams. It was expected that he would return to the KHL but at this point it’s very unclear on what is the next step in his career.”
On the Edmonton Oilers …
Jim Matheson: “Brodziak move to Edm not done deal yet. With Perron going back to St.Loo for a third time does that shut Maroon out of playing in his hometown? Quite a bit of interest out there in ex Oiler Mark Letestu”
On the Montreal Canadiens …
Pierre LeBrun: “As we speculated for a while now, the Canadiens will announce the return of Tomas Plekanec today once the market opens. One-year deal. He had some serious interest from Chicago, I believe, but returns to the Habs”
On the Minnesota Wild …
Michael Russo: “Hearing #mnwild will sign goalie Andrew Hammond to compete with Alex Stalock for the Wild backup/Iowa No. 1 spot And, as I’ve previously reported, Greg Pateryn and Eric Fehr will be signing with the Wild”
On the New Jersey Devils …
Bob McKenzie: “Look for Eric Gryba to end up with NJ.”
On the New York Islanders …
Arthur Staple: (David Perron to the Blues – 4 years at $4 million per) “Believe #Isles were offering the same.”
On the New York Rangers …
Larry Brooks: “No news is no news. Rangers don’t seem to have any commitments at this point.”
Aivis Kalnins: “There are some rumblings that Vlad Namestnikov could be KHL bound. It’s either that or he is using all the leverage in the World to attempt to land a better NHL deal.”
On the Pittsburgh Penguins …
Josh Yohe: “Penguins will have only $2 million to spend today after Johnson signs (and remember they must sign Oleksiak). GMJR is open to talk trade but nothing is brewing at the moment. That could change at any point today though.”
On the St. Louis Blues …
Greg Wyshynski: “Gotta say, I really thought that someone was going to way overpay Perron. The Blues getting him for 4×4 is not a bad little deal, especially given their history.”