Sabres eyeing the Wild?
Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News: The Buffalo Sabres could use some added depth down the middle for this season and for next year.
One player they’ve kept an eye on for while is Minnesota Wild’s Charlie Coyle. Coyle carries a $3.2 million cap hit through next season.
Minnesota Wild GM Paul Fenton could be looking to make a move as the Wild are stumbling. Fenton has the go-ahead from ownership to make a big move.
Other Wild players that could be available include Coyle, Mikael Grandlund, Jared Spurgeon and Jonas Brodin.
The Sabres are free agent Jeff Skinner continue to talk. He’s made it known to everyone that wants to stay. He’s not going to be traded and an extension will get done at some point.
Panthers in on Bobrovsky and Panarin in free agency is fine, but what else would be the cost?
Chris Nichols of Nichols on Hockey: Bob McKenzie was on TSN 690 radio and was asked about the Florida Panthers and their season.
McKenzie notes that he and others thought the Panthers would be better, and if looking for help, Sergei Bobrovsky as a free agent makes sense. There is also the Artemi Panarin speculation as well.
“How do you reconcile that with – and that’s why we’ve heard some trade rumors involving Huberdeau and MIke Hoffman, because they are a budget team – not so much a cap team. And if you’re going to go big game hunting in free agency for guys like Panarin and Bobrovsky, who between the two of them might be close to $20 million a year – you’re probably going to have to end up having to offloading salary.
I don’t think that’ll necessarily happen between now and the trade deadline, although I did hear some more Mike Hoffman rumors over the weekend about the possibility of him being moved before the deadline.”
If the Panthers were able to bring in both Bobrovsky and Panarin on big free agent deal, how many younger players would they potentially have to lose?