On the Carolina Hurricanes …
Luke DeCock: Wonder if Hurricanes GM Ron Francis should call up Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin and see what he could get for Justin Faulk or Noah Hanifin and Julien Gauthier or Nicolas Roy. “Pacioretty? Plekanec? Galchenyuk? Not sure if there’s a deal there, but seems like the right time to ask.”
Luke DeCock: Maybe this could be time for Francis’ first player-for-player trade as the GM of the Hurricanes. It’s Francis’ fourth season as the GM.
Luke DeCock: Maybe Senators Mike Hoffman? Hard to see their current roster being able to win a playoff series even if their goaltending holds up.
On the Buffalo Sabres …
TSN: Darren Dreger on TSN 690 revisiting the Sabres asking price for forward Evander Kane.
“If Buffalo gets a first (round pick), a prospect, a roster player and a conditional pick – which I was corrected on, frankly after I wrote that on Friday, they want a roster player in addition to the other three assets – for Evander Kane, a pending unrestricted free agent. If they get all that, or there’s a belief they get all that, imagine what the Leafs might get for JVR, Bozak, Komarov or all three…” he said. “…but the ‘own rental’ philosophy is probably more likely given the Toronto Maple Leafs’ position in the standings.”
Dreger initially wrote TSN on Friday that:
“The asking price for Buffalo’s Evander Kane is reportedly a first-round draft pick, a prospect and conditional pick, based on the assumption Kane signs with the team he’s traded to.”