On the Florida Panthers …
Pierre LeBrun: Talks continue between the Panthers and Jaromir Jagr. They are expected to talk again this week.
Pierre LeBrun: It would make sense for the Panthers to wait until after the expansion draft so that they don’t have to protect him.
On the Vegas Golden Knights …
Pierre LeBrun: The Golden Knights could get a few deals done this week but they may not announce them as they don’t want to take the focus away from the Stanley Cup Final.
Chris Nichols of FanRag Sports: Elliotte Friedman on Sportsnet 960 on the Golden Knights trade front.
“I think if you look at Vegas we believe they’re pretty far down the path – if they don’t have a deal done with Pittsburgh already – on Fleury,” said Friedman. “Nick (Kypreos) has been on this one for awhile now and I think there’s a lot of truth to it.
“I’m very curious to see what they’re going to do – I know there’s people who feel that they’ve had a lot of talk with Columbus… allowing Columbus to keep Korpisalo, and what that’ll do. What Columbus will do to allow that to happen.
“I’m pretty sure they’ve had a lot of talk with Anaheim about what they’ll do to help Anaheim and keep Anaheim from losing players that they don’t want to lose.
“And George McPhee, who was at the Combine on the weekend, he said he’s probably going to do a lot of that legwork today or tomorrow.
“I think it’ll be interesting. I wonder if one of his plans – and this is just me wondering out loud – is he said he will consider taking some contracts for some assets. I wonder if he’s going to try to accumulate picks to maybe move up. He’s 6. Does he want to get higher. And I think if you have picks, you can probably do that.”
