On the Florida Panthers …
Luke Fox: Reliable source saying that Panthers Dave Bolland has failed his physical and won’t be bought out.
On the Arizona Coyotes and Winnipeg Jets …
Jimmy Murphy: The Coyotes are likely to go after Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba in a trade. The Jets and Trouba would like to get a contract done, but they are not close right now.
On the Winnipeg Jets …
Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press: It’s sounding like Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff knows who he’s going to select in next weeks draft.
“We’ve gone through a lot of the processes already and the list is getting pretty much in ink,” Cheveldayoff said. “I think you’re still doing some due dilligence. You can’t watch any more hockey so the evaluation on the hockey side is essentially left to video.
“Unless something really dramatically makes a shift that you just don’t see, and you saw some crazy things in the NFL draft this year, our minds are very set.”
The Jets interview about 90 players at the draft combine.
Cheveldayoff added that he’s not working to trade RFA defenseman Jacob Trouba.
“Trying to trade Jacob Trouba?” the GM said. “This is an interesting time of year. I’ve seen lots of different scenarios out there of teams that are pushing hard that I haven’t even heard from and I’ve talked to different teams that have asked different questions that I’ve certainly asked myself. I’m not trying to trade anybody. I think in this game there’s a distinct possibility that anybody can get traded.
“And again we’ve got some good young players here. We’ve got two of them that are up for contracts in Trouba and (Mark) Scheifele and we’re going to do our best to get those contracts done and in the books. So trying to trade him? No.”
