On the Ottawa Senators …
Pierre LeBrun: Source confirms that Dion Phaneuf submitted a new list of 12 teams that he’d accept a trade to.
Darren Dreger: There is trade interest in Dion Phaneuf. He has four years left on his deal with salaries of $7 million, $6.5 million, $6.5 million, and $6.5 million. The Senators would likely have to take back a bad contract.
Bruce Garrioch: Senators GM Pierre Dorion said that he has spoken with 23 teams looking for a make a trade.
Bruce Garrioch: Free agent Chris Kelly won’t initially be offered a contract, but it’s possible he’s brought back.
Bruce Garrioch: The Senators continue contract talks with free agents Mike Condon, Viktor Stalberg, Tom Pyatt and Tommy Wingels. They won’t sign any of them before the expansion draft.
Bruce Garrioch: GM Dorion plans on meeting with Jean-Gabriel Pageau‘s agent in Vegas.
Pete Jensen of NHL.com: Phaneuf carries a $7 million cap hit for the next four years. The Senators aren’t sure yet if they are going to go 7-3-1 or 4-4-1 for the expansion draft.
“We are still looking at possibly going 7-3-1 or 8-1,” Dorion said. “We’re not going to show our cards. I think when it comes to expansion , we have a pretty good idea what we’re going to do, unless we make some trades between now and Saturday (3 p.m. ET). I’ve talked to 23 of my 30 counterparts in the last three days. There’s a lot of chatter.”
On the Philadelphia Flyers …
Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Daily News: Steve Mason‘s agent, Anton Thun, has spoken with Flyers GM Ron Hextall recently, but Thun said they haven’t had any formal contract negotiations. It looks like Mason will be heading to free agency.
“Unless something changes between now and July 1, he’ll be going into free agency,” Thun said.
Mason was hoping there would have been some negotiations.
“In all honesty, he would have hoped the Flyers would have been interested enough to enter into contract negotiations with him right now, but they didn’t, so you move on,” Thun said. “That’s business.”
