Teams are calling the Philadelphia Flyers about Rasmus Ristolainen
Charlie O’Connor: Philadelphia Flyers GM Daniel Briere on if they’ll have a tough decision to make with defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen at the trade deadline: “I don’t know yet. There’s teams that have called to inquire. But Risto’s been so good too for us. And he’s not a rental. For us, there’s no rush to trade him.
I mean, we get excited about trading him & thinking about the kind of return we can get. But I’m not shopping him. I’m not trying to get rid of him. He’s been a big asset for us, & it would be a big hole if we ever have to lose him. So I really don’t know where it’s going.”
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Plenty of Pittsburgh Penguins available for trade
Marco D’Amico of RG.org: A source said that any Pittsburgh Penguins player not named Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust, Philip Tomasino, and Owen Pickering could be available for the right price.
Source when asked about Kris Letang: “I don’t know right now.” Letang has three years left at a $6.1 million cap hit and a full no-move.
Defenseman Erik Karlsson has two years left at a $10 million cap hit and a full no-movement clause. The San Jose Sharks are retaining 13.04 percent of his Karlsson’s deal and the Penguins are open to retaining salary.
The source said that GM Kyle Dubas is open to moving players that have term, and getting players with term back.
Players with term Rickard Rakell (three years at $5 million), Michael Bunting (one year at $4.5 million), Kevin Hayes (one year at $3.5 million) and Noel Acciari (one year at $2 million).
Pending free agents include Matt Grzelcyk, Marcus Pettersson, Anthony Beauvillier, Drew O’Connor, Cody Glass, Matt Nieto, and Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
Word that of the Pens’ veterans, Karlsson is the most likely to be moved in the near future. Still one of the top offensive drivers and passing defencemen in the game. #LetsGoPens pic.twitter.com/adMhNMe3jd
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) January 20, 2025
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