On the Pittsburgh Penguins …
Jimmy Murphy: Got confirmation that the Penguins are not frontrunners or even in the conversation for Sabres Evander Kane. They had some trade talks before, but at this point, the Penguins are not interested.
On the St. Louis Blues …
Jimmy Murphy: A source last night: “Know it’s no secret, but man are the #STLBlues active! They will get a top 6 F for sure.”
On the Vancouver Canucks …
Iain MacIntyre: Henrik Sedin on him and his brother’s decision to play next season or retire: “I don’t know if (the decision) is going to be easy, but I think we’re going to feel what we want to do. We’re both guys that when we make a decision, that’s just the way it is. You’ve got to live with it.”
On the Edmonton Oilers …
TSN: Darren Darren on That’s Hockey on the Oilers trade options.
“There might be some names that are a little bit surprising, but maybe not shocking when you look at what Peter Chiarelli and the Edmonton Oilers brass has to consider,” he said on Tim Hortons That’s Hockey. “We know that they feel that they have to improve their blueline – their defensive core, frankly, hasn’t been good enough. Cam Talbot is taking his heat for being inconsistent in goal, but it’s been more about their defence that’s been disappointing than the overall goaltending.
“Mark Letestu is a good player, but he’s not going to get a great return. Pat Maroon – a pending unrestricted free agent – a real good player, they’re going to make contending teams better but they’re not going to fetch that type of player. So is Edmonton going to get to a place between now and Feb. 26 where they have to consider moving Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – who’s hurt now – but would they be willing to move him in a bigger deal to consider something like that. Or do they move another defenceman like Klefbom or Larsson as part of a package to improve.
“I’m not saying any of that is going to happen, I’m just saying that there’s at least a little bit of an appetite to consider something bigger.”