Senators and Paul’s camp talking
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Ottawa Senators pending UFA forward Nick Paul‘s agent Paul Capizzano and GM Pierre Dorion continue to talk about a three-year deal.
“There’s still a lot of time. I haven’t really looked into it too much and my agent just said, ‘I’ll deal with it and you play hockey’,” Paul said Wednesday. “As it gets closer we’ll talk, but I’m not really sure what’s going on.
“I’ve expressed that Ottawa is a good spot but, like I said, we’ll just see what happens with my agent.”
The Senators might be able to get a nice return for him if they traded Paul at the deadline but their focus is to extend him. ‘
The Sens will also look to re-sign pending RFAs Joshua Norris and Alex Formenton.
Top 30 NHL trade deadline big board
Eric Duhatschek of The Athletic: A look at the top 30 players that could be traded at the deadline and the likelihood of a trade.
| Rank | Player | Team | Likelihood of a trade |
| 1 | Jakob Chychrun | Coyotes | High |
| 2 | Jeff Petry | Canadiens | Medium |
| 3 | Claude Giroux | Flyers | Medium/high |
| 4 | John Klingberg | Stars | Medium/high |
| 5 | Mark Giordano | Kraken | High |
| 6 | Phil Kessel | Coyotes | High |
| 7 | Ben Chiarot | Canadiens | High |
| 8 | J.T. Miller | Canucks | Medium |
| 9 | Marc-Andre Fleury | Blackhawks | Medium |
| 10 | Jake DeBrusk | Bruins | High |
| 11 | Tomas Hertl | Sharks | Low |
| 12 | Brandon Hagel | Blackhawks | Medium |
| 13 | Andrew Copp | Jets | Medium |
| 14 | Nick Leddy | Red Wings | High |
| 15 | Calle Jarnkrok | Kraken | Medium |
| 16 | Vladislav Namestnikov | Red Wings | High |
| 17 | Pavel Zacha | Devils | Medium |
| 18 | Richard Rakell | Ducks | Medium |
| 19 | Rasmus Ristolainen | Flyers | Medium |
| 20 | Max Domi | Blue Jackets | Medium/high |
| 21 | Zach Sanford | Senators | Medium |
| 22 | Colin Miller | Sabres | High |
| 23 | Calvin de Haan | Blackhawks | High |
| 24 | Joonas Donskoi | Kraken | High |
| 25 | Joonas Korpisalo | Blue Jackets | High |
| 26 | Owen Tippett | Panthers | Low/medium |
| 27 | P.K. Subban | Devils | Medium |
| 28 | Dominik Kubalik | Blackhawks | Medium |
| 29 | Andreas Johnsson | Devils | Medium |
| 30 | Vinnie Hinostroza | Sabres | High |