On the St. Louis Blues …
Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post Dispatch: The Blues are also believed to talking with Patrik Berglund about an extension, and there is a mutual interest.
“I would like to still be a Blue,” Berglund said Monday, before the Blues broke for their five-day bye. “I think everybody in here and upstairs knows that I want to be a Blue, too.
“I understand the business of it all, so I just have to take it one day at a time until whatever happens. I’ll just hope that we can agree on something. It’s nothing that is stressing me out.”
On the Ottawa Senators …
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Senators GM Pierre Dorion has been given the go ahead by team owner Eugene Melnyk to get the Senators in the playoffs.
The Senators have lost Bobby Ryan, Mark Stone and Mike Hoffman to injury this week. Teams have been calling the Senators offering up depth up front.
“We’re pretty set on goaltending, defence … so, especially with the rash of injuries, if we’re going to do something we’ll look at the forward position,” Dorion said. “For us, it’s about improving that depth, even though I’m happy with what we saw (Tuesday), you never know if you’re going to lose guys quickly and we have lost guys.
“With Bobby probably out a month, trying guys might not be the worst thing but trying guys at this time of year is probably the worst thing because you need those points every night. If we do anything, and the market is still establishing itself for rentals and hockey trades, there’s a good chance we go into after March 1st with the same team we have now.”
Dorion said that they aren’t going to pay a high price for a rental.
It’s believed the Senators have shown some interest in Avs forwards Matt Duchene and Gabriel Landeskog, but the asking price those two is high.
The Senators have likely inquired about Martin Hanzal, Patrick Eaves and possibly Valtteri Filppula, Thomas Vanek and Jannik Hansen.
“You’re working the phones and you’re trying to make deals but making deals is much harder than people think it is. The prices are high just because there’s so many teams still in it.”
