NHL Rumors: The Athletic’s Top 20 List … Ottawa Senators and Matt Duchene

Mark Easson
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Top 20 players who could be traded at the NHL trade deadline

Craig Custance of The Athletic: Some GMs are saying it’s a buyers market right now.

There are lots of notes in the link to Custance’s piece and it’s definitely worth the read.

1. Artemi Panarin – Columbus Blue Jackets

2. Matt Duchene – Ottawa Senators

3. Mark Stone – Ottawa Senators

4. Kevin Hayes – New York Rangers

5. Dougie Hamilton – Carolina Hurricanes

6. Wayne Simmonds – Philadelphia Flyers

7. Chris Kreider – New York Rangers

8. Brayden Schenn – St. Louis Blues

9. Jake Muzzin – Los Angeles Kings

10. Gustav Nyquist – Detroit Red Wings

11. Jesse Puljujarvi – Edmonton Oilers

12. Timothy Liljegren – Toronto Maple Leafs

13. Micheal Ferland – Carolina Hurricanes

14. Mats Zuccarello – New York Rangers

15. Nino Niederreiter – Minnesota Wild

16. Jimmy Howard – Detroit Red Wings

17. Andre Burakovsky – Washington Capitals

18. Trevor Daley – Detroit Red Wings

19. Alec Martinez – Los Angeles Kings

20. Nick Jensen – Detroit Red Wings

Friedman leaning towards Duchene getting traded

Chris Nichols of Nichols on Hockey: Elliotte Friedman was on Sportsnet 960 and was asked about the Ottawa Senators and pending UFA forward Matt Duchene.

“I lean towards he’s getting traded, and I’m not saying that – I lean towards it,” noted Friedman. “Ottawa is going out West. They’re playing L.A. and Anaheim this week before they go to San Jose on Saturday. His agent is based there – Pat Brisson. I have a feeling there’s going to be a long conversation about, ‘Okay, where are we and where are we going.’

Friedman adds that he’s heard the Senators have been out “scouting like crazy,” and with a smaller staff they are running all over the place, likely trying to get prepared.

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