Louis Jean: The Canadiens desire to trade Josh Gorges is purely a business move. They don’t see him as a top-four defenseman and want to clear the salary cap space.
Darren Dreger: The Flames offered to take Cam Ward for the 7th overall pick, but the Hurricanes declined.
Darren Dreger: The Flames offered to take Mike Ribeiro for the 12th overall pick at the draft. Ribeiro wouldn’t waive it.
Aaron Ward: Eight to 10 teams are interested in David Legwand, including the Islanders, Panthers, Sabres and Maple Leafs.
Will DePaoli: The Penguins hope to sign one of Nikolai Kulemin or Benoit Pouliot.
Bob McKenzie: Speculation that the Avalanche might buy out Daniel Briere is false.
Arthur Staples: Don’t think the Islanders will have an interest in Anton Volchenkov.
Craig Custance: Wild GM Chuck Fletcher on his concern with giving term to free agents: “I’d rather be a little short & have flexibility than be all in and boxed in.”
Randy Miller: The Flyers could trade Brayden Schenn and/or Matt Read to help create cap space for UFA signings.
Andy Strickland: The Ducks and Pat Maroon to continue contract talks.
Chris Johnston: The Lightning will be looking for a backup goalie after not qualifying Anders Lindback.
Chris Botta: Botta doesn’t expect any news regarding the sale of the Islanders over the next seven to 10 days.
