About half the league was interested in Zach Whitecloud
Darren Dreger: 15 or more teams showed some interest in Calgary Flames defenseman Zach Whitecloud. There were lots of teams interested in Blake Coleman as well. They weren’t blown away enough.
The Nashville Predators could look to extend Erik Haula
David Pagnotta: There had been interest in Nashville Predators center Erik Haula. It’s possible that the Preds look to extend him. There wasn’t a lot of interest in defenseman Nick Perbix.
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It’s sounding like Nick Schmaltz won’t be hitting free agency
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on 32 Thoughts: The Buzz is back in Buffalo episode, on Nick Schmaltz and Utah Mammoth working in the right direction with a contract extension. Term and Schmaltz wanting to play center are big parts of contract talks.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Friedman: “Nick Schmaltz mentioned him on Saturday. so I think I’m right about the idea that he’s getting closer to re-signing. I spoke to another, another team on Sunday that I think had a really good handle on where that stands.
And they said that, from what they understood, the biggest issue was not the number, it was the term. Nick Schmaltz just turned 30, and I think that was the bigger question for the Mammoth. What, I don’t know that they wanted to go eight years. So I’m not sure what the term is going to end up here, but I heard that was kind of one of the final sticking points, but it seemed to be headed in the right direction.
The other thing I heard about this conversation is quite fascinating, and I’m sure we’ll talk to him about it whenever, if this gets closed. But Schmaltz has played a lot of this year at center, and I think he wants to be a center. I think, and, and I believe that that was part of the conversation.
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Again, this is another team that I think had some interest in Schmaltz, if you’d hit the market. And what they were told was that Schmaltz being a center and staying a center was a big part of that conversation.
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