- Renaud Lavoie of Le Journal de Montreal: (s/t Pro Hockey Talk) (through google translate) Eric Staal is looking for approximately $9 million a season.
- Mike Halford: Halford points out that Mark Giordano also reportedly asked for $9 million to start and ended up with a $6.75 million cap hit.
- Dave Isaac of the Courier Post: Injuries to the Flyers have created a bit of an issue for GM Ron Hextall’s plans to make their final cuts by Friday. They still have 26 players in camp and need to make at least three cuts. Hextall would likely prefer to trade someone to make their decision a little easier.
“If we have a chance to make ourselves better we will,” Hextall said, “but at this point we’re trying to value what we have and we have some tough decisions to make here.”
Kimmo Timonen hasn’t been offered a job by the Flyers yet. Hextall said that it could likely happen next season.
- Chris Nichols of Today’s Slapshot: Darren Dreger on TSN 1040 on if Brayden Schenn could be traded at some point this season.
“Yeah, I could. His name has been kind of on and off the trade list over the past season, maybe two seasons. I would think that Hakstol would want to get a real good look at him, and see what he has. I mean, that’s the arrogance of coaching, isn’t it, regardless if you have NHL experience. You come in and think that you’re the guy to come in and push the right buttons to make every player go.
“But, having said that, Schenn’s name is out there. There’s no doubt about that. I know the St. Louis Blues, as example – we’re going to talk about this a bit on in Insider Trading tonight – there’s a team that’s looking for a top 9 forward. Schenn makes some sense, but he makes a lot of money and he might be too expensive for the St. Louis Blues and a lot of other teams.
“But at least as far as media circles go, Brayden Schenn – his name is out there. But again, it’s so early, it’s really tough to find any traction with one specific team.”
- Chuck Gormley of CSN Mid Atlantic: Capitals Chris Brown is out a few weeks with a hand injury. Since Brown spent over 42 days on their roster last season, and he was injured in camp, he would count against the salary cap. The Caps currently have $236,541 in salary cap space. They could gain an extra $950,000 if they assign Justin Peters to the AHL. The extra space would give them enough cap space to sign Derek Roy.
“We have limited cap space,” Trotz said, “and as you get closer to the trade deadline, $600,000 in cap space is worth $1.8 (million, prorated) because of the number of days left (in the season). As coaches, we want to win today. As management, you look at the big picture. That will be a decision based on communication and understanding. But we’re not quite there yet.”