- Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Canucks are looking for a second round pick for Eddie Lack. Moving Lack would create room for Jacob Markstrom.The Blues have likely decided to move Brian Elliott.
- Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Senators coach Dave Cameron is closing in on a two-year contract extension. Andre Tourigny resigned from the Avalanche last month, and could be the frontrunner for an assistant coaching position according to sources.The Senators are also closing in on a new deal for Binghamton Senators coach Luke Richardson.
The Senators continue talks with free agents Alex Chiasson, Mike Hoffman, Mark Stone, Mika Zibanejad and Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
The Senators haven’t decided on UFA Erik Condra yet. It’s doubtful that he’ll be back though.
They are still deciding on what to do with Colin Greening and David Legward. Greening has two-years left at $2.65 million per season. They’ve held talks with some teams, and they may have to retain some salary. Legwand has a year left at $3 million and could help someone. Someone could be interested in adding a veteran or using his cap hit to get to the salary floor.
- Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Signs are pointing to Claude Julien returning to the Bruins next season. Julien and new GM Don Sweeney have met. A source said one of the things they talked about was potential changes to Julien’s staff, which includes Joe Sacco, Doug Houda, Doug Jarvis and Bob Essensa. Houda and Essensa have been with Julien since 2007.
- MLive: Some potential free agent targets for the Red Wings – a thin market for a teaming eyeing a second-line center: Matt Beleskey, Eric Fehr, Mike Fisher, Michael Frolik, Curtis Glencross, Shawn Mathias, Mike Ribeiro, Brad Richards, Carl Soderberg, Drew Stafford, Chris Stewart, Martin St. Louis, Antoine Vermette, Joel Ward and Justin Williams.
- Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Marek Zidlicky is wanting to return next season according to his agent Allan Walsh who took to twitter saying Zidlicky “is 100% committed to playing in the NHL next season.” GM Ken Holland said Zidlicky played well “but we’ll see” with regards to him returning to the team. The Wings have five defensemen under contract for next season: Niklas Kronwall, Kyle Quincey, Jonathan Ericsson, Jakub Kindl and Danny DeKeyser, with Brendan Smith a RFA.
