Rumors I: East Trade Candidates, Hurricanes, Sens and Brodeur

Hurricanes: Cam Ward, Andrej Sekera and Jiri Tlusty

Devils: Jaromir Jagr, Marek Zidlicky, Martin Havlat, Steve Bernier, Michael Ryder, Bryce Salvador and Peter Harrold.

Blue Jackets: Cam Atkinson, Matt Calvert and Artem Anisimov.

Flyers: Luke Schenn, Andrew MacDonald, Nicklas Grossmann, Braydon Coburn and Matt Read.

Senators: Colin Greening

Maple Leafs: James Reimer, Stephane Robidas, Mike Santorelli, Daniel Winnik, Dion Phaneuf, Cody Franson, Nazem Kadri, Jake Gardiner and Phil Kessel.

“They’re both real good players, and they’re real good character guys. Obviously, if we can get the right deal done, we’d like to sign them.

We’ve had some talks, and they’ve kind of cooled down for a bit. Things will probably start up here again this week or next week. I think it will happen fairly quickly in terms of where we think their demands are and where they want to be in regards to both term and money, and then we have to make a decision at that point whether we think that makes sense for our organization going forward or whether we have to go in a different direction.

We haven’t gotten to that point yet, but we’ll certainly come to that, I’m sure, well ahead of the March 2 deadline.”

“I tried to encourage them (other GMs) to give him an opportunity through a trade or whatever vehicle it may be. At this point, there’s nothing for him,” Murray told TSN Radio 1200 in Ottawa on Monday. “I just told him eventually here, if we don’t get something done, he’s got to play hockey. You can’t play hockey as the 23rd, 24th guy on the roster here so I may have to put him on waivers here at some point in time.”

Murray said he could put him on waivers after the All-Star break.

“I don’t expect him to be in the American Hockey League,” Greening’s agent, Allain Roy, told PHT this week. “At this point it’s not something we’re really talking about. I think he’s an NHL player and within the time frame Bryan wants, he’ll find a home in the NHL.”