Morning notes: Crosby, Red Wings, van Riemsdyk, Nash, Avalanche, Bruins, Asham, Niskanen, Maple Leafs, and Blue Jackets

Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Anderson confirms there have only been…

Parise opens up a bit … 4 teams that make sense for a Staal deal … Carle deal has to wait … Nash’s name back in rumors … CF schedule

Mark Everson of the NY Post: Pending Devils UFA Zach Parise opens…

Crosby could return on Sunday … Injury notes involving the Flyers, Maple Leafs, Canadiens, Lightning and Flames

Jimmy Murphy via twitter: Penguins captain Sidney Crosby hinted that he could…

Nash asked for a trade … Leafs offered 1sts for 4 players … Lupul not part of Nash talks … Wings were in on Gaustad

Shawn Mitchell via twitter: Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson said that Rick…

Leafs have firm offers … Not much cooking for Wings … Custance list of trades he’d like to see

Darren Dreger via twitter: Maple Leafs have a couple firm offers on…

Possibly Blackhawks targets … Nothing Pens as of yesterday afternoon … Leafs that could be traded … Habs looking at future

Adam Jahns via twitter: Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman should be one of…

Rick Nash Trade Rumors

I’ll continue to add Rick Nash trade rumors to this post, bumping…

Dustin Brown Trade Rumors

With Kings forward Dustin Brown apparently hitting the trade market, I’ve created…

Early evening rumors involving: Capitals, Sabres, Oilers, Maple Leafs, Rangers, Flames and Blue Jackets

Jesse Spector of the Sporting News: Spector writes about 3 teams that…

Interest in Ott … Leafs put Rosehill and Boyce on waivers … Carter made more sense than Nash … Blue Jackets notes … Kuznetsov injured

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: There is lots of interest in Stars forward…

Kings Dustin Brown may be available now … Oilers make last push to re-sign Hemsky … Goalies Leafs may look at … Wings looking at F’s

Darren Dreger via twitter: Kings forward Dustin Brown may now be available,…

State of the Edmonton Oilers: NHL Trade Deadline Edition

Written by Craig Musselman, who can be found on twitter at @MussKeg…