@TSNBobMcKenzie
OTT stepping up effots to trade a goalie this week. Still talking to other clubs about possible deals for Robin Lehner and Craig Anderson. Suspect Lehner is more likely to be dealt than Anderson, but talks on both are ongoing.
Not much new, but a link and some reading regardless:
Who's on the block? TSN’s Trade Bait board
http://www.tsn.ca/who-s-on-the-block...board-1.314041
Moving Kessel – whom Babcock has yet to meet face to face - may be more complicated, solely based on his limited no-trade clause. Kessel is required to submit a list of eight destinations - usually updated each July - to which he would accept a trade.
According to TSN hockey insider Bob McKenzie, Kessel’s list includes Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Montreal, the New York Rangers, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
New Bruins’ GM Don Sweeney surely isn’t going down the Kessel road, even if he could afford it. The other seven clubs all have significant salary cap constraints - with Kessel being a pipedream to add for the Blackhawks, Kings, Canadiens, Wild and Rangers.
Of course, Kessel’s list could also change with a phone call. One team believed to be kicking the tires on Kessel are the Calgary Flames, whose president, Brian Burke, traded for Kessel in Toronto.
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The Senators are shopping one of Robin Lehner or Craig Anderson and Dallas starter Kari Lehtonen is available. Calgary is willing to move Jonas Hiller. One of Eddie Lack or Jacob Markstrom is likely leaving Vancouver. Plus, the Ducks (John Gibson) and the Kings (Martin Jones) are toying with the idea of moving their backups.