Insider trading:
Ottawa and Winnipeg seem like dance partners IF Stone or Duchene are not re-signed by the Sens
the word out of Ottawa is that contract talks are on going and McKenzie believes that to be accurate
there is going to be a push for Stone or Duchene to sign with Ottawa
going to take another 2 or 3 days to see if that push has any traction
Sens are going to negotiate with those guys and also look at trade options
that is why Dorion and his assistants are in Winnipeg to scout the Jets and Moose over the next couple of games
while Boudreau has guaranteed the playoffs, Wild owners have given Fenton the green light to retool the team
core players like Coyle, Zucker, Brodin, Granlund are all potentially in play
Eric Staal's 10 team no trade list was strategically made to include most of the contenders and LeBrun isn't convinced that Staal will waive
preliminary trade talks between Oilers and Flyers about Talbot
Talbot has Flyers on his No trade list but granted the Oilers permission to talk to the Flyers
Oilers would have to get a goalie back Stolarz or McKenna
Flames not panicking about goaltending
while obviously all options are being considered - whether they get a rental like Howard or a guy like Quick
management has more faith in Rittich and Smith than the fans and media do but this is a developing story
the offers that Fletcher has for Simmonds are not at the level he wants
more likely than not that Fletcher moves Simmonds but there is a chance Simmonds stays as an own rental or they re-sign him
Kapanen and Dubas to meet next weekend to start preliminary contract extension
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