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Friedman rumour wrap-up:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...hnny-gaudreau/

With Malkin back to Pittsburgh, look for Vincent Trocheck in Manhattan. That appears to be his best fit.

• Florida and Ottawa remain the leaders for Giroux, with Carolina lurking.

• Colorado could be fascinating. The Avalanche have indicated they’d like to explore ways of keeping Nazem Kadri. It seems impossible without major surgery, but they are trying. Kadri will receive initial offers Wednesday and go from there.

It could also go either way with Josh Manson.

• Mason Marchment is very popular, although Florida has tried to keep him. Also popular: David Perron.

• Edmonton resumed conversations with Evander Kane.

• Ondrej Palat’s got a few teams surrounding him. I’d heard Jersey, but no idea if that can work if Gaudreau ends up there. Seattle, too. The Kraken are also expected to be hard after John Klingberg and possibly a veteran centre like Noel Acciari (had heard possibility of Toronto with Acciari, too.) Andre Burakovsky would make a lot of sense for Seattle, too.

• Carolina, Colorado and Montreal are believed to have interest in Brett Kulak

• Also heard San Jose, in addition to Brent Burns, could be moving Kevin Labanc.

• I will guess Andrew Copp to Detroit, because I like to try and figure out what Steve Yzerman will do. There is also belief the Dylan Larkin extension is trending in a positive direction.

• Ilya Mikheyev guess: Washington.