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Originally Posted by Sec214
Things are starting to heat up on the Noah front. I've herd at least 1 eastern conference team has been calling a lot this week. Based of previous information, I believe the Panthers but this isn't confirmed.
Flames ask is steep. It's been Anton Lundell since the summer and it continues to be at this point. Panther's know the cost and what the extension looks like. I don't believe a flames extension is off the table however.
On the Elias front, teams are only interested in paying a rental price for him. They view it as a risk reward Winnipeg, Redwings seem to be the most popular here. From what I've herd is Colorado has distanced themselves grabbing Parise, one source thinks is posturing to drop the flames ask.
I brought up earlier in the year that Andrew Mangiapane maybe a little unhappy. It appears Steinberg and Francis picked this up recently but (I haven't herd anything new) I think there is a little bad blood here because of his last contract negotiations and the team since JG/MT summer. One source claims he's been really disinterested on the ice this season and wonders if he did indeed request a change.
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I really hope that's not Lundell as the main piece coming back. I've been really disappointed with his game this season. Admittedly, he's only 21, and it could just be a somophere slump. He has been Dube-esque defensively IMO.
The speculation regarding Mang on the Fan was that he isn't too happy with mostly his 3rd-line usage(I think Francis said that). I think that Mang being off the PP again is a part of it.