Sportsnet rumour roundup:
Myers could consider other options
Wild, Kings, Penguins in on Trochek
Bobrovsky could be in play as he has an expiring contract
Oilers interested in OEL
Buffalo leaning toward keeping Tuch
Habs interested in O'Reilly, have given Laine permission to find a team
Flames going to be patient
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The Calgary Flames have already dealt one star defenceman this season, and the club appears to have a couple more it could move. After acquiring Whitecloud in the deal that sent Andersson to Vegas, some speculated the Flames could flip the blue-liner for more assets. But it appears he could be sticking with the Albertan club.
“Another team told me that they heard Whitecloud is not in a hurry to get out of there. … That doesn’t mean that he doesn’t get traded. It just means that the Flames are happy to have players who are happy there, and they’re not motivated to move him,” Friedman said. “If they get a great offer, look out.”
There’s also blue-liner MacKenzie Weegar for GM Craig Conroy to consider. And up front, proven veterans Nazem Kadri and Blake Coleman. The issue, per Friedman, is the number of similar options on the market.
“I think people love Kadri the player — I’m not sure they’re crazy about the term. Also, there are other centres. There’s Trocheck, there’s O’Reilly, there’s other centres available. So, while I do think people like Kadri the player, between the age and the term, I think that’s the challenge that the Flames are going to have,” he said. “People like Coleman, people like Weegar, but there are other players around them.
“Conroy has shown he’s not afraid to be patient. And if you look at some of the deals he’s made to get younger, when he has had some leverage to wait, he’s done a pretty good job using that.”
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