• Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch reports that he believes that are five teams on Rick Nash‘s approval list: the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks and Toronto Maple Leafs. While the Jackets would ask each club for a different return, the team reportedly wants a young roster player, along with some combination of high-end prospects and draft picks.
  • The Edmonton Oilers are more or less confirmed sellers at this point, but John MacKinnon of the Edmonton Journal writes that the club will be very particular about which players it moves. ”At no time are we going to be selling anything that is going to hurt our future, what we think is part of our core or something that is going to sustain good play for a long time,” Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini said. “If it’s something we feel will make us significantly better, long-term and short-term, of course we’ll consider it. Of the Oilers believed to be on the market, forward Ales Hemsky would net Tambellini the most return, as MacKinnon states that clubs is not interested in dealing Sam Gagner, Nikolai Khabibulin or Ryan Smyth.
  • The NHL leading Detroit Red Wings remain in search of a bottom six winger and a third pairing defenseman to help them in the post-season reports Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press, but the club is dealing from a position of strength.”Right now, I’m exploring,” Holland said. “Let’s see between now and the 27th if there’s a deal at the right price that can give us a little bit of a boost.”
  • With the Lighting sitting in 13th in the Eastern Conference, it’s looking more and more likely that the club could be a seller at the deadline, according to Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune. Erlendsson lists impending unrestricted free agents Dominic Moore,Pavel Kubina, Brett Clark, Adam Hall and Matt Gilroy could all be players that general manager Steve Yzerman tries to turn into futures should the club decide to sell.
  • As reported by George Richards of the Miami Herald, the 36-year-old Bryan McCabe has ”unofficially retired”. Harboring little desire to leave his family and home in Florida, McCabe seems to be at peace with his decision.

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