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J. Virtanen - F

VAN

The Vancouver Canucks might ultimately trade Jake Virtanen.

There's reportedly plenty of interest in Virtanen on the trade market. Although Canucks GM Jim Benning said that he expected more from Virtanen in the 2020 playoffs, they would still like to keep him, but that not be the best path forward from a cap perspective. He's a restricted free agent with arbitration rights due for an upgrade after completing his existing two-year, $2.5 million contract.

Added 6:38 pm (EST)

TSN.ca

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O. Ekman-Larsson - D

ARI

The Edmonton Oilers are reportedly interested in acquiring Oliver Ekman-Larsson from the Arizona Coyotes.

It's not out of the realm of possibility that Ekman-Larsson could be traded, but it would be difficult for the Oilers to make it work. Ekman-Larsson comes with an $8.25 million cap hit through 2026-27 and the Oilers are in a somewhat tough cap situation as it is, so taking on that contract would be tricky. Plus Ekman-Larsson has a no-movement clause and would consequently need to approve a trade to Edmonton. Ekman-Larsson would be a nice fit for Edmonton though, so it makes sense that the Oilers would be pushing for him even with those hurdles to overcome. The Boston Bruins are also believed to be among those looking to acquire Ekman-Larsson.

Added 6:33 pm (EST)

TSN.ca

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H. Lundqvist - G

NYR

TSN's Darren Dreger believes that Henrik Lundqvist will be bought out by the New York Rangers, perhaps as early as Wednesday.

It would mark the end of an era for the Rangers. There was a time when Lundqvist was the biggest factor in the Rangers success and when he retires, he will be remembered as one of the greatest goaltenders of his era. However, he's 38-years-old now and the Rangers have two young goaltenders ahead of him in the depth charts in Alexandar Georgiev and Igor Shesterkin. To keep Lundqvist on the roster would mean starting the season with three goaltenders, which is far from an ideal scenario. Lundqvist has one season remaining on his seven-year, $59.5 million contract. Buying him out would save the Rangers $3 million in cap space next season by reducing his cap burden from $8.5 million to $5.5 million, but it would give them a $1.5 million cap penalty in 2021-22.

Added 6:18 pm (EST)

TSN.ca

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K. Turris - F

NSH

The Nashville Predators are undecided about what to do with Kyle Turris.

Turris has completed just two seasons of a six-year, $36 million contract that's looking pretty bad these days. He had just 23 points in 55 contests in 2018-19 and only bounced back slightly in 2019-20 with nine goals and 31 points in 62 contests. "When we made the trade for Kyle ... (he) was a terrific player and he really gave our team a boost," Poile said. "But for whatever reason it hasn't gone well in the last couple years, and those are the things in these next couple weeks that we're going to weigh in terms of what we should do and what we're doing. I don't want to take anything off the table." It's possible that the Predators will buy him out, but that would be a very tough pill to swallow. If they bought him out now, that would be $2 million of dead weight against the cap for each of the next eight years. That does mean that they'd save $4 million in cap space for each of the next four campaigns, but in the long run it'd be problematic. If the Predators can find a trade partner for Turris, that would be ideal, but his market value has to be low at this point. It wouldn't be surprising if he ends up starting the 2020-21 campaign with Nashville.

Added 5:59 pm (EST)

Predators.nhl.com

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H. Warner - D

MIN

Hunter Warner reportedly won't receive a qualifying offer from the Minnesota Wild.

The Wild would still reportedly like to sign Warner to an AHL deal though. He had a goal in 27 AHL games in 2019-20.

Added 4:52 pm (EST)

Michael Russo on Twitter

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J. Eichel - F

BUF

Sabres GM Kevyn Adams isn't planning on trading Jack Eichel.

Eichel is frustrated with the Sabres' performance over the first five seasons of his NHL career, but his agent, Peter Fish, already said that his client "doesn't want out." Now Adams is confirming that the Sabres are planning on keeping him. "Here's the thing: People call and make phone calls and ask about players every day,” Adams said. “My job is to listen. ... We have no intention and we're not looking to do anything with Jack." TSN’s Bob McKenzie reported that the Rangers are one of the teams who reached out about Eichel's availability. It makes all the sense in the world that there are teams who would be interested in acquiring him and given that the Sabres have a new general manager, those teams could have picked now to check in, but it's also unsurprising that Adams doesn't want to trade his franchise player. As always, anything is possible, but it would be shocking to see Eichel traded over the offseason.

Added 3:46 pm (EST)

Buffalo News

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Y. Weber - D

NSH

Predators GM David Poile thinks it's unlikely that Yannick Weber will be back with the Predators.

Weber is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent this offseason. He had a goal and three points in 41 contests in 2019-20.

Added 2:31 pm (EST)

Adam Vingan on Twitter

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K. Holzer - D

NSH

Korbinian Holzer won't return to the Predators for the 2020-21 campaign, per Predators GM David Poile.

Holzer had a goal and four points in 49 games last season. He'll be an unrestricted free agent now that he's completed his one-year, $850,000 contract.

Added 2:29 pm (EST)

Adam Vingan on Twitter

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C. Sissons - F

NSH

Colton Sissons might move up into a top-six role next season, per Predators GM David Poile.

Sissons saw his average ice time drop from 16:03 minutes in 2018-19 to 14:20 minute last season. He ended up with just nine goals and 15 points in 57 contests. He's worth keeping an eye on during training camp to get a sense for how the Predators intend on using him, but his fantasy value is likely to be limited in 2020-21. The soon-to-be 27-year-old hasn't recorded more than 30 points in a single season.

Added 2:20 pm (EST)

Thomas Willis on Twitter

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P. Tomasino - F

NSH

Predators GM David Poile wants to keep the door open to Philip Tomasino making the team out of training camp.

That's likely to influence Poile's decision making during the offseason to some extent. Tomasino had 40 goals and 100 points in 62 OHL games last season. Nashville took him with the 24th overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.

Added 2:16 pm (EST)

Thomas Willis on Twitter

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C. Blackwell - F

NSH

The Nashville Predators and Colin Blackwell have engaged in some contract negotiations.

Blackwell is set to become an unrestricted free agent unless he re-signs with Nashville. He had three goals and 10 points in 27 games with the Predators in 2019-20. He also had six goals and 23 points in 26 AHL contests.

Added 2:02 pm (EST)

Brooks Bratten on Twitter

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J. Benn - F

DAL

Jamie Benn had a tough time talking about the Stanley Cup after losing in Game 6.

Benn was asked three questions and there were large gaps of silence after some very short answers. Obviously the Stars captain was quite crushed in losing what may be his best opportunity to win the Stanley Cup. He was unable to score in six Stanley Cup Final games and only managed an assist but he was a stud in the first three rounds plus the round-robin with eight goals and 18 points in 21 games.

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J. Virtanen - F

VAN

The Vancouver Canucks might ultimately trade Jake Virtanen.

Added 6:38 pm (EST)

TSN.ca

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O. Ekman-Larsson - D

ARI

The Edmonton Oilers are reportedly interested in acquiring Oliver Ekman-Larsson from the Arizona Coyotes.

Added 6:33 pm (EST)

TSN.ca

N/A

H. Lundqvist - G

NYR

TSN's Darren Dreger believes that Henrik Lundqvist will be bought out by the New York Rangers, perhaps as early as Wednesday.

Added 6:18 pm (EST)

TSN.ca

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K. Turris - F

NSH

The Nashville Predators are undecided about what to do with Kyle Turris.

Added 5:59 pm (EST)

Predators.nhl.com

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H. Warner - D

MIN

Hunter Warner reportedly won't receive a qualifying offer from the Minnesota Wild.

The Wild would still reportedly like to sign Warner to an AHL deal though. He had a goal in 27 AHL games in 2019-20.

Added 4:52 pm (EST)

Michael Russo on Twitter

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J. Eichel - F

BUF

Sabres GM Kevyn Adams isn't planning on trading Jack Eichel.

Added 3:46 pm (EST)

Buffalo News

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Y. Weber - D

NSH

Predators GM David Poile thinks it's unlikely that Yannick Weber will be back with the Predators.

Weber is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent this offseason. He had a goal and three points in 41 contests in 2019-20.

Added 2:31 pm (EST)

Adam Vingan on Twitter

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K. Holzer - D

NSH

Korbinian Holzer won't return to the Predators for the 2020-21 campaign, per Predators GM David Poile.

Holzer had a goal and four points in 49 games last season. He'll be an unrestricted free agent now that he's completed his one-year, $850,000 contract.

Added 2:29 pm (EST)

Adam Vingan on Twitter

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