Insider Trading

Darren Dreger, Pierre LeBrun and Bob McKenzie were on TSN's Insider Trading on Thursday evening.

Dreger: Kessel, Phaneuf available from Leafs

McKenzie: "The Montreal Canadiens are a very good hockey team and general manager Marc Bergevin would like to continue to improve that, and much more likely to do it as a hockey deal as opposed to rentals, which he did last year with Thomas Vanek. But two of the names we've been hearing out of Montreal for a considerable period of time now - weeks, if not months - would be Lars Eller up front and Alexei Emelin on the blueline. Now the goal here for the Montreal Canadiens obviously if they're going to move those two guys is to bring in other guys that are under contract that they can stay with long term. But the problem they run into - Eller has three years left at $3.5 million cap hit after this season. Alexei Emelin, a very physical defenceman, has three years on his deal after this season at a $4.1 million cap hit. It is not easy to move players with term and dollars when nobody knows what the cap is going to be. It's like a gigantic wet blanket has been thrown across the trade front - outside of Winnipeg and Buffalo, anyway - for players with term and contract. But those two names in particular are ones we've been hearing for weeks if not months as potentially available for a good hockey trade in Montreal."

LeBrun: "The Penguins have already made a couple of deals, Jim Rutherford adding David Perron. Adding Max Lapierre. He's going to add a forward. And we're finding out now he's going to add a defenceman. A rental. We're looking at a Cody Franson or maybe a Jeff Petry. And to a lesser degree, whether it's a Scott Hannan or Jan Hejda, I think Jim Rutherford because of some of the youth on his blueline would like to add some experience before March 2. They're going for it. They're a contender. And they want to get better there."

Dreger: "The Winnipeg Jets aren't done yet either. Obviously Kevin Cheveldayoff is still in the market. He wants to add a forward. Another top-9 if he can. Even better, a top-6 and he has some flexibility financially to do that. But this is curious. Teams are already calling and asking about the availability of Tyler Myers. He just acquired Tyler Myers from the Buffalo Sabres, and teams are wondering if Cheveldayoff would maybe flip Myers for that forward that he's looking for. It's not going to happen. At least not in-season. They want to make sure Tyler Myers is as good a fit as they think he will be in Winnipeg."

Dreger, on teams calling to ask Bruins about Malcolm Subban: "Well, teams looking for goaltending. He's having a very good year in the American Hockey League with Providence. But you can call all you want, the Bruins are not interested in trading Malcolm Subban UNLESS they get a very, very good young prospect or young player back in return. Again, this is a deal if Pete Chiarelli was going to seriously going to consider it, he'd consider it around draft time in the summer."

LeBrun: Far from a decision on NHL in 2018 Olympics. Comments from Daly, Fehr noted.

McKenzie: Mike Babcock would coach Team Canada for World Cup, should the possibility exist. 

Source: TSN/ Notes, Transcript: Nichols on Hockey