McKenzie on possibility of Kings' Blake as Leafs' next GM
/“I personally don’t think Rob Blake has any interest in leaving Southern California. He’s a surfer. He likes working with the Kings."
Read MoreFriedman on Sabres' Stewart, Predators, Flames, Bruins, Senators
/“Chris Stewart is one of the most frustrating players in the entire league. Because he has the gifts."
Read MoreFriedman: Will Sabres' Hodgson be a buyout candidate?
/"Clearly he’s in Ted Nolan’s dog house. Maybe – I don’t know – maybe he just needs a fresh start somewhere."
Read MoreFriedman: Teams "definitely interested" in Leafs' Phaneuf
/"He’s got a big ticket. He’s got six years left after this year with an average cap hit of $7 million."
Read MoreFriedman: Virtually all Coyotes available in trade
/"I mentioned on your show a couple of weeks ago Yandle for O’Reilly. I’m kind of wondering if those two teams are talking about that again at all.”
Read MoreFriedman: "Vermette is a perfect fit for the Montreal Canadiens"
/"And I wonder if Bergevin is one of the guys that’s trying to land him.”
Read MoreFriedman: Sabres scouting Red Wings' AHL team "quite a bit"
/"In the past, the Sabres and Red Wings have kind of been linked on talks, so you never know what that’s about.”
Read MoreFriedman: Canucks blew their chance to sign Gretzky
/“The owner said, ‘No, no, no. We’re doing this tonight. I want it formalized. No questions.’ "
Read MoreDreger: GM told me he thinks O'Reilly trade is close
/"I had a general manager this morning tell me that he thinks there’s something close. That there’s something brewing with Colorado specific to Ryan O’Reilly in a trade."
Read MoreDreger: "Jets would have considerable interest in Daniel Winnik"
/I mean, there are teams that are more than kicking tires on the Toronto Maple Leafs trying to get Winnik."
Read MoreDreger on Vermette, Senators, Rangers, Blues, Ducks, Canadiens
/“So when you pay a premium for a rental, you at least want to believe that you might want to take a stab at keeping him off the free agent market."
Read MoreBenning: Canucks will "see what the market bears" for Markstrom
/“He’s a good prospect. He’s a good young prospect. He’s making it tough on us to make a decision going forward."
Read MoreBenning: Canucks not looking to move "our top-end" prospects
/"... If it’s a prospect that we think we can make a trade for another team’s prospect that’s further ahead in his development, we’ll look at doing something like that."
Read MoreMcKenzie: No question Leafs will try to trade Lupul
/"He’s got a big body that can play in the Western Conference and understands what it takes to play in the Western Conference."
Read MoreSabres' Murray expects "fair amount of trades at the wire"
/“So I think there are teams out there that actually have put feelers out there about being sellers; maybe more so in quantity than other years."
Read MoreMurray open to trading Sabres' later 2015 first round draft picks
/“So there are a lot of different scenarios that I can see using those two picks on players in the draft and also using them to get good young players that are further along."
Read MoreSabres president addresses tanking allegations
/“If you go back, L.A. Kings had three straight years picking in the top 5, from 2007-2009."
Read MoreTrade rumors don't bother maturing Myers
/“Three years ago I probably wouldn’t be handling this talk as well as I am this year."
Read MoreSabres' Murray on "surprisingly quiet" trade scene, "completely unfounded" rumors
/“In saying that though, the amount of rumors that have been out there probably are 50 times more than the conversations I’ve had.”
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