"But here's an interesting name we haven't heard for awhile, and that's Alex Burmistrov."

“But if he can get that top-6 and make a hockey deal to make it happen, that’s the priority for Vancouver ahead of March 2.”

“I think for the most part they’re guarding against being seduced by the fact that they’re in the playoffs and saying, ‘Hey, we need to bring also in a bunch of rentals to give it our best shot.’ "

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"I think probably about half the league at some point has checked in on him."

“Until the day that Marleau and Thornton go back to the GM’s office and say they want out, there’s not going to be another conversation there.”

“So the door is open a crack, but nobody has kind of kicked it in... It’s not a fire sale."

"But I still think that at the end of the day he gets traded.”

"Obviously it’s a big deal every time you’re there, whether it’s Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, anywhere in Canada."

“We’ve talked to a few teams on Zack, but listen - we know that Zack’s a unique player..."

"We’re not close to getting a deal done now, but we’re talking, we’re communicating and we’ll get it figured out.”

“But I don’t make my decisions based on it. It’s just another way of looking at players."

“Unless injury forces Stan Bowman to do something dramatic, he plans on sitting tight."

"He's going to want better than $5 million per year. The Rangers probably comfortable on a five-year term."

"They still have the Voynov situation hanging over their heads. When or if he comes back into the mix, that money comes back onto the books."

"It’s a long shot. He’s earned unrestricted free agency.”

“But I don’t get the sense that he’s in play in any way, shape or form between now and March 2.”

“I think he gets fired. I think that they opt for a full-scale front office change."

"I know that the Newport people have talked with teams about him because there is interest in Jeff Petry, a right-shot defenceman."

"But the more I swirl around teams who would have interest in Ryan O’Reilly and the more I try and dig around the Colorado Avalanche, the less I’m convinced he’s actually in play.”