On the Ottawa Senators …
Darren Dreger: The Senators are one of a handful of teams that have interest in defenseman Dennis Seidenberg. Seidenberg’s had a strong World Cup and the first team to make a competitive offer to him, might be able to sign him.
On the Minnesota Wild …
Michael Russo: Mikael Granlund on the possibility of moving from center to wing: “If I’m a winger, I’m a winger. I’m excited both ways. Doesn’t matter to me.”
On the Arizona Coyotes …
Craig Morgan of Arizona Sports: Morgan looking at some questions facing the Coyotes.
Tobias Rieder‘s agent said he has several KHL offers that they are mulling over, but they won’t decide until after the World Cup. They are still talking with the Coyotes. Rieder’s camp could be looking for a two-year deal at around $2.7 million per season, with the Coyotes at closer to $2.2 or $2.3 million.
GM John Chayka said last week at they have talked to Martin Hanzal‘s camp about a contract extension, but there is “no rush” to get a deal done. Hanzal will be a UFA after the season.
If goaltender Louis Domingue plays well this season, the Coyotes could leave Mike Smith exposed in the expansion draft. Las Vegas may not want to select Smith, who has two years left at $5.666 million.
On the Dallas Stars …
Chris Nichols of Today’s Slaphot: Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill on SiriusXM on their salary cap.
“We’re sitting very well,” said Nill as part of Friday’s appearance on Toronto’s SiriusXM NHL Network Radio. “During the season right now, we’ve got almost $6 million in cap space, so we’re sitting in a good spot there. We’ve got no problem there. We can always add somebody if needed; or if a trade comes up, we’re very flexible that way.
“Moving forward, we’re actually situated pretty well. Jamie Benn, he’s making $5 million now. That’ll go up to $9.5 million. So you don’t have to be a mathematician genius to figure out that we’ve got $4.5 million added without subtracting anybody. But we’re sitting well with expiring contracts. We’ve got Hemsky coming off. Sharp coming off. In three years, Tyler Seguin jumps up – that’s when Spezza’s contract expires.
“So we’re sitting well. We’ve got lots of flexibility. We like where we’re at. We’ll just kind of reassess things as we go forward.”
