NHL Rumors and Notes: Detroit Red Wings, Vegas Golden Knights and Winnipeg Jets
Paul Stastny appears to be leaving the Winnipeg Jets and signing with the Vegas Golden Knights

On the Detroit Red Wings …

Darren Dreger: “Vanek has agreed to a 1 year deal with Detroit. Believed to be $3 million.”

Craig Custance: “Detroit setting up to have lots of cap space for 2019 free agency. Vanek, Howard, Nyquist, Kronwall all come off the books, close to $18 million. Zetterberg up in the air. Obvious target for them would be Karlsson.”

Helene St. James: “Red Wings poised to sign UFAs G Jonathan Bernier (3 yrs at around $3M cap hit) and F Thomas Vanek (1 yr, $3M). They almost had Cam Ward on 1 yr but he chose CHI. Rest of $$ goes to re-sign RFAs Dylan Larkin, Anthony Mantha, Andreas Athanasiou.”

Andy Strickland: “Harri Sateri to sign with Detroit”

On the Vegas Golden Knights …

Kevin Allen: “Can also confirm that Vegas is the favorite for Paul Stastny but the deal is not done yet.”

Ken Wiebe: “ make a lot is sense for Stastny if he chooses to move on from – Golden Knights are a contender and could probably offer a higher AAV”

Jim Matheson: “Vegas traded for Tatar in case Perron left so now Tatar will get his shot in top 6 after a poor run as depth player in the playoffs. If Stastny coming in, you’d think he’d like to pass to James Neal, right?”

On the Winnipeg Jets …

Darren Dreger: “Winnipeg learned late last night Statsny was likely headed in a different direction. Jets went beyond their cap comfort trying to keep him.”

Ken Wiebe: “In my casual projections and articles, I found it tough to see being able to offer C Paul Stastny more than $5.5 million on a deal that stretched beyond two years and the second year was already tough, considering the salary cap crunch is only getting tighter next summer

Ken Wiebe: “With Paul Stastny looking like he’s moving on, it will be interesting to see how long a look Jack Roslovic gets between Patrick Laine, Nikolaj Ehlers at training camp. HC Paul Maurice said at Draft that the door was still open to using Roslovic in the middle.”

Scott Billeck: “Not signing Paul Stastny could be a blessing in disguise in the end. The have a bevy of RFAs that need money and Blake Wheeler set to become an UFA next summer coming off his best season as a pro. Kyle Connor and Patrik Laine contracts on the horizon as well.”