Bubble teams and who they could buy or sell
Josh Beneteau of Sportsnet: Looking at six teams that are on the playoff bubble, who they could buy or sell at the trade deadline.
Vancouver Canucks
Players they could buy: Wayne Simmonds, Andre Burakovsky, Joel Edmundson, Micheal Ferland, Jake Muzzin, and Jakob Silfverberg
Players they could sell: Alex Edler, Chris Tanev, Josh Leivo, and Nikolay Goldobin
Montreal Canadiens
Players they could buy: Tyler Toffoli, Micheal Ferland, Ryan Dzingel, Kevin Hayes, and Andre Burakovsky
Players they could sell: Karl Alzner, Mike Reilly, and Matthew Peca
Anaheim Ducks
Players they could buy: Matt Duchene, Wayne Simmonds, Mats Zuccarello, Brayden Schenn, and Micheal Ferland
Players they could sell: Josh Manson, Nick Ritchie, Jakob Silfverberg, and Ryan Miller
Buffalo Sabres
Players they could buy: Ryan Dzingel, Wayne Simmonds, Micheal Ferland, Alex Edler, Joel Edmundson, Andre Burakovsky, and Chris Tanev
Players they could sell: Jeff Skinner, Nathan Beaulieu, and Zemgus Girgensons
Carolina Hurricanes
Players they could buy: Matt Duchene, Mark Stone, Mats Zuccarello, Wayne Simmonds, Jakob Silfverberg, and Cam Talbot
Players they could sell: Dougie Hamilton, Micheal Ferland, Justin Faulk, Brett Pesce, and Curtis McElhinney
Arizona Coyotes
Players they could buy: Cam Talbot, Jimmy Howard, Micheal Ferland, Mats Zuccarello, and Brayden Schenn
Players they could sell: Jordan Weal, Richard Panik, Kevin Connauton, Calvin Pickard, and Josh Archibald
Cut off date for the Senators and Duchene could be around February 10th
TSN: Pierre LeBrun said that Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion is expected to meet with Matt Duchene’s agent Pat Brisson over the next week. A cut off point may be around February 10th, about two weeks from the deadline.
“… I think they have to think about this: the fact that he might be willing to sign an extension with a team that trades for him. So I don’t know if you want to call it a sign and trade or a trade and sign, but I think the potential for the Senators in that scenario is that they get more in return instead of trading away a rental player.
The other way to go about it is what Buffalo did with Evander Kane a year ago which is if he re-signed with the Sharks then the second-round pick became a first-round pick for Buffalo. So you can throw on a condition in there if you’re the Ottawa Senators,” LeBrun said.
The Senators remained focused on getting Duchene signed to a long-termed deal.
