On the St. Louis Blues
Matthew DeFranks: St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong on forward Pavel Buchnevich, who has one 12 months left on his contract: “He’s a player that has stature within the league and stature on our team. He’s a precious piece of our team at once and in July, we will sit down with he and his representative and make certain that he desires to be here and if we will work something out.”
Jeremy Rutherford: Armstrong on their deadline: “I believed there may be a bit activity but we were very quiet. I feel our play the last two weeks put us in a situation where…you’re heavily scouted before the deadline and we haven’t played superb. It takes more fortitude for a professional scout to go recommend someone.
Traded Draft Picks for the 2024 and 2025 NHL Draft
On the Tampa Bay Lightning
Chris Krenn: Tampa Bay Lightning GM Julian BriseBois said they play out the season to get to know their latest acquisitions and if all goes well, “perhaps we will delay this relationship.
On the Toronto Maple Leafs
Jonas Siegel: Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving: “We tried to make some moves to deal with certain areas. But at the tip of the day, a number of the answers are going to return from the blokes which might be within the room.”
On the Washington Capitals
Sammi Silber: Washington Capitals GM Brian MacLellan on the trade market: “Didn’t appear to be the market was there for first-rounders… The way in which we analyzed it was it was going to be tough to get full value on players since you weren’t having as many bidders as you would possibly normally would if everybody had all their draft picks still.”
David Pagnotta: Capitals forward Max Pacioretty had been approached yesterday about waiving his no-movement clause for a contender. Larry Brooks reported that the Latest York Rangers were interested and the Florida Panthers might need been before they traded for Kyle Okposo.
