Ideally, the Ottawa Senators could use a middle-six winger
Adam Proteau of The Hockey News: As Elliotte Friedman noted, the Ottawa Senators are looking “to hit a house run” on the trade market. They currently have around $1.475 million in cap space, with $5.12 million in projected trade deadline space. That’s not a ton of room, though.
The sellers market could also be limited for the time being, and people teams aren’t in a rush – Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators, and the St. Louis Blues. The Senators could ideally use a middle-six left winger. The Sens currently don’t have a 2026 first-round pick.
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The Buffalo Sabres might not be at $10 million for Alex Tuch yet
Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: As of last week, there was still a large gap in contract talks between the Buffalo Sabres and pending UFA Alex Tuch. Don’t consider the Sabres have moved as much as the $10 million number or more. It’s to not say they won’t go that prime in some unspecified time in the future. Things are established order, but neither side is shutting down any talks.
The Seattle Kraken are on the lookout for a top-six forward
The Fourth Period: Last week, David Pagnotta said on a DFO Rundown episode that the Seattle Kraken need to make a splash before the trade deadline or next offseason.
“They’re at a degree where they wish to they wish to add, they definitely do, but they feel they should proceed with a little bit little bit of caution because they’ve got a whole lot of players which can be pending unrestricted free agents,” Pagnotta said.
“If this team goes to proceed to remain within the playoff race and be a part of the wild card discussion… You wish to just ensure that you’re maintaining that very same trajectory for this season. And you then look so as to add.”
The Kraken have pending UFAs in forwards Jaden Schwartz, Jordan Eberle, Mason Marchment, and Eeli Tolvanen and defenceman Jamie Oleksiak.
The Kraken showed some interest in St. Louis Blues forward Jordan Kyrou on the draft last yr, and the Blues are still listening to calls on him. Kyrou does have a full no-trade clause. It’s not known who they’re taking a look at.
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Pagnotta adds that the Kraken would love so as to add an impact, scoring forward. Ideally, a wing who could play on their first line, at the least a top-six.
They’ve around $2.13 million in cap space now, over $34.75 million projected for next season.
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