While much of the buzz around the NHL surrounds free agency, quite a few players nonetheless appear to be available via trade. That means the trade chatter is going strong, with teams looking to address major needs before overpaying in free agency.
Below, we'll break down three of the latest rumors making the rounds.
Kevin Shattenkirk
Kevin Shattenkirk seems to know his time with the St. Louis Blues is coming to a close. In fact, his agent, Jordan Neumann of Edge Sports Management, confirmed as much to Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
[Blues general manager Doug Armstrong] inferred that Kevin probably wouldn’t be re-signing there beyond next season, and therefore he thought it was in both our best interests and the Blues’ best interests that he pursue a trade. I would say that neither Kevin nor I was surprised. I think we all kind of saw it coming. We really respected the fact that Doug reached out and talked to us about it, and that we had some fair warning, and that he allowed us to have at least a little bit of input as the process sort of took off ...
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