from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,

- The Winnipeg Jets’ defenceman, a restricted free agent, isn’t in camp and has demanded a trade but GM Kevin Cheveldayoff is telling anybody who has picked up the phone to call him that Trouba isn’t going to get his wish for a deal unless the franchise gets exactly what it wants in return.

In this case, Trouba, 22, is a right-shot defencemen so the Jets are going to want a player in a similar age bracket with the same kind of potential he has.

“Why would anybody want to do something like that?” a league executive asked Insider Trading on Saturday afternoon.

You can criticize Cheveldayoff for being slow to pull in the trigger in the past but in this case he has every right to make Trouba wait....

- Anybody else think the Anaheim Ducks are ripe for plucking? After signing forward Rickard Rakell to a five-year contract extension at an average of $3.8 million per-season Friday, the Ducks have more than $72.6 million committed in cap space, according to generalfanager.com. That leaves them with just over $300,000 in space remaining with restricted free agent blueliner Hampus Lindholm left to sign. There is belief among some NHL executives the Ducks are sitting in a precarious position — although part of goaltender Jonathan Bernier’s $4.1 million deal is being picked up by the Leafs — and they would be better be careful somebody doesn’t swoop in and slap an offer sheet down for Lindholm, 22, that Anaheim GM Bob Murray would be forced to match.

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