from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

• The Wings have kicked tires all over the place, I hear, getting a sense of the marketplace. They’ve checked in on Weiss and Bozak, plus Jarome Iginla, Brenden Morrow, Daniel Alfredsson et al., and all the while keeping tabs as well on their own free agents Dan Cleary, Damien Brunner and Valtteri Filppula. It could go all kinds of different ways there in Detroit on Friday when the market opens.

• UFA power forward Ryane Clowe's preference is to stay on the East Coast and I think he’s zeroed in on some options. Expect him to sign Friday, the first day of the market opening.

• Bought-out UFA Mike Komisarek is going to be a bargain-basement addition and he’s generating sizable attention because of that cheap price tag.

• TSN colleague Darren Dreger is hearing there is action on Blackhawks goalie Ray Emery. Philly, Isles and Oilers are believed to be chasing. The Hawks are also in discussions to re-sign Emery, Dreger is hearing.

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