from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,

- The Winnipeg Jets have been shopping Toby Enstrom for a while. He is making $5.75 million per-season through 2016-17 and if the Jets are to stand any chance of keeping Dustin Byfuglien from becoming a UFA on July 1 they need to get Enstrom’s deal off the books. The belief in some circles is if the Jets could get Byfuglien signed for six years and $30 million, that’d be great. But that won’t get it done by a long shot. He’ll be worth a lot more on the open market and the priority for the Jets is to get captain Andrew Ladd under contract.

- An interesting name that’s surfaced is Anaheim LW Andrew Cogliano. The word is the Ducks have been sniffing around to see if there’s any market for the 28-year-old Cogliano, who went in Saturday’s visit to Tampa with 2-5-7 in 20 games and an ugly minus-9 rating. The issue is he has this year, plus two more seasons, left on a contract that pays him $3 million per season. His age might make him an option for some teams but the guy getting all the attention in Anaheim is 23-year-old defenceman Cam Fowler. If the Ducks are serious about moving him, they’re going to want a boatload and they went into the weekend only three points out of a playoff spot in the West.

- A league executive on attempting to make a deal in a text Saturday: “It’s impossible to make a trade. Very little talk even going on. Will heat up after (Christmas).” Another NHL executive noted even trying to make a deal involving AHL contracts is next to impossible unless it’s a contract-for-contract situation. Gee, what a way to put a damper on the weekend.

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