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Your Saturday Night Rumors

06/18/2016 at 6:45pm EDT

from Bruch Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,

- The chatter is only going to increase in the coming days as the teams at the top of the draft listen intently to what those who are trying to move up are willing to offer. One of the most aggressive on that front is Calgary Flames GM Brad Treliving, who is currently sitting at No. 6 in the annual crapshoot.

Ideally, the Flames would like to get into the top three or four and the Columbus Blue Jackets, Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers are listening to all offers because it never hurts to see what other teams are offering. But that’s where this becomes muddy because nobody is sure what Calgary is willing to give up.

The Flames want a shot at one of those top-end forwards like winger Jesse Puljujarvi (Finland) or London winger Matthew Tkachuk.

- ... As we noted, the Jackets are listening on captain Nick Foligno, so they’ve got some names in play. There’s plenty of concern somebody may give an offer sheet to RFA defenceman Seth Jones, who was acquired in a deal with the Nashville.

- It sure sounds like New York Rangers GM Jeff Gorton has been busy working the phones. Lots of talk he’s listening on centre Derek Stepan, who has a contract that runs through 2020-21 season. A big test for Gorton will be getting RFA winger Chris Kreider signed because he’s a valuable asset.

- The Boston Bruins are trying to add another blueliner and the word is they’re spoken to St. Louis about blueliner Kevin Shattenkirk. The belief is the Blues don’t want him in the West and the Bruins might be a good fit for a deal....

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