from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,

- At least two teams — Detroit and Anaheim — and, perhaps, several others have made attempts to pry the restricted free-agent blueliner out of Winnipeg, but nobody has offered GM Kevin Cheveldayoff anything that’s made him want to bite so the 22-year-old Trouba remains idle while skating near his Michigan home.

“(Cheveldayoff) isn’t going to make this move unless he gets what he wants and that’s a comparable asset in return,” a league insider said Saturday.

The issue for Trouba is he’s running out of race track and there’s even talk the Wings failed in an attempt to make a three-way trade to try to satisfy what Winnipeg was looking for in return....

- The St. Louis Blues brought in associate coach Mike Yeo this year so he is poised to take over next season. Just asking: They wouldn’t actually fire Ken Hitchcock in his final season, would they? Let’s face it, the route the Blues have taken this year with their coaching has never been done before and so far it hasn’t exactly worked out.

- The Islanders are looking to move goaltender Jaroslav Halak and defenceman Calvin de Haan. It’s starting to get messy with the Islanders and, at some point, Jack Capuano could be given his walking papers.

more on Trouba plus other rumors...