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They Could Move

07/04/2022 at 10:34am EDT

Ahead of the opening round of the NHL Draft on Thursday and free agency on July 13, TSN.ca keeps you up to date with all the latest rumours and speculation from around the NHL beat.

- It appears pending unrestricted free agent Ilya Mikheyev won't come cheap to his next team on the free agent market.

While the Toronto Maple Leafs have informed teams they're open to trading the winger's rights, TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun reports Mikheyev will be looking for a multi-year deal carrying an an average annual value of $4.75 million to $5.5 million on the open market....

- Jakob Chychrun's name has been on the trade market dating back to the deadline in March, but as the off-season heats up ahead of the draft, it appears the defenceman is likely to remain with the Arizona Coyotes.

Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong told Craig Morgan of PHNX Sports on Friday that, while the door is never closed on a trade, he expects Chrychrun to be back in the desert next season....

- While the Winnipeg Jets checked one box off their off-season to-do list in hiring Rick Bowness as head coach over the weekend, plenty remains on the table for the team this summer.

TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reported on Insider Trading that captain Blake Wheeler is available on the trade market, while the team is also expected to get calls on Pierre-Luc Dubois as he seeks to hit unrestricted free agency in 2024.

- It appears Nikita Zaitsev may have played his final game with the Ottawa Senators.

Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia writes that, while Zaitsev remains a serviceable defenceman, he no longer fits with the Senators....

more on all of the above at TSN...

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