from Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet,

- Detroit’s going to be interesting, too. To date, we’ve focused on the pending free agents: Sam Gagner, Luke Glendening, Bobby Ryan, Marc Staal. Not that GM Steve Yzerman reveals much, but he’s going to consider almost anything. I don’t think Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond or Moritz Seider are going anywhere, but other than them? I think there’s interest in Jonathan Bernier. He’s battled hard there.

- Brian Boyle wakes up every morning, drives his son to the bus at 7:45, then heads for training and a skate with either the local junior team or some Ivy League players who, unfortunately, didn’t get to play this season.

“I get to be a dad, and the kids get a little continuity,” he said Monday night.

However, the big forward keeps himself in shape for a reason: he wants to continue his 805-game NHL career.

“I miss it,” he said. “I didn’t expect it to go this way. When I watch games, I think I can still play with how I feel and how my body feels.”

Boyle heard from several teams in the off-season....

- The NHL informed the NHLPA that the 2021 Draft will not be moved back from its current July 23-24 date. In negotiations, the NHL offered free agency to anyone who would normally have been eligible to re-enter this year’s event (as in, previously selected but not signed), and to those in the final year of draft eligibility. Important to the NHLPA were: credit towards salary arbitration and free agency for those who “lost” a chance at an NHL season; one year’s reduction in a team’s signing rights to a drafted player; and compensation for signing bonuses lost to a delayed/suspended draft. There wasn’t common ground on these issues.

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