from Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet,

- Vegas’s Mark Stone has said in the past he’s considered some of the reporting on his injuries to be way, way, way over the top. So I tend to be pretty careful. He’s listed as week-to-week, but we should get some indication in the next 7-10 days about this one and the severity of it. Hopefully, it’s nothing super long-term.

- With the hope that Evander Kane will be back Tuesday against Seattle, it was interesting Edmonton didn’t put anyone on waivers Monday afternoon. Mattias Janmark and Klim Kostin earned their roster spots, so the Oilers could have surprised us with an unexpected name. They need the cap space to activate Kane, which means they have another move up their sleeve, or, unfortunately, there’s another injury. We will find out soon.

- One executive said that when his team called Minnesota about Matt Dumba, GM Bill Guerin’s response was, “Make it make sense for us.” Guerin is trying to win, and, as a 1,263-game NHLer, knows how making a trade that hurts the team will play in the room. So it’s got to make them better, or give him the assets to make them better in another move.

- I’m not sure Jakob Chychrun makes sense for the Wild as a potential replacement. They’ve been very careful about adding term. It’s a tough fit for them in salary cap jail. (Horvat would be perfect for the Wild, who are looking for a scorer. But he’d be perfect for half the league.)

- In his NBC Sports Chicago interview with Pat Boyle, Patrick Kane told a good story about Connor Bedard from last summer’s BioSteel camp. “There was one play in camp, he had a two-on-one with (Connor) McDavid and he looked off McDavid and took a shot,” Kane laughed. “We were all laughing on the bench.”

He added Bedard was very noticeable, even among this group of players. “He moves so well laterally. Everyone talks about his shot, his ability to shoot from different angles and off a different foot each time. But, man, the way he moves laterally is what gives him that space to be able to do that, so pretty impressive. Everyone's wondering how is he going to do at the next level, how's he going to be. From what I saw…he’s going to be special.”

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