from Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

- On Tuesday, Predators GM David Poile told 102.5 Sports Radio in Nashville, “I really don’t think that Filip Forsberg is going to be a guy that we have any interest in trading at this time.” We’ve known for a while the Predators are also considering (almost) all options. Add Detroit to that list. Not Dylan Larkin, as you’d expect.

- Looking at goaltending: Carolina, Colorado (but at more of a depth level — I think they were looking at Buffalo’s Jonas Johansson) and possibly Washington. Must have been great for the Capitals to see Ilya Samsonov with a 36-save win over Philadelphia on Sunday; he’s had a lengthy recovery from COVID and it created some uncertainty. Vitek Vanecek

- Last year, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid played more than 500 minutes together at five-on-five. Entering Saturday’s game against Calgary, the total was under 45 for this season. But after three straight losses to Toronto, Oilers coach Dave Tippett unleashed the fearsome duo for 14:19 against the Flames and 16:43 Monday versus Ottawa. That’s more than two-thirds of their rest-of-year total.

- During the 2010 Stanley Cup final, my Hockey Night in Canada responsibility was the Flyers. At one intermission, the team came off the ice and a player yelled, “F&*%$@g Seabrook.” I said, to no one in particular, “Who was that?” Another player heard me and answered, “It could have been all of us.” What a compliment for a guy who gave everything he had.

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