from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,

- A league executive indicated Saturday there’s “no question” the amount of talk has increased in the last few days especially with several teams represented at last week’s world junior championships playoff round at the Bell Centre in Montreal. However, he isn’t convinced that will lead to a pile of action in the next couple of weeks. “Too many teams are in it,” said the executive. The only defined sellers: The Arizona Coyotes, the Colorado Avalanche, the New York Islanders and the Buffalo Sabres.

- There has been plenty of talk that Colorado GM Joe Sakic hung the 'For Sale' sign up last month and, as this space reported, is willing to talk about everybody but forward Nathan MacKinnon. Three names to keep an eye on: Jarome Iginla, Gabriel Landeskog and Matt Duchene. The Bleacher Report’s Adrian Dater reported Saturday that Landeskog and Duchene are both gathering a lot of interest. He noted the Bruins had held talks with the Avs about Landeskog but couldn’t find a fit. The word from league executives is Sakic is asking for a lot for all his players because there’s no pressure to win in Denver.

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