On Colton Parayko not waiving to go to the Buffalo Sabres
Haley Taylor Simon: St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong on Colton Parayko not wanting to waive his no-trade clause to the Buffalo Sabres: “I respect when players invoke the right that they earn. We’ve asked players to waive it like Brayden Schenn.”
Armstrong added that he was disappointed that the Parayko trade was leaked to media.
Andy Strickland: Blues GM Armstrong was adamant that the trade leaks, mainly the Parayko one, did not come from the Blues. He actually internally checked the phone records and it didn’t come from them.
The Simon Nemec, William Eklund speculation
Vinnie Parse: (The Hockey News – Blackhawks beat writer) “The San Jose Sharks dangled William Eklund to try and get Simon Nemec, but the New Jersey Devils said no in the end.”
Max Miller: San Jose Sharks G Mike Grier on how much they went after New Jersey Devils defenseman Simon Nemec: “That wasn’t really, I think that was more kind of, I don’t know, Twitter stuff or whatever, whatever it is. It’s somewhere you you kind of call and see if someone’s is available, and then see what the asking price is. And that was really about the extent of it.”
Jim Biringer: From the people that spoke with, Eklund wasn’t on the table for Nemec. Now, different people hear different things, but heard that this was not talked about.
Mike Morreale: Devils GM Fitzgerald on defenseman Simon Nemec’s future: “That’s something we’ll go through when the season ends and see where his head’s at. How does he see his future with what we have here already, where he fits, does he like New Jersey? What’s his thoughts? I’ll go through that with his (new) agent.”
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