Jameson Olive: Panthers GM Dale Tallon said they plan on being “aggressive in free agency” and that they have a “a plan in place.”
Tim Reynolds: GM Tallon said they will have contract negotiations with Jaromir Jagr in the next few days. They were waiting for the expansion draft to be over.
Harvey Fialkov: Jagr’s agent sounded optimistic that a deal could get done and losing two right wingers to expansion affects it.
On the Arizona Coyotes …
Darren Dreger: The Coyotes should be one of the more active teams in the next couple days.