** NHL Rumors.com transcription
“The simplest thing I can tell you with OEL, David, is that the Arizona Coyotes asked him if he’d be willing to expand his list of teams beyond two, and the answer was no. Ekman-Larsson is only willing to stay at Boston or Vancouver, so that’s how Arizona has to proceed if it wants to get this done.
Bill Armstrong, who is the new GM of the Coyotes, another team reminded me that he was the assistant in St. Louis when they made the Ryan O’Reilly deal with Buffalo.