Amir Basu: Shawn Simpson on TSN 1050: “This is the problem on and off the ice, there is no plan, this is a team that doesn’t have a president or hockey operations, this is a team that is bringing back a coaching staff that finished 30th in the league and wasn’t very well coached.”
On the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning …
Don Brennan: From a source that “has a great batting average” said that he’s “very comfortable” with another source that tells him Erik Karlsson will end up with the Tampa Bay Lightning.