Mike Heika: Guessing the Stars are trying to trade Cody Eakin. If they are not able to find a market for him, that would probably be enough to convince them that he shouldn’t be protected.
On the San Jose Sharks …
Curtis Pashelka of the San Jose Mercury News: Reports over the weekend had the Sharks as one of the teams that is interested in Ilya Kovalchuk.
The Sharks were 19th in scoring last year and their power play was 25th overall.