Rick Dhaliwal: Had heard that teams were calling the Vancouver Canucks about pending restricted free agent Brendan Gaunce ahead of the trade deadline.
Red Wings Ilitch on Yzerman
Anthony Fenech: Ilitch on Steve Yzerman: “There’s not a lot I can say about that, other than I know his contract is expiring this summer. We’ll leave it at that.”
Not a rebuild for the Wild
Michael Russo of The Athletic: Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold created a video and emailed it to Wild season ticket holders last week saying that they won’t be going through a rebuild.