Rick Dhaliwal: The Canucks haven’t started contract talks with pending RFAs Troy Stecher and Derrick Pouliot. Contract talks should start after the season.
On the Edmonton Oilers …
Jim Matheson: “If P Chiarelli says it doesn’t pay to have 3 C’s making the dough they are ($27 mil next yr for McDavid, Draisaitl and RNH), then either Nuge or Leon has to play wing. No other way around it.”