Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Pittsburgh Penguins wanted to move Matt Murray before free agency opened on Friday. The Carolina Hurricanes and Edmonton had also been talking to the Penguins about Murray. Murray is arbitration-eligible and a year away from unrestricted free agency. He could get around $6 million in arbitration which scared the Hurricanes and Oilers.
The Nashville Predators will likely be one on the teams calling pending UFA forward Taylor Hall. They moved out cap space Wednesday by trading/buying out Nick Bonino, Kyle Turris and Steven Santini.