NBC Sports: Darren Dreger on NHL on NBC when asked how serious should we be taking the Aleksander Barkov trade speculation.
“It’s hard to say at this point. What I know is that Bill Zito and the Florida Panthers believe they have time. That this isn’t a bridge they have to cross now. I know that Bill Zito spoke to the representative of Sasha Barkov and said, ‘look, we’re not interested in trading him.’
In fact, Barkov has a no-move clause for this season, then he got a 12-team no-trade list for next season.