TSN: There have been teams asking the Florida Panthers about forward Aleksander Barkov over the past few weeks to see if he’s available according to Frank Seravalli, but it doesn’t sound like he is.
“And when asked, Zito said on the record, he wanted to be clear that he has no intention of trading Barkov and that in fact he would like to re-sign him. But, the reason teams are calling is because they’re skeptical that the No. 24 player in the TSN Top 50 this year will re-sign with the Florida Panthers when his contract expires in 18 months.