Pierre LeBrun: There have been teams calling the Florida Panthers about pending unrestricted free agent goaltender Chris Driedger. They could be getting a jump on talks by acquiring his rights.
There is also the expansion draft to consider. Will the Kraken be interested?
TSN: Pierre LeBrun on That’s Hockey when asked about Florida Panthers trading the rights to pending UFA goaltender Chris Driedger.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“Well, they are getting calls on pending UFA netminder Chris Driedger whose such a great story as you remember this year but of course they’ve got a $10 million goalie in Sergei Bobrovsky and a future superstar in net potentially in first-round pick Spencer Knight who got his feet wet this past year.