Rory Boylen of Sportsnet: Nick Kypreos on Arizona Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith, who has two years left on his contract at a $5.66 million cap hit.
“A lot of teams are asking Arizona about Mike Smith,” Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos said. “Mike Smith of course wants to win now. The feeling in Arizona is they might go much younger. Talk is the salary cap might force them to be bottom-feeders, which means they might finally be ready to move Mike Smith.”
Elliotte Friedman said that teams have been calling the Vancouver Canucks about defenseman Chris Tanev.