Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Trade talk is starting to pick up around the league again and teams are having preliminary discussions. There has also been some recent talk of potentially having compliance buyouts at some point.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are involved in trade talk and multiple sources have said one of the players they are interested in is Vegas Golden Knights left winger Max Pacioretty. A team source said yesterday afternoon that GM Jim Rutherford circled back on Pacioretty and is waiting to hear back from Vegas.
Pacioretty has three years left at $7 million per season.