The summer is usually a time for resting. Summer vacations, no school, relaxing days at the beach and so on. For GM Jeff Gorton this summer will be far from relaxing.
According to Bob McKenzie on NBCSN last Wednesday Gorton will get to work as soon as he can.
“As soon as this season is over Jeff Gorton is going to be back open for business doing the same sort of sell-off that he did at the deadline. But keep this in mind: Even though they’re rebuilding, they’re not tearing it down and there is an opportunity where if they can sign Ilya Kovalchuk this summer on a short-term deal or Rick Nash comes back or Grabner – if they’re willing to take short-term deals – they will look at plugging a lot of holes with veteran guys.