Mike Morreale: New Jersey Devils pending restricted free agent defenseman Will Butcher: “Haven’t really thought about it much; just trying to get through the season. But I’m excited for it and hope we can do something for a long time b/c I love playing here so we’ll see what happens.”
Housley on the hot seat
TSN: Pierre LeBrun on TSN said that six weeks ago he would have said that Phil Housley‘s job in Buffalo was safe but a lot has changed since then.