Darren Dreger: Contract talks between the Ottawa Senators and pending free agent Matt Duchene are expected to continue this week. Talk is of an eight-year contract in the range of $65 to $75 million – in the $8 to $9 million-plus per season. This is “still ballpark discussions.”
Fenton on the trade deadline
Chad Graff: Minnesota Wild GM Paul Fenton on the approaching trade deadline: “One day I’m thinking that we have the opportunity to go forward and one day I’m thinking that, you know, it’s not that great of a team.