Ben Pope: Chicago Blackhawks pending restricted free agent defenseman Slater Koekkoek: “I hope to be back, I don’t know. I haven’t discussed much with my agent to see what’s going on. But obviously I’m hoping to re-sign in Chicago. I thought and I had a good thing going, so hopefully I can get a deal done.”
Would the Flames be interested in Murray? Who might the Penguins be interested in?
Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now: It seems likely that the Pittsburgh Penguins will trade goaltender Matt Murray his offseason.