Ted Starkey: “In free agency, it only takes one overpriced offer to lure a free agent away. This is why teams are loath to get to this point, and will either sign or trade away well before this point.”
On the Calgary Flames …
Elliotte Friedman: Sounding like the Flames are closing in on a three-year contract for Derek Ryan and a two-year deal for Austin Czarnik.
Bob Stauffer: Ryan’s three-year deal with the Flames will be over $3 million per season.