Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: There had been some talk that back in November that Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz could have been one loss away from being fired. The Caps won that game and 11 of their next 14.
The Vegas Golden Knights have a lot of salary cap space and players are asking their agents about Vegas. If the Golden Knights are to re-sign pending UFAs James Neal and David Perron, would have to think they’d like to do around $5 million per. They may like Perron on a short-term deal.