[Mae] News: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will NOT be participating in the All-Star Game: “very grateful to everyone who voted for me.. but at this time, very respectfully I’m declining to go.” Guerrero, who’s dealt with discomfort in his back, will rest up the back and prepare for 2nd half.
[D’Amico] Quote tweet re Matthew Knies: Word of discussions with Buffalo and the 4th overall pick. San Jose also said to be of interest here as well. Montreal remains interested, but hard to compete with the above teams.
[D’Amico] Some traction on Connor Hellebuyck trade talks. Florida still looking into this as of now. Other teams involved. Heard Leafs kicked tires, as well as Buffalo.
[Johnston] If/when this sign-and-trade moves forward, would expect Alex Tuch to land a contract in the same range as the Adrian Kempe deal: ~$10.6M x 8
[Dreger] Morgan Rielly’s agent J.P Barry has submitted a list of 4 Western based teams Rielly is willing to go to. This will be a team by team assessment and depending on the fit, there could be some flexibility to add teams to the list.
[Hornby] Raddysh is on board with Chayka’s analytics' blueprint: "I pride myself on that, too. Good things will come (from the data). A lot of good moving pieces are coming (to the Toronto roster), it's an exciting time."
[Fox] Darren Raddysh, Maple Leaf: "Playing in Toronto is something you always dreamed of as a kid, especially playing in the GTHL. You always watch the Leaf games on Saturday nights. Everyone pretty much always wants to come back here."
[Seravalli] If Oilers elect to continue down the path with Mike Babcock, sources say the NHLPA is in receipt of “significant” additional claims from their own investigation with players that were not publicly reported in 2023. Those claims were presented to NHL prior to his resignation. Cont’d (1/2)