Adrian Dater: There still isn’t a deal done between the Colorado Avalanche and RFA defenseman Nikita Zadorov, but [Dater] continues to maintain that it is just a formality.
On Will Butcher …
Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News: The Detroit Red Wings are one of the teams that are interested in signing unrestricted free agent defenseman Will Butcher.
Butcher won the Hobey Baker Award last season after recording seven goals and 30 assists in 43 games.
There had been some talk that Butcher wanted to go pro last year after his junior year but the Colorado Avalanche felt he wasn’t ready.