Robby Stanley: Nashville Predators forward Matt Duchene: “I want to finish my career here and I’m going to do everything in my power to make that happen.”
Panthers will talk to Aleksander Barkov soon about an extension
David Dwork: Florida Panthers GM Bill Zito on beginning contract extension talks with Aleksander Barkov: “It’ll be something that’s paramount for me, and we’ll address it in short order.”
Matt Larkin of The Hockey News: Though they could hang on to him in hopes of changing Seth Jones’s mind somehow, the Columbus Blue Jackets will more than likely be traded by the NHL draft in July.