Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: The Detroit Red Wings and free agent winger Thomas Vanek remain in contact.
A few teams have been in contact with the 33-year but there is the sense that he would like to return to Detroit.
One issue is the Red Wings don’t have a lot of salary space with Tomas Tatar and Andreas Athanasiou needing new deals.
On the Colorado Avalanche and Will Butcher …
Adrian Dater: (asked about prospect Will Butcher) It’s very likely that Butcher won’t be signing with the Avalanche.