Elliotte Friedman: It seems that an insurance issue are holding up a Patric Hornqvist trade from the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Florida Panthers for defenseman Michael Matheson.
Elliotte Friedman: Have seen some reports that Hornqvist’s no-trade clause being an issue, but “can’t speak to that.”
Josh Yohe: “And by the way, while the Penguins and Panthers were obviously close to pulling this off, the trade might not happen at all. Clearly information got out before the teams would have liked. Sounds like things are totally stuck now.