Andy Strickland: Have been told that there have been some teams that have shown interest in Boston Bruins forward David Backes.
Many of those teams are on his no-trade list. Backes has already submitted his eight-team trade list to the Bruins. This offseason his list increases to 15 teams.
The Bruins are keeping him off the ice so he doesn’t get injured.
Kevin Kurz: (commenting on Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri is out indefinitely): “Just thinking out loud here, but could this now be a potential Joe Thornton landing spot?