Michael Russo: Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon on the possibility of signing a contract extension this offseason: “Obviously my family loves it here. We love it here. I want to win here so you can just go about it the way you can and let your agent to do his thing.”
Would make sense for the Canadiens to lock up a couple of their pending UFA defensemen
Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette: Montreal Canadiens defenseman Jordie Benn is one of their five pending unrestricted free agents – Christian Folin, Jordan Weal, Nate Thompson, Antti Niemi – and he’s hopeful that he’ll be back.