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Flyers reportedly give Giroux’s agent permission to speak with teams

The NHL trade deadline is still over a month away, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have updates regarding the Philadelphia Flyers’ captain potentially getting dealt in pursuit of a Stanley Cup.

And we got one of those crucial updates.

“What’s going on right now is that, first of all, there have not been serious trade discussions yet on the Claude Giroux front – still lots of time,” Pierre LeBrun said on TSN’s “Insider Trading” segment Tuesday night. “But Pat Brisson, the agent for Giroux, has the clearance to talk to teams directly and start to put together a shortlist, which, of course, he’ll do with Claude Giroux, if he’s willing to be dealt over the next few weeks.