Joe Haggerty of Boston Hockey Now: The Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks were the two teams that the Arizona Coyotes could talk to regarding an Oliver Ekman-Larsson trade before OEL set a firm deadline back in October.
Ekman-Larsson would like to remain with the Coyotes but hasn’t completely closed the door on a potential move. He’s signed through 2027 with an $8.25 million salary cap hit.
OEL to Craig Morgan of AZCoyotesInsider.com said that when he played in Portland, Maine during the 2012-13 lockout he spent a lot of time in Boston and really liked it.