Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun: Roman Polak, on a PTO, could earn a contract and land the sixth or seventh spot on the Maple Leafs blue line. Martin Marincin could play a role in that as he’s somewhat fallen out of favor with coach Mike Babcock.
There is always the option of trading one of their forwards for a veteran defenseman.
On the Minnesota Wild …
Michael Russo: Wild GM Chuck Fletcher has made it clear that they will have enough salary cap space next offseason to re-sign Jason Zucker and Matt Dumba.