Overview
- General manager Chris Drury’s retool resumes once the freeze ends, leaving a 12‑day window to the March 6 NHL trade deadline.
- Vincent Trocheck’s market is active, with reporting pointing to Minnesota as a leading suitor and a suggested package of a first‑round pick plus prospect Charlie Stramel and a secondary piece.
- Braden Schneider has been linked by insiders to Tampa Bay as a controllable right‑shot option, with the 24‑year‑old logging heavy defensive minutes and set for restricted free agency.
- Jonathan Quick said he intends to honor his contract and controls a 20‑team no‑trade list, with Newsday noting he left practice early for precautionary reasons as Igor Shesterkin nears a return to action.
- Speculation surfaced that Vladislav Gavrikov may be unhappy with the club’s direction, though the insider who raised it emphasized the rumor was unverified.