The Senators acquired Cam Talbot from the Wild for Filip Gustavsson as they continue to take centre stage in the NHL offseason. The TSN Hockey Insiders have more on the Talbot trade to Ottawa, the next possible destinations for Darcy Kuemper and Jack Campbell, Johnny Gaudreau and Evgeni Malkin's futures and more.
Break down the Senators’ acquisition of Cam Talbot
This Cam Talbot deal is one that gets them a little more depth in net. We saw the [Alex] DeBrincat trade they made at the draft and as we get towards the open market I think that they are going to be one of the teams that are ready to spend some money. They’ve created cap space, they got rid of Matt Murray’s contract to Toronto and they made the decision to buy out Michael Del Zotto.
Claude Giroux appears to be in their crosshairs. They are definitely in position to make an aggressive pitch for him. It’s something Pierre LeBrun has discussed here in recent days and I think they’re still talking other trades too. Look for them to make a move for a defenceman.
Darren Dreger: This is a mature turn by Bill Guerin of the Minnesota Wild. On Friday in Montreal, he got a bit agitated as he was pestered about the Cam Talbot situation. He reminded all of us that Talbot was under contract and he loved the idea of having Marc-Andre Fleury and Talbot as his goalie tandem going into next season.
Clearly, the conversation he had with Cam Talbot did not go in the same direction the general manager wanted it to go in, so he moved him to avoid any potential unrest in goal for next season.
Pierre LeBrun: As the goalie carousel keeps spinning with Cam Talbot moving to Ottawa, there are two main UFAs left on the market, Jack Campbell and Darcy Kuemper.
I will certainly put an asterisk on this by saying, on the eve of free agency, nothing is done until the market opens tomorrow and you turn interest into an actual contract. What we believe right now is still that the front-running team for Jack Campbell is the Edmonton Oilers and Darcy Keumper is headed to Washington. We’ll see what happens when the market opens tomorrow.
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Is Nazem Kari ready to cash in after winning the Stanley Cup?
Any news on Brent Burns?
He has almost a full no-movement clause except for three teams that he can be dealt to without consent, in other words, three teams you’d want to go to, and I believe that Dallas and Carolina are among those three teams. Now, Carolina has to replace Tony DeAngelo on the right side and Dallas is going to have to replace John Klingberg, who is going to market. The Hurricanes are looking at other options, which includes Jeff Petry, so we’ll see how all of this plays out over the coming days.