More to come on the Ryan Johansen signing...
After the flurry of trade's we saw on the weekend, at first it appeared as if teams were done moving and were looking towards Wednesday and Thursday and their openers with the lineups set...
or are they I? (dun dun dunn....)
* the Montréal Canadiens are still looking to upgrade their defensive corp.
* the San Jose Sharks, who were also in the running for Boychuck, are also trying to upgrade on the blue line.
*The Anaheim Ducks, who also looked at acquiring d-man from Boston, are looking into both a defenseman and a forward. While I have no idea how this would work CapSpace wise, as the season goes on look for talks between the Ducks and the Maple Leafs to increase as well. More than one source has told me that Dion Phaneuf is on the Anaheim Ducks radar.
* The Washington Capitals are looking to add third or fourth line character players.
* the New York Rangers are shopping for a center, as the word is that Marty St. Louis at center is not really working out, or should I say moving Marty off the wing decreases his effectiveness.
* the Ottawa Senators have been working on a possible deal to acquire a defenseman as well... They were talking to Chicago prior to the Nick Leddy trade and now are talking to Dallas and Columbus.
I'll be back later with my Atlantic Division Predictions, and on today's podcast we will be discussing the Metro Division.