Devils in the Details - 2/29/16: Deadline Day Edition

Here are your (Deadline Day) links for today:

Devils Links

Here's a little bit of clarification about any sort of Kovalchuk return to the NHL/Devils: [Puck Daddy]

A few relevant tweets:

Stempniak said his agent has had preliminary talks with Devils about contract for next season, but nothing done

— Tom Gulitti (@TGfireandice) February 28, 2016

Hearing New Jersey asking for a 2nd round pick for Lee Stempniak

— gary lawless (@garylawless) February 28, 2016

Devils appear to be making all non-core guys available. Stemniak, Tootoo, Kennedy, Schlemko being shopped

— gary lawless (@garylawless) February 28, 2016

Devils telling teams D Eric Gelinas is available

— gary lawless (@garylawless) February 28, 2016

I've heard a bit of variation on this but sense NJ D David Schlemko can be had for one mid-round pick.

— Travis Yost (@travisyost) February 28, 2016

Hockey Links

Here are some of the bigger recent trades:

[TRADE] #Canes acquire Aleksi Saarela & draft picks in exchange for Eric Staal. Details: https://t.co/5hRDn5lalG pic.twitter.com/22iYCaUtYv

— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) February 28, 2016

As @lakingsinsider suggested, it's Zykov and conditional 5th round pick for Versteeg. LA-CAR trade.

— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) February 29, 2016

The Panthers made a few moves: [PHT]

The Penguins are aiming to try to turn Justin Schultz into something they can use.
[PHT]

Also: Dan Girardi: elite NHLer and hockey pirate [Puck Daddy]

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