-It was announced overnight that the Blackhawks and Brent Seabrook are very close on a 5 year $30 million contract extension. There is no way they were letting him go.
-Capitals claim Marco Strum, Blue Jackets claim Craig Rivet, Flyers claim Nick Boynton (good riddance).
-Kris Newbury, Wade Belak, Todd Ford and Mike Commodore all clear waivers.
-Bret Carson (Car), Jason Jaffray (Ana), DJ King (Wash), Nathan Lawson and Rob Schremp (NYI), Pascal Leclaire (Ott), Ty Conklin (StL), Curtis McElhinney (TB) and Tim Stapleton (Atl) all put on waivers.
UPDATE
-Tim Sassone reports that Tampa might be asking the Hawks for Tomas Kopecky for defenseman Brett Clark.