Elliotte Friedman was on Calgary’s Sportsnet 960 on Friday morning.

On which general manager, because of a playoff loss ratcheting things up, we keep an eye on between the draft, July 1 and over the next month:

“St. Louis. That’s going to be a big one. I think what Doug Armstrong is doing – look, he knows he’s got to pay Tarasenko and that’s going to be a big number. St. Louis is not a cap team, they’re a budget team. So I think what he’s doing is figuring out look, ‘I’m turning my team over. I’m handing it to Tarasenko, Jaden Schwartz and some of the forwards… Backes, Oshie, Berglund – are any of these guys going to be particularly difficult about not being the core top forward anymore, and if so, that player goes.’ I think you’re going to see Doug Armstrong is going to be very active.

“I think Pittsburgh, they really want to find more help for Crosby and Malkin and that’s going to mean that they’re going to make some interesting moves or try some interesting things.

“Toronto – Babcock’s arrival may change a little bit, but they were looking at a scorched earth kind of roster. Get guys out and start all over again.

“Ottawa is obviously talking about their goalies. One guy is going to go.

“I think there is a lot. I think there is an awful lot out there. It’s going to be crazy. I think the draft this year has the potential – it’s going to be interesting because the draft always is – but in terms of player movement, I think this has a chance to be one of the wildest drafts that we’ve seen.”

Source: Sportsnet 960/ Transcript: Nichols

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