The NHL's Mar. 2 Trade Deadline is approaching and teams are making decisions on whether to buy or sell and decide which players can make the biggest difference and hold the greatest value. Check out today's trade rumours and speculation from around the NHL beat. And follow TradeCentre on TSN and TSN.ca through Deadline Day for all the updates.

No Reunion Planned?

Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray confirmed on Friday he attempted to make a deal with the Arizona Coyotes to acquire Antione Vermette.

Murray told members of the media he believed several weeks ago Vermette, who is set for unrestricted free agency this summer, could improve the team for a playoff push, but the Senators are now 'past that stage' of needing a rental player.

The Senators general manager added that he believes Coyotes general manager Don Maloney is now entertaining offers from a number of teams for Vermette and a return to Ottawa is unlikely. The Senators are no longer interested in acquiring players with expiring contracts.

“I'll try to do something,” Murray said of his trade deadline plans, “but it has to go hand in hand with what happens in the future as well."

Vermette was drafted by the Senators in the second round of 2000 NHL Draft.

Putting on a Show?

Defenceman John Moore slipped back into the New York Rangers lineup Thursday night after sitting five straight games, a move Larry Brooks of New York Post speculates was made with an eye on the trade market.

Brooks believes Moore, who is eligible for salary arbitration this offseason, is certain to be dealt by the Rangers prior to free agency and therefore, the Rangers are showcasing the 24-year-old in an attempt to lure teams looking for a younger defenceman at the deadline.

Marc Methot of the Ottawa Senators and Andrej Sekera of the Carolina Hurricanes are both impeding free agents Brooks believes the Rangers could fetch in exchange.

Moore has four assists and an even plus-minus in 28 games with the Rangers this season. The was a first-round draft pick in 2009.

Not the Mike Show

Toronto Maple Leafs general manager was in Manchester last night to the Los Angeles Kings’ AHL franchise play, however the trip was not made because Mike Richards was sent to the Monarchs earlier this week.

TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun reports Nonis’s scouting trip had been planned for a while and had nothing to do with Richards’s demotion.

LeBrun adds, however, the Leafs and Kings have been involved in talks over the last month and therefore could become trade partners prior to the trade deadline.

Nonis will scout other teams as well as the Monarchs this weekend.