TSN Hockey Insiders Bob McKenzie, Pierre LeBrun and Darren Dreger gathered for the latest installment of Insider Trading and the topics discussed included the Buffalo Sabres general manager search, the resurfacing of former Toronto Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson, Team Canadas captain and the Edmonton Oilers asking price for Sam Gagner. Who will become the new general manager of the Buffalo Sabres? McKenzie: The very clear front-runner and Pat LaFontaines first choice is Ottawa Senators assistant general manager, Tim Murray. As of Tuesday evening, no formal offer had been made to Murray and no contract negotiations have taken place as of yet. However, it is clear LaFontaine would like Murray to be the guy. In related news, Boston Bruins assistant general manager Jim Bennings window of permission to talk to the Sabres expired Tuesday. He is now out of the picture, there are also other finalists that have been told they are no longer part of the mix. Right now it is headed toward Tim Murray, but there is no formal offer or contract negotiations taking place just yet. Who will become the GM of the Calgary Flames? McKenzie: Brian Burke is getting set to commence his search, it is likely to be a slow and deliberate pace and it could be until the draft before Burke has picked a new GM. Burke has no intention of doing the job himself long-term, but he may fill the role for the balance of this season. There are several reasons for this, he will looking at many experienced candidates such as Joe Nieuwendyk and Darcy Regier, as well as up and comers like Mike Futa from the Los Angeles Kings and Brad Treliving of the Phoenix Coyotes. Due to the length of the Buffalo search, many teams granted their officials a window to interview and are not in position where they want to grant permission again and have their guys flapping in the breeze for another search. Therefore, this could drag out for quite some time. Ron Wilson walked away from hockey after being fired by the Toronto Maple Leafs, is there a chance he may resurface? Dreger: Wilson basically disappeared after the disappointment with the Leafs in 2010, 2011, 2012. There is a chance he could return, he is discreetly putting word out there that his ready, waiting and willing to coach again. For some, he may be considered a long-shot and it is relatively quiet on the coaching front but aside from his coaching record with the Maple Leafs, he is considered to be a very good coach, as his record of 1,400 games would indicate. Who will be Team Canadas captain, it seems obvious with Sidney Crosby but Jonathan Toews has two Olympics appearances, two Stanley Cups and was terrific in the 2010 Games, is there a possibly a question there? LeBrun: Toews will be in his second Olympics and there is some argument, and how could there not be after everything Toews has accomplished, but the betting money is obviously on Sidney Crosby, the best player in the world. Whats interesting to me is the dynamic between Toews and Crosby, mutual admirations aside, I remember when Toews got a text from Crosby when Toews was named captain of Chicago, that meant a lot to him. I remember in September we asked top players who their top forward in the NHL was and most of them, of course, said Crosby but Toews said "and by 30 per cent its Sidney Crosby." So there is, I think, a special bond between those two guys and theyll both wear a letter in Sochi. We expect Crosby, Kunitz, Stamkos on the top line but if Stamkos isnt ready to go, do they have a list of top two replacements for him? Lebrun: They have some candidates, I think among those at the top is Claude Giroux, a big surprise omission from Team Canada, hes one of those strong candidates if he continues to play well. James Neal is another option, a great triggerman, a guy like Stamkos that could fill the net. Those are the top two guys. Is there an X-factor for Team Canada? LeBrun: Ralph Krueger, the former Switzerland national coach, talked to the Canadian national coaching staff and they cannot believe what impact hes had in his feedback for them on the big ice and international hockey. In fact, Kruger is going to meet with head coach Mike Babcock on the Detroit Red Wings upcoming western road trip. Hell update Canada again on what hes seen overseas. P.K. Subban is on Team Canada, how are his contract negotiations going with the Montreal Canadiens? 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Strasburg struck out 11 in seven innings Wednesday night and the Nationals kept the Philadelphia Phillies bats quiet yet again in an 8-4, rain-interrupted win.(SportsNetwork.com) - The Columbus Blue Jackets will try to continue to claw their way back into the Eastern Conference playoff race when they aim for a seventh straight win in Tuesdays road clash against the Detroit Red Wings. Columbus, which made the playoffs last season for only the second time in team history, began the season with a 6-15-2 record before beginning December on a six-game tear. The Blue Jackets latest victory came Saturday against the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins, who eliminated Columbus in six games during last springs Eastern Conference quarterfinals. The Jackets earned a measure of revenge for last seasons playoff defeat with the recent 4-3 shootout victory against the Penguins. Ryan Johansen was credited with the game winner in the tiebreaker, as Columbus recovered from a Pittsburgh rally late in regulation to post the win at Nationwide Arena. Columbus fell behind 2-1 after Kris Letang notched a short-handed goal at 7:22 of the third period. The Blue Jackets would take the lead after goals from Boone Jenner and Jack Johnson, the latter players tally coming with 2:11 left to stake the home club to a 3-2 advantage. Letang would strike again, however, as the defenseman tied the game by beating Sergei Bobrovsky with a slap shot with just 10.9 seconds remaining in regulation. Pittsburgh had goaltender Thomas Greiss pulled in favor of the extra attacker to get the tying goal. In the end, the Blue Jackets would regroup for the shootout victory. Cam Atkinson and Johansen scored on the hosts first two attempts, while Letang kept the visitors in it with a score on the Pens second try. Nick Folignos backhander then went wide of the net for Columbus, but Bobrovsky stopped Brandon Sutter to end the contest. Foligno added the other regulation goal for the Blue Jackets, while Bobrovsky made 33 saves for the victory. Thats a big two points for us, Foligno said. Weve got to make sure we tighten up those 6-on-5s. Weve got to find away to be a little better, a little smarter. Its tough against a high-powered team like that. Despite its ddreadful start to the season, the Blue Jackets enter todays action only six points out of a playoff spot in the East.dddddddddddd The Red Wings are tied with Tampa Bay for first place in the Atlantic Division, but theyll try to avoid posting their longest losing streak of the season tonight. Detroit has lost three in a row with the first two setbacks coming via the shootout before losing 4-1 Saturday in Toronto. The Red Wings also went 0-2-1 from Nov. 2-5, but Mike Babcocks club hasnt dropped four in a row since a six-game skid from Dec. 7-17 of last season. Two of the Red Wings losses on this slide came against the Maple Leafs, who followed up Wednesdays 2-1 shootout victory in Detroit with Saturdays home triumph. In between the setbacks against Toronto, the Wings were handed a 3-2 shootout defeat in Fridays meeting with visiting Florida. Detroit outshot the Leafs 42-19 in Wednesdays setback, but Toronto won the shot battle 41-28 in Saturdays rematch. Niklas Kronwall scored for Detroit and Petr Mrazek gave up three goals on 40 shots in the road loss. The Red Wings hope to get back on track at Joe Louis Arena, where they boast an 11-3-4 record this season. Detroit is beginning a four-game homestand tonight. After getting slammed 5-0 at home by Detroit on Nov. 18, Columbus is hoping for a better result against the Red Wings tonight in the Motor City. The Jackets have claimed six of the past eight meetings in this series overall, but Detroit holds a 4-1-1 record in the past six encounters at the Joe. Columbus has won only three times in its last 12 trips to Motown. Jimmy Howard is expected to start in net for the Red Wings tonight. Detroits No. 1 backstop is 11-4-2 with a 1.94 goals against average in his career against Columbus. Bobrovsky is 4-3-1 with a 2.37 GAA in this matchup. On the injury front for Detroit, the club is hoping to get forward Justin Abdelkader (shoulder) and defenseman Danny DeKeyser (upper body) back tonight. DeKeyser missed both games over the weekend, while Abdelkader has sat out the last six tilts. ' ' '
