Pittsburgh’s resigning of Alex Nedeljkovic is not necessarily the team throwing a curveball to their goaltending situation, at least that’s the message the Pittsburgh brass is trying to put out there behind the scenes, multiple sources say. On the Ned front, the Penguins were upfront with the player and the agent from the start in that any return to Pittsburgh was going to have to be a team friendly type contract. As tampering has been widespread in the NHL for a couple weeks now, the Penguins essentially allowed the agent Rich Evans to get a feel of what might be out there and then circle back to them before the draft, leading to the two sides coming to an agreement. The Nedeljkovic deal has turned into ‘what does this mean for Tristan Jarry’?

Jarry who turns 30 next April carries a $5.375 million cap hit for the next four seasons and is due $6.4 million in salary this coming season, including a $1 million signing bonus due on July 1. Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan has strongly pushed for the Penguins To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

New Jersey checked into Jarry last season, though, their eyes were always on Jakob Markstrom whom they recently acquired. One team that’s believed to have made a quiet push last year at the deadline for Jarry and is getting some play as a team that may circle back is the To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

Meanwhile, a wild rumor making the rounds is Pittsburgh – Anaheim connected about a To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

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NHL Buzz: Has Increase in Salary Cap led to more Tampering than ever?

July 1 is still 10 days away, yet it’s fascinating how many deals for pending free agents are believed to be done.

Jake Guentzel’s camp is said to have a pretty good idea of who is in and who is out already and who’s willing to offer ‘X amount of Money and Years’.

Worst kept secret in the league — Elias Lindholm to Boston is regarded as being 99% a done deal.

Some teams that have Jake DeBrusk high on their list strongly believe DeBrusk is already To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”! bound, though, To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

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