"Really, I can't confirm or deny all the deals.  I will say that we have traded Cory Sarich to an Eastern Conference club.  That goes a long ways to helping our cap issues.  We also have a tentative deal for Norrena as well, but until all the paperwork is signed, we don't want to say anything.  But our cap number as we see it right now is $43, 870, 000 or so...so we are pretty happy."

"We didn't have to touch any of our core players to do so, which is an even bigger bonus.  We had some thoughts that it was going to be tough to keep our core together, but as it sits, we feel like we can put this roster out there....and make some real noise."