It's sounding more and more like Kris Russell's Calgary Flames career will be over by 3 p.m. ET on Monday.
A pending unrestricted free agent in a thin rental market for defensemen, Russell's likely to be traded, according to president Brian Burke, who was on TSN's TradeCentre on Monday morning.
"There's a lot of interest in (Russell)," Burke said. "I'd be surprised if something does not happen today."
Burke on @FAn960 on Kris Russell interest: "Offers are already better today than they were last night."
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Burke said the club and Russell tried to work out a contract, but being unable to do so, the writing's essentially on the wall. The Flames sit second last in the Western Conference and it would be unwise to let him walk away for nothing.
Burke also added that the Flames will likely look for goaltending help in the summer, rather than on deadline day.
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