Deadline Drama: Stamkos Slams the Door (For Now), While Ristolainen\u2019s Phone Keeps Ringing<\/p>\n
February 28, 2026 | NHL Trade Deadline: 6 Days Away.\u00a0With the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline just six days out, two familiar names have dominated the rumor mill this week \u2014 and both storylines took decisive turns on Friday.<\/p>\n
Steven Stamkos didn\u2019t leave much room for interpretation.\u00a0Asked whether he would consider waiving his full no-movement clause and leaving the Nashville Predators, the 36-year-old winger delivered a blunt response.\u00a0\u201cZero,\u201d Stamkos told The Tennessean\u2019s Alex Daugherty. \u201cI haven\u2019t talked to (GM Barry Trotz) at all about that. With this group, we want to be together. I love being here.\u201d\u00a0For now, Stamkos clearly wants to be part of whatever comes next in Nashville\u2026which is not surprising\u2026players love playing in Nashville..n<\/p>\n
Ristolainen\u2019s Market Heats Up<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, Rasmus Ristolainen is once again hearing his name in trade conversations\u2026.and this time, he\u2019s not pretending otherwise. He has been open about the fact he is fine going to help a contender\u2026 has always looked like a trade chip on paper \u2014 a 6-foot-4, 208-pound right-shot defenseman who was a tourney tying +9 in the Olympics is worth a lot in the NHL\u2026Always\u2026\u00a0Also its kind of crazy, but Ristolainen has played 797 regular-season NHL games across 13 seasons and has NEVER \u00a0appeared in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He addressed that directly after the Olympics.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like that\u2019s why you play the game,\u201d he said. \u201cYou want to win. That\u2019s where I feel I\u2019m at my best.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Flyers sit sixth in the Metropolitan Division, eight points out of a wild-card spot and are in that weird spot where certain players are pushing on management to buy and let them make a playoff run\u2026I don\u2019t believe that will matter\u2026but Konecny has a lot of pull on this team..<\/p>\n
Many teams are very interested\u2026Detroit, Edmonton, Montreal among the most likely\u2026Carolina, Tampa\u2026<\/p>\n
The 2026 NHL Trade Deadline is THIS Friday, March 6 at 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deadline Drama: Stamkos Slams the Door (For Now), While Ristolainen\u2019s Phone Keeps Ringing February 28, 2026 | NHL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8870,58,5,4,107],"class_list":["post-477659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-eklund","tag-featured","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-rumors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116150277455642484","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}