NHL Trade Rumors: Ryan Miller Hasn’t Asked For Trade, But Cory Sarich Has

The news comes via Sportsnet this Friday morning, and it’s not terribly surprising. Sarich has been a healthy scratch quite a bit lately, and when guys are getting paid $3.6 million against the cap each year, they expect to be on the ice, not in the press box.

We’ll let Matchsticks & Gasoline explain Sarich’s predicament:

The rumors first began off an Edmonton Journal report, which said Miller could be asking for a deal to a California-based team. Jim Matheson, a veteran reporter at that paper who typically has pretty reputable sources, mentioned that in his Sunday column.

Then there was this nugget buried by Buffalo News columnist Bucky Gleason in a column on Wednesday:

Instead, it looks like another Atlantic Division team may be interested in Ryan, perhaps even ahead of the pack.

The Rangers are definitely interested in Ryan, even if just on a preliminary basis. Larry Brooks of the New York Post is as plugged in with that organization as anybody, and he says that while the Rangers have had talks with Anaheim about Ryan, it may just be “tire-kicking.”

In a conversation with the Orange County Register on Tuesday, Ryan responded to the rumors that have circled him over the last few days, telling the paper that he “wouldn’t be surprised” if he were traded at some point soon.

For his part, general manager Bob Murray isn’t talking about the speculation, only saying that when he’s presented with offers, he examines all of them to see if there’s an opportunity to make his team better. According to several, he’s been picking up the phone with offers on the other end quite a bit lately.