Trade talk centers around center Matt Cullen

Matt Cullen might not be enjoying some of the team success he would like or is used to down in Carolina, but a lot of talk out there involving trades by playoff contenders looking for a veteran precense seems to be involving the former Moorhead Spud and St. Cloud State Husky. Cullen already has kissed one Stanley Cup and is the perfect playoff savvy center teams covet at this time of the year.

From the Toronto Sun...

As for the Hurricanes, the best option for Ottawa might be veteran centre Matt Cullen (8 goals, 19 assists in 44 games), who can become an unrestricted free agent this summer. A lot of teams are interested in veteran winger Ray Whitney (13 goals, 18 assists in 43 games), but he has a no-movement clause and he’s going to be able to pick his destination, likely to a contender.

And from Fox Sports' Lyle Richardson....

For now, only the Carolina Hurricanes and Edmonton Oilers would be considered certain sellers as their chances of climbing back into the postseason race are pretty much non-existent.

Ignore Wild internet speculation of the Hurricanes shopping franchise players Eric Staal and Cam Ward as the players they’ll likely move are impending unrestricted free agent forwards Ray Whitney and Matt Cullen.