1.   Finnane said that he has had ongoing talks with the agents for both rookies, as well as with the agent representing holdout center Chris Webber.

2.   Pittsburgh dealt holdout center Bryan Smolinski to the New York Islanders for defenseman Darisu Kasparaitis and rookie center Andreas Johansson.

3.   Thursday is a travel day and Wednesday is the deadline for reaching an agreement on a new contract with holdout center Jozef Stumpel.

4.   But Buffalo failed to deal holdout center Michael Peca.

5.   Senators general manager Marshall Johnston also rejected the latest contract proposal from Yashin and his agent Mark Gandler, and announced the suspension of the holdout center on Monday.

6.   The Buffalo Sabres made two deadline deals, neither of which involved holdout center Michael Peca.

7.   The Ottawa Senators, hoping to end their tailspin and finally sign Alexei Yashin, will meet Wednesday with the agent for the holdout center.

8.   The Ottawa Senators threatened to sue holdout center Alexei Yashin as their dispute over a contract extension continued.

9.   The Phoenix Coyotes signed holdout center Trevor Letowski to a one-year contract Friday.