Chiarelli on phone. Not with Risebrough. Taking pick.

Mood has changed at the Wild table. Amateur scouts are buried in their lists, and Risebrough and Brian Burke talking right now. Wild has something cooking with Anaheim. Two assistant GM’s talking now.

Forms being signed by both teams right now.

Anaheim has the 16th pick… Risebrough is definitely working on Anaheim. He got off the phone, walked back to Burke. Now Tom Lynn is talking with Burke and assistant GM Dave McNab. Now Lynn and McNab are up at NHL Central Registry.

Colton Gillies, the nephew of Clark Gillies, is the Wild’s pick after trading 19th and 42nd to Anaheim. Update, I just talked to my Bruins source. He said there’s “a lot of talking” between the teams right now. He acknowledged that things got delayed “because there were two other attractive goalies out there. Now, our options are limited.”

But he also said there’s bigtime concern in the Bruins because of Fernandez’s off the ice persona. He basically asked me for a scouting report of Fernandez, and we’re not talking on the ice.

He said there’s still a good chance. He acknowledged the Wild wants to see who’s left at No. 8. He also said the Wild would not have to take Glen Murray: “We need goal scoring as much as anybody in the league.”

I believe it’s PJ Axelsson coming to the Wild if this happens. Boston writer’s hearing the Wild would get a second, too, if this deal occurs. 

I hear Phoenix has flipped picks for the No. 1 overall pick and will take Kyle Turris, incidentally. 

Although my Blackhawks source just told me 90 percent they take the pick. So who knows?

OK, Panthers took complete about-face and acquired Tomas Vokoun from Nashville for a first and two seconds. Will be announced in 45 minutes, but got it from great sources.

Wild was under impression the Panthers wouldn’t spend money on a goalie, but Vokoun’s got a $5.7 million cap hit. Meaning? They just had no interest in Manny.

This suddenly hurts Risebrough bargaining position for Manny, in my opinion. Vokoun’s a stud.
I know I’m giving you way more Florida news than Minny, but I covered the Panthers for 10 years…Nathan Horton deal was rejected by NHL for a bad no-trade clause…It’d be funny if they trade him now, but they won’t…They’ll give him a new contract offer by day’s end.

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