Tyson Barrie's days in Colorado may be numbered.

The 24-year-old is set to become a restricted free agent this July and that's one reason TSN's Bob McKenzie insists there's a good chance the Colorado Avalanche defenseman could be dealt.

"There’s no question in my mind, I think Tyson Barrie is going to be traded," McKenzie told TSN 1260 Radio on Friday, according to Chris Nichols of Today's Slapshot.

McKenzie added, "Colorado is looking for a defenseman. But I don’t think they like the economic leverage that Tyson Barrie has right now. Tyson Barrie has got a very strong arbitration case. I think he’s going to be looking for a sum of money that Colorado doesn’t feel comfortable in giving him. Therefore I think they’re looking for somebody who - looking for a different type of defenseman maybe, or one that’s not going to cost them as much money."

Barrie is coming off his fourth full season with the Avalanche - including the lockout-shortened 2012-13 campaign - and is expected to receive a raise from his previous $2.6-million cap hit.

Barrie's name has been and continues to be in trade talks, according to McKenzie, and he could be the perfect trade chip as the team looks to fill holes at all positions.

"I think they are in the market for a defenseman. I think they are in the market for forwards as well, being a non-playoff team and all," said McKenzie. "But I definitely think Tyson Barrie has been in play, and continues to be in play, and there's a real strong chance that he could be traded at some point here."

Barrie led all Avalanche defensemen in scoring for the second straight year with 13 goals and 49 points in 78 games.

- With h/t to Today's Slapshot

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Brad Richards appears to be headed to his fourth NHL team in as many years.

The 36-year-old unrestricted free agent is coming off a pair of one-year contracts after being bought out by the New York Rangers in 2014, and while he was able to win a Stanley Cup in Chicago, his latest stop in Detroit wasn't quite as successful.

"It didn’t seem like we ever got firing on all cylinders, just probably wasn't a great fit for me," Richards told The Guardian's Jason Malloy of his time with the Red Wings.

Richards missed games early in the season due to a back injury, and finished 2015-16 with 10 goals and 18 assists in 68 regular-season games, with only one goal in five playoff appearances.

The two-time Cup winner and 2004 playoff MVP seems content with what he's achieved in the NHL, but isn't quite ready to call it a career.

"I want to look at free agency and see who calls and what opportunities are there, but I haven’t made my mind up with what I want to do yet," he said. "I’ve been fortunate to do a lot of great things in hockey, and hockey has been great to me. If it was time, I wouldn’t feel cheated, but I’m not there yet.

"It’s a young, fast game now. (But) with rest and proper training I still have a good year left in me."

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While Nick Bonino is helping the Pittsburgh Penguins challenge for a Stanley Cup, the Vancouver Canucks are left wondering what could have been if the player he was traded for had played a full season.

In an interview on TSN 1040 in Vancouver on Thursday, Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins was asked about the deal that saw Bonino sent to Pittsburgh in exchange for Brandon Sutter, and he lamented an injury to the latter that limited him to only 20 games in 2015-16.

"The tough thing for us and for Brandon is he didn’t get to show what he could do last year," said Desjardins. "Everybody felt in our dressing room that if he's there then we're in the playoffs this year."

Desjardins added it's easy to question trades in hindsight, explaining the deal was made with a view to injecting speed into the lineup.

"I like Nick Bonino. I’ve always liked him. He’s a great guy, he moves the puck really well," Desjardins said. "(But) we had to find more speed in our lineup. We just had to.

"Nick’s one fault is he’s not quick. But when you put him with (Carl) Hagelin and (Phil) Kessel, then he's quick. They make up for his speed. It becomes a quick line. We didn’t have that luxury, so we went with a guy that’s a little quicker and we went with Brandon Sutter."

In the 20 games in which he appeared for the Canucks, Sutter recorded five goals, four assists, and 45 shots.

The Canucks finished the season with 75 points, good for 28th in the overall standings and 12 points behind the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

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The highly anticipated collaboration between P.K. Subban and Snoop Dogg will have to wait a year.

The charity basketball game featuring the Montreal Canadiens defenseman and the legendary rapper has been postponed until 2017, according to a statement issued to Bill Brownstein of the Montreal Gazette.

The game was originally scheduled for June 11, 2016 at Montreal's Verdun Auditorium, but it will now be played next summer at a larger venue, the Bell Centre.

The Just for Laughs comedy festival will join forces with local event promotion company Evenko to raise more money for the two stars' foundations.

"Just For Laughs, P.K. Subban, and Snoop Dogg have been thrilled by the response to this event, but realized there was a much greater opportunity to raise money for charity," the statement said.

"Just For Laughs will now partner with Evenko and the Bell Centre to produce an even more exciting and exceptional event as part of Just For Laughs' 35th anniversary edition.”

Snoop will perform in Montreal on the originally planned date next week, as part of the Canadian Grand Prix festivities.

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Jersey ads are coming to the World Cup of Hockey.

While speaking at the Brand Engagement Summit in Chicago, NHL chief marketing officer Brian Jennings said the league has sold sponsorships on the shoulders of the jerseys, according to Sports Business Daily.

Related: NHL reveals 2016 World Cup jerseys​

The NHL sees the World Cup as a test run for jersey ads, and plans to monitor how fans react to the new patches.

"With the use of technology, you're in a real-time dialogue that lets you know what they think and feel about it," Jennings said.

There's no word on who bought the jersey ads, or how much the sponsorships cost. Last year, TSN reported the league was seeking $8 million for the ad space.

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Florida Panthers, we hardly recognize thee.

The organization continued its top-to-bottom offseason renovation Thursday with the unveiling of its new uniform and primary logo at a season-ticket holders event at BB&T Center.

The look eschews the classic leaping cat logo associated with the franchise since its launch in 1993, and introduces a more composed panther adorned on a definitive crest.

The military-style badge is stitched onto a thick horizontal stripe that wraps around the uniform, and the captain and alternates will have a small soccer-style patch on the arm to denote their expanded roles.

The Panthers' captains will wear the traditional letters on their left shoulders in addition to the sleeve patch.

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Just one day after it was reported he wouldn't return as an assistant coach with the St. Louis Blues, Kirk Muller has already found a new job.

Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced Thursday that Muller was appointed the team's new associate coach.

"We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Kirk Muller, and are extremely happy about his desire to return to the Canadiens' organization," Bergevin said.

"Kirk brings a great deal of experience, determination and leadership, and I have no doubt that these qualities will be essential for our coaching staff. Kirk has a thorough knowledge of the Montreal market, he enjoyed success as a player, and as captain of the Canadiens, and these assets will certainly contribute to the success of our team."

Muller helped Montreal win its most recent Stanley Cup as a player in 1993, and was named captain in 1994, only to be traded midway through the season.

He returned to Montreal in 2006, and spent five seasons as an assistant coach. Before joining the Blues, he spent parts of three seasons as the head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, missing the playoffs each year.

The Canadiens later confirmed that the team won't fire any of their current assistants to make room for Miller, according to NHL.com's Arpon Basu.

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It's Stanley's turn to brave The Shark Tank.

The Stanley Cup Final will land in Northern California for the first time ever Saturday when the San Jose Sharks host the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 of the season's culminating series.

Here are five reasons to look forward to the series' first stop in San Jose:

The Desperation

There'll be no easing into the Stanley Cup spectacle in San Jose; the Sharks absolutely must win Saturday's Game 3 to avoid seeing the franchise's debut appearance after 25 years from being a read-through.

The Sharks have faced elimination in these playoffs, but the plight they overcame in their second-round series versus the Nashville Predators pales in comparison to the blow Conor Sheary delivered in Game 2.

We have to see San Jose at its very best - at the jump - or it's more than likely curtains for the Sharks before even getting accustomed to these foreign waters.

The Jock Jams

These Sharks have something for "Chelsea Dagger."

Hands down, the best goal celebration song in the NHL belong to the Sharks, who encapsulate their endearing, self-deprecating, wholly new lease on life by slapping mitts to a throwback to gym classes everywhere in the '90s: 2 Unlimited's "Get Ready For This."

Full credit to the fans, who voted this classic Jock Jam in as the team's official goal song. We'd like to believe Brent Burns and Joe Thornton stuffed the ballot box, too.

The Tank

It will be how the Sharks - not the fans - handle being pushed into a corner for the first time this tournament. For a support system that knows nothing but postseason failure, though, an adverse start, and the heightened prospects of a swift elimination already being down 0-2, could have a discernible effect on the atmosphere.

That said, The Shark Tank has represented one of the more inhospitable road barns to visit over the past half-decade, and the fans will be most appropriately hyped for their first opportunity to welcome the Stanley Cup Final foe.

The Head

Seriously, there's no cooler on-ice prop to send a billowing cloud of fake fog through and to wheel out of. And it's not particularly close.

The Teal

For my money, the best jersey in the NHL - the Penguins' throwback third - happens to be one of the most underrated. The Cup Final will remain aesthetically pleasing as the series shifts to Northern California, where the Sharks will don what they like to call "Deep Pacific teal."

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After a busy few weeks, a sprained ankle will keep Matthew Tkachuk from participating in fitness tests at the NHL Scouting Combine, writes NHL.com's Mike Morreale.

"I'm going to hold off on the testing," Tkachuk said. "I'm a little dinged up. There's no point in doing any of the bike tests or the testing right now if I'm not 100 percent. Whichever team drafts me, I'll be excited to test at development camp and see where I rank. We'll see what they think and go from there."

Tkachuk, a First Team OHL All-Star, helped the London Knights to the Memorial Cup, scoring the tournament winner in overtime. He had 30 goals and 77 assists during the regular season, and 20 goals and 20 assists in 18 playoff games, before his heroics at the Memorial Cup.

Ranked second among North American skaters by the NHL ahead of the draft this month, Tkachuk's stock is "gaining momentum" after his dominant spring, one executive told Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

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Everyone's a blogger these days, including Pittsburgh's Jeff Zatkoff.

The Penguins' third-string goaltender is writing for NHL.com during the Stanley Cup Final, and he dropped an interesting nugget in his reaction to Game 2 about what he expected to be a joyous flight to San Jose.

This is a big one for us. It's only two, but it's nice to protect your home ice. Now we go there and it should make for a better flight coming off a "W."

So now I'll get to play some cards on the flight with Phil Kessel, Chris Kunitz and Nick Bonino. It's a long one so we'll have lots of time to hustle Phil. He thinks he's a player, but I think the guys in Toronto let him win because he hasn't won much this year.

Phil talks a big game. He's the No. 4 ranked player at the table out of four. This should be a great flight.

Kessel spent six seasons with the Maple Leafs, losing a hell of a lot more games than he won. Toronto made the playoffs once during No. 81's time with the club, losing to the Boston Bruins - the team that drafted him and traded him to the Maple Leafs - in a memorable seven-game series. Yes, it was 4-1 in Game 7 for the Maple Leafs.

Based on what Kessel went through in Toronto, Zatkoff's theory makes sense. He had to take wins where he could, even if they were given to him.

Acquired by the Penguins last summer, it appears a very happy ending may be in store for Kessel, in the form of a Stanley Cup. Pittsburgh's two wins away, with five games left to turn the trick, and he leads the club in playoff scoring with 19 points in 20 games.

Phil Kessel, Stanley Cup winner. Phil Kessel, Conn Smythe Trophy candidate. Phil Kessel, terrible cards player. Yeah, he'll take that, we think.

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