Bruce Cassidy Loves The Idea Of Signing Ilya Kovalchuk.

"If he's in the mix, he plays a lot of left wing, so then what?" Cassidy told The Athletic. "If he wants to stay on the left side, then there are conversations if he would move to the right if he signs. Those are all ifs. If he (does sign) and he's playing the right side it's a great problem to have, to have two No. 1 right wingers. I don't think you can go wrong with whatever you decide."

"There are two options: (Pastrnak's) either staying on that top line, depending on what becomes available for Krejci and DeBrusk if we leave them together, which I don't see any reason not to right now," Cassidy told The Athletic. "The other option is dropping Pasta down and moving someone else up with Bergy and Marchy. Could that be someone through free agency, and I include Rick Nash in that, or is that internal? Maybe Danton Heinen is ready to go up there, and we use our resources for the third-line center if Riley Nash leaves. There are a lot of ifs, right?"