NHL TRADE TALK: Could Byfuglien be on the move (to the Kings)?

"The Neutral Zone" Trade Rumor Report

Dustin Byfuglien

In recent weeks, contract negotiations between the Winnipeg Jets and Dustin Byfuglien have really picked up, says Ed Tait of the Winnipeg Free Press 

Byfuglien recently said that he would love to stay in Winnipeg. 

"Yeah. I'd love to. I've met a lot of good people and now some really good friends," the Jets defenseman said. "I've been here for a long time. You never want to leave home. I've been here long enough; my family has been here and I've had two kids here. 

"It's somewhere you don't want to leave."

However, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun, the Los Angeles Kings are interested in Byfuglien.

But LeBrun says that the Kings' cap issues may gt in the way of them acquiring Byfuglien.

"First of all, Kings are right at the cap," LeBrun said Tuesday on TSN 1260. "So for them to absorb Byfuglien's cap number, even this late in the year, there would have to be guys going back. And how do the Jets feel about that. The Kings don't have a first round pick. And maybe that's the death knell for them."