Boston Bruins reportedly the favorites to trade for highly coveted defender

I think the Boston Bruins are the team that are in the drivers seat.

"With Gavrikov, I think the thing with him is: it's not exactly a secret that he's going to be traded,» Friedman said, «I believe he turned down a contract extension from Columbus, and the other thing with him too now is that teams have had permission for a few weeks now that they can speak to his representatives about an extension. So it's not like this comes as a huge surprise to people. I think what the difference is now, as you guys said, is he's been told he's not going to play; he's been put in the bubble wrap."

"So, I think the teams that we're talking about here are Boston; I think potentially Toronto, though I think the Maple Leafs are looking at a forward. I think L.A. has some interest particularly if they don't get Chychrun done, but I think the hangup with L.A. is that I think L.A. wants him done before they trade for him. L.A. wants guys with term, and I think there's probably a couple of other teams out there too. Edmonton, I think was in on Gavrikov, I'm not convinced they're still there. Those were the big three or four big teams I was looking at; I always assume there's two or three teams there I'm not thinking about.»