Alex DeBrincat to the Dallas Stars or Detroit Red Wings?

That and other notes I've dug up in the past couple weeks.

It’s rumbling season.

People are hearing things, sources are sending texts, and news snippets are brewing as we wait for the fireworks of an actual trade or the NHL Draft next week.

Everyone in hockey media is doing their best this week to be an insider. That’s not a shot, it’s just a reality, it’s how you fill the week between the Stanley Cup Final and the Draft in this business.

With that train of thought, here are a couple notes on things I picked up in the past couple weeks that I figured be worth sharing for subscribers here at Shap Shots.

DeBrincat to Dallas or Detroit?

Alex DeBrincat is a restricted free agent with a $9 million qualifying offer.

The Ottawa Senators could qualify him for $9 million and he’d play for them this season. That would take him to unrestricted free agency, where DeBrincat is expected to test the market and likely leave Ottawa.