The NHLs Mar. 2 Trade Deadline is approaching and teams are making decisions on whether to buy, sell and decide which players can make the biggest difference and hold the greatest value. Check out todays trade rumours and speculation from around the NHL beat. And follow TradeCentre on TSN and TSN.ca through Deadline Day for all the updates. Winnik Ways The Toronto Maple Leafs are hearing offers, but they arent ready to start selling just yet. According to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, the Leafs received an offer from the Pittsburgh Penguins - one of the busier clubs ahead of the deadline - for utility forward Daniel Winnik last week. It was last week and we shouldnt be surprised by it but the Pittsburgh Penguins put in an offer on Daniel Winnik, Dreger said on TSN Radio 1050. Pittsburgh is doing a pretty good job of getting their business done well before the trade deadline. The Penguins acquired F David Perron from the Edmonton Oilers at the beginning of January and traded F Marcel Goc to the St. Louis Blues for F Maxim Lapierre on Tuesday. Winnik has three goals and 17 assists this season with the Maple Leafs and has played on all four lines as well as seeing time on the penalty kill. He leads the club with a plus-13 rating. They (Pittsburgh) wouldve preferred to tweak their third line and felt that Daniel Winnik wouldve been a real nice add to that third line with (Brandon) Sutter and maybe Nick Spaling, but understandably the Toronto Maple Leafs, they want a decent price. They may need return for Daniel Winnik if theyre going to consider that trade. Its a little early for the Leafs. We look at the standings and see Toronto is 10 points back but theyre not ready to wave the towel yet. Flaming Lips The Calgary Flames are looking into the possibility of acquiring centre Mike Richards from the Los Angeles Kings. According to Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun, a source confirmed GM Brad Treliving has inquired about the 29-year-olds services. The two-time Stanley Cup champion cleared waivers Tuesday and is expected to report to the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL this week. Francis reports the Flames would be interested in adding a player like Tyler Toffoli or Tanner Pearson to a potential deal with Richards, who has five years left on his contract with an annual cap hit of $5.75 million. Richards, who has been in steady decline since a career-high 80 point season with the Philadelphia Flyers in 2008-2009, has just five goals and 10 assists in 47 games this season. Yard sale? The Carolina Hurricanes have a handful of pending unrestrcited free agents that could find themselves in other jerseys by the time the trade deadline rolls around. 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Ellis had a season-high 37 points and two key assists late, Dirk Nowitzki led a fourth-quarter rally with 14 of his 35 points, and the Mavericks spoiled Howards best offensive night in Houston with a 123-120 victory over the Rockets on Wednesday night.The NCAA drops the puck today on their mens hockey tournament and there will be no shortage of Canadians on the ice as 16 teams try to make their first step to becoming National Champions. The tournament includes a total of 109 Canadian players. There are 35 players from Ontario, 35 from British Columbia, 18 from Alberta and seven each from Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Many of those players are trying to follow in the footsteps of several successful Canadian NHLers who went to college, including four members of the gold-medal-winning Sochi Olympic team: Jonathan Toews (North Dakota), Martin St. Louis (Vermont), Patrick Sharp (Vermont) and Chris Kunitz (Ferris State). "I think that if more Canadian families were exposed to what college can do — as parents for your kid socially, athletically and academically ... I think more people would be doing it," said University of Denver coach Jim Montgomery, a Montreal native who went to Maine and ended up playing 122 NHL games. Among the 945 players to see NHL action this season, 100 were Canadians who played at a U.S. college. Naturally, many went the more traditional road, through the QMJHL, OHL or WHL. But the NCAA is slowly becoming another acceptable way to get there. "Theres no wrong path," Phoenix Coyotes assistant general manager Brad Treliving said. "I think as a Canadian guy you grew up and youre around major junior hockey more, so ... youre closer to it than you are U.S. colleges, but, jeez, theres no wrong answer. Its an individual choice and theres benefits to both." Treliving said major junior hockey is the "quicker" path to the NHL because it has more of a pro-style schedule and grind. But others point to colleges 40-game season as a better chance for some players to develop. Theres more opportunity to lift weights and practice. "Theres the Sidney Crosbys and the Ovechkins and the Malkins of the world that could grow under a rock and are going to play in the NHL," Montgomery said. "Theres otther perfect examples — elite players like the Paul Kariyas of the world.dddddddddddd. Those are the ones everyone knows but its like, did he really need to go to college? Well, Paul Kariya needed to go to college because he was 155 pounds and in 18 months of college he was 175 pounds ready to play against 30-year-old men that are 225 pounds. "It teaches you how to be a man quick." Perhaps some notoriety can come from watching this NCAA tournament. Boston College defenceman Michael Matheson (Pointe-Claire, Que.) is a first-round pick and top prospect for the Florida Panthers, while Quinnipiac has Connor and Kellen Jones (Montrose, B.C.) and Matthew Peca(Petawawa, Ont.). Wisconsin goaltender Joel Rumpel (Swift Current, Sask.) has been one of the best in the country this season and could soon follow in the footsteps of other recent Canadian college players like Matt Read, Ben Scrivens and Cory Conacher who have signed NHL contracts. Hamilton brothers Greg and Matt Carey recently signed deals with the Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks, respectively, after playing at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York. Greg Carey came away satisfied with his direction, which was only possible because playing tier-2 junior hockey opened him up to the world of U.S. colleges. "You have friends, older friends on your team who have the ability to go and to head down to the States and play and it looks like a lot of fun," Carey said in a phone interview. "And then you get to go on your visits and you get exposed to this world that you really dont see as a Canadian kid growing up. 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