Countdown to TradeCentre: Oilers 'kicking tires' on defencemen Soucy, Kulak

The NHL's Mar. 21 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 today's trade rumours and speculation from around the NHL beat.

TSN's Ryan Rishaug reports the Oilers are still searching for some help on the blue line as the deadline approaches and are "kicking tires" on Carson Soucy of the Seattle Kraken as well as Brett Kulak of the Montreal Canadiens.

F1 season about to get underway on #Tsn Crazy finish last year, new regulations in place, feels pretty wide open. Should be fun to have on as we dig into the day before the deadline. Oilers still hunting for D help. Soucy, Kulak among those they’d be kicking tires on.

Soucy, 27, has seven goals and seven assists with the expansion Kraken while Kulak, 28, has three goals and 10 assists over 56 games . 

Trade rumours have swirled for weeks around Marc-Andre Fleury and one of the teams that could be interested are the Minnesota Wild.

But according to TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun, Chicago's asking price and Minnesota's desire to part with a first-rounder may not fit.

I don't know where things will go between Minnesota and Chicago regarding Marc-Andre Fleury but we know the Hawks' asking price last week was a 1st RD pick for Fleury, and we know the Wild don't want to move a 1st RD pick for a rental so... something would have to give there...

"I don't know where things will go between Minnesota and Chicago regarding Marc-Andre Fleury but we know the Hawks' asking price last week was a first-round pick for Fleury, and we know the Wild don't want to move a first-round pick for a rental so... something would have to give there..." LeBrun