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TSN Hockey Insiders Bob McKenzie, Darren Dreger and Pierre LeBrun have the latest on the coaching vacancies in Pittsburgh and Vancouver, the trade market for the top three centres reportedly available and if P.K. Subban will receive an offer sheet in free agency. With Bill Peters being named the head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, three coaching vacancies remain in the NHL. What is the latest news on the Pittsburgh Penguins opening? Dreger: Were looking at Willie Desjardins as potentially the next head coach of the Penguins. Now, Desjardins is a hot commodity, given his American Hockey League championship with the Texas Stars of the Dallas Stars organization. We know he was a hot commodity with the Vancouver Canucks, but I expect the Pittsburgh Penguins are the team that will land Desjardins. McKenzie: If Desjardins ends up with the Pittsburgh Penguins, some might consider that to be a blow to the Vancouver Canucks, where hes long been considered a candidate for their head coaching position. Keep in mind that John Stevens, who recently re-upped with the Los Angeles Kings, was another candidate in Vancouver. However, there are still lots of guys who general manager Jim Benning and president Trevor Linden have interviewed and are interested in. Mike Johnston, the general manager and head coach of the Portland Winterhawks, is amongst those who is considered to be a strong candidate for this job. LeBrun: Stevens would have had an interview - at very least - with the Hurricanes, Penguins and Canucks but he decided to stay put in Los Angeles, where he was promoted from assistant head coach to associate head coach. I spoke to Stevens and the one thing thats out there that he claims is absolutely false is that this promotion is not about a succession plan. There have been rumours that hes in line to replace Darryl Sutter as coach at some point in the next couple of years. Those are not true, according to Stevens. He stayed because he wants to be there and one day if he wants to be head coach, it will probably happen somewhere else. On the trade front, three centres are drawing a lot of attention. Amongst them is Joe Thornton, who has a no-movement clause. Would he willing to waive it? LeBrun: Joe Thornton has yet to tell the San Jose Sharks he wants to be moved somewhere. Right now, Thornton wants to stay in San Jose. Could that change by the end of the summer? I suppose it could before the end of the summer. In the meantime, teams who are intrigued are calling San Jose. Amongst those teams are the Detroit Red Wings. Thornton is from St. Thomas, not too far from Detroit but, again, none of that talk means anything until Thornton decides to tell the Sharks he does not want to be a part of the rebuilding plan, and that has not happened at this point. A lot of talk surrounding Ryan Keslers availability and the availability of Jason Spezza, who after Bryan Murray spoke at the general managers meeting, sounds like its a fait accompli hes moving. LeBrun: Once we get to the draft in Philadelphia it looks like things will really heat up on the Spezza trade front and on the Ryan Kesler trade front, obviously with first-round picks being involved next Friday night. The Anaheim Ducks are real wild card in all of this. We know they want another centre and they tried to get Kesler at the trade deadline in March but failed. The Ducks have talked to Ottawa about Spezza and have talked to the Canucks, again, about Kesler but the price is too high. I think the Senators would love to get their first round pick back from Anaheim, which they traded for Bobby Ryan, but I dont think Anaheim is willing to make that deal. McKenzie: Keep on eye on the Boston Bruins; they have surplus of defencemen. Obviously, Zdeno Chara and Dougie Hamilton wont be moved but Johnny Boychuk, Dennis Seidenberg, Adam McQuaid, Kevan Miller, Torey Krug and Matt Bartkowski, who are all NHL-caliber defencemen. Dont be surprised if they move one of those players for a forward. The Bruins are still looking to sign Jerome Iginla and whether that deal gets done or not will dictate their needs this off-season. Could restricted free agent P.K. Subban draw an offer sheet this summer? Dreger: Hell definitely be a prime target but it is hard to say that it is likely to happen. However, the longer the negotiation - or lack thereof - between Newport Sports and the Montreal Canadiens drags on will create a target for Subban from an offer sheet perspective. 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The picturesque surrounds of Montego Bays Trelawney Stadium Dishing out team fines is something we enjoy doing throughout the duration of tour - basically a fines master is appointed, and they are then responsible for collating an ongoing list of embarrassing moments or daft comments for each player and member of our support staff. On the last night of tour we gather as a big group to go through them all. It helps to keep things light-hearted and maybe stop people being stupid - even the management!In good spirits and ready to go, we played a warm-up game against a Jamaica womens representative XI ahead of our first ODI, which featured some excellent contributions from Amy Jones and Danni Wyatt. Our preparation block at the National Cricket Performance Centre leading into this tour has so far proven to be spot on. All the talk back in Loughborough was about being able to play on slow, low, turning pitches and making game plans to enable us to negate the threat of spinners and how to score runs with low risk options. So far, the pitches we have played on for first two ODIs were exactly that although with 9.30am starts out here, there was a little more help for the seam bowlers early in the morning.The first ODI was perhaps one of the best games of cricket I have ever been involved in. The game ebbed and flowed, momentum shifted in the space of a few balls and true to the universal law of low-scoring games there was an exciting finish - with an exceptional spell of bowling from Katherine Brunt to give us the victory.Unfortunately, it wasnt to be in our second ODI where in another low scoring game we fancied ourselves to chase 149, especially when we were so well positioned at 90-3. However, as in the first clash, momentum changed very quickly and after a devastating spell of bowling from Deandra Dottin we found ourselves all out for 110. Deandra Dottin once again proved her pedigree, in the second ODI The local support from hotel staff and English tourrists has been fantastic.dddddddddddd. We managed to nearly fill one of the large stands for the first ODI with England fans (staying in the same hotel as us for a big family wedding!) who wholeheartedly took on the vuvuzelas of the West Indian fans and created one of the best atmospheres for us to play in front of. Although there were probably only 300 people in the ground it felt like 3,000!Back at the hotel the staff have been fantastic, always so friendly even though they were supporting the West Indians. Although Im pretty sure for the first few days they were trying to slip some rum in our banana smoothies to throw us off our game!We have been caught in a few tropical storms over here resulting in some proper rain! I have been rooming with Jenny Gunn who is normally petrified of storms but I ran back to the room to check on her and she was playing photographer extraordinaire out on the balcony lapping up the slow-mo feature on her phone and filming crazy videos! She said the heat must have been getting to her! We join England Women on their tour bus as they prepare for the final three ODIs of their series against West Indies. We are off to Kingston now for the remainder of our series and for the three ODIs which also carry ICC Womens Championship points - the qualification competition for the ICC Womens World Cup in England next year. We will be looking to right the wrongs from the last ODI and put in some good performances at the iconic Sabina Park.For the first time in over 20 years, the ICC Womens World Cup is coming to England and heres your chance to see the final at Lords... Ensure youre at the competitions showpiece final on Sunday, July 23, 2017, with priority access to purchasing tickets. Click here for Sky customer pre-sale tickets for the Lords final.For further 2017 Womens World Cup tournament information, click here. Also See: See the Womens World Cup Sportswomen Facebook page Follow us @SportswomenSky Live cricket on Sky ' ' '