I'm beginning to think pagnotta lied...
I don't think he did. There was just way too many rumblings in and around Nashville about Trotz doing everything he could to make a deal. Even had a few that they had a deal basically done the day before but Buffalo came back and wanted another player added. Sounds like that may be where something may have fell apart that next day.
My guess is that and maybe one or two others is what he was hearing about. Obviously nothing came from it, but we rarely hear about anything in Nashville and even the fans who have people on the inside said something was going on, and that is pretty rare for that to get out before its basically done.