New Jersey Devils forward Jaromir Jagr has a simple philosophy about the NHL Trade Deadline, which is 3 p.m. ET on March 2.

Whatever will be, will be. Jagr's focus will remain squarely on playing hockey.

"I don't pay attention to the deadline. I'm a professional. I just work even harder than I did before," Jagr said Monday, according to NJ Advance Media. "If I stay here, I stay here. If I don't, I still have to be ready. If somebody trades for me they'll expect me to be good. And if I stay here I have to be good. So I have to work harder than ever to make sure I'm good."

Jagr, who turns 43 on Feb. 15, enters the Devils game Monday against the Edmonton Oilers with a four-game point streak; he has two goals and two assists in that span. He has 11 goals and 29 points in 49 games, and earlier this season became the oldest player in NHL history to record a hat trick. His next goal will be the 717th of his career and tie him with Phil Esposito for fifth all-time.

Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill isn't in a hurry to do much as the clock ticks toward the NHL Trade Deadline, which is 3 p.m. ET on March 2.

The Stars enter the week five points behind the Calgary Flames for the second Western Conference wild-card spot into the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

"If it looks like we're out of it in two weeks, we're probably looking to move [unrestricted free agents]," Nill told ESPN.com.

But if the Stars are still in contention? "Probably nothing [ahead of the deadline]," he said.

Edmonton Oilers defenseman Jeff Petry is drawing interest as the 2015 NHL Trade Deadline approaches, general manager Craig MacTavish said Friday.

MacTavish, speaking on 630 CHED Radio, said Petry's recent play has increased his value. The 27-year-old can be an unrestricted free agent after this season.

Jeff Petry

Defense - EDM

GOALS: 4 | ASST: 7 | PTS: 11
SOG: 95 | +/-: -23

"And pending his UFA status, there's motivation on our part to move him or get him signed. So it'll be one of those things."

New York Rangers center Derek Stepan will not play Saturday against the Nashville Predators because of an undisclosed illness, according to the Rangers' verified Twitter account.

Stepan missed the beginning of this season recovering from a leg injury; he has 34 points in 36 games since returning.

Calgary Flames coach Bob Hartley joined NHL Live to discuss the surprising success the Flames have enjoyed this season.

The Flames are 29-20-3 and began Thursday in second place in the Pacific Division. To Hartley, the hard work, effort and results start in the dressing room.

"It starts with our great captain Mark Giordano and all our great leaders to all our young players," Hartley said. "I rarely saw in my coaching career a group of individuals so committed to playing the right way, working out the right way, practicing the right way, and obviously having fun winning games. This is a great group of guys and it's lots of fun."

Ottawa Senators forward Chris Neil said he has not asked for a trade with the 2015 NHL Trade Deadline approaching, the Ottawa Citizen reported Thursday.

"I haven't indicated that I want out of here or anything," Neil told the Citizen. "I've taken less money (than was offered elsewhere) to stay here in previous contracts. It shows the loyalty I have to this organization. I've bled a lot and went a lot of miles with this team and I've got a lot left."

Forward Mitchell Marner of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, the leading scorer in the OHL, is expected to miss up to two weeks because of an upper-body injury, the London Free Press reported Wednesday.

Marner, No. 7 on NHL Central Scouting's midterm ranking of North American skaters for the 2015 NHL Draft, was hurt Sunday during a game against the Oshawa Generals.

The 5-foot-11, 160-pound center has 93 points in 45 games, more than any other player in the Canadian Hockey League. His 35 goals are tied for the lead in the OHL.

The Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers are two of the teams that have talked to the Toronto Maple Leafs about acquiring forward Mike Santorelli, according to ESPN.com.

Santorelli, in his first season with the Maple Leafs, has 10 goals and 28 points in 52 games, the same totals he had in 48 games last season with the Canucks. The 29-year-old has played mostly on the wing this season but can play center. He's won 47 percent of his faceoffs but last season in Vancouver he won 51.3 percent while taking 419 draws, fourth-most on the Canucks.

The Edmonton Oilers will be without forwards Taylor Hall and Benoit Pouliot against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday, interim coach Todd Nelson said, according to the team's verified Twitter account.

Hall and Pouliot will travel with the team on a six-game road trip that begins Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Hall missed three games coming out of the All-Star break with a bone bruise before returning Monday against the San Jose Sharks. He didn't play in the third period or overtime and wasn't used in the 13-round shootout as the Oilers won 5-4.

"As the game went on it started to get worse," Nelson said of the injury, which Hall re-aggravated. "It was up to Taylor and the pain."

The Calgary Flames on Wednesday recalled defenseman Corey Potter from Adirondack of the American Hockey League. To make room on the roster, defenseman Tyler Wotherspoon was sent to the AHL.

Potter, 31, has spent all season in the AHL; he has 10 points and 18 penalty minutes in 25 games. Last season he had five points in 19 games with the Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins. He also played in one Stanley Cup Playoff game with the Bruins.

In parts of six NHL seasons with the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Oilers and Bruins, Potter has eight goals and 32 points in 123 games.