On the Cage Forum, wishful thinking on the part of Panthers' fans perhaps but they post a rumour of Douce returning to their team.
From someone I work with who is related to a partner of one of the Devils she said that Gui's wife absolutely hated it in Nottingham as the wives and girlfriends are pretty bitchy. Can potentially see him going to Belfast out of the Elite League teams - or potentially one of the new teams may want to make him their marquee signing.
As others have mentioned I can't see Bordy being back - you can tell he didn't really expect to be playing 4th line hockey over here in the UK and wanted more playing time. Pull of not having the family here too may also play a factor unless he gets married over the Summer. Steelers will clearly go for a tougher team next year as this year they went for speed so wondering if his friendship with Mathieu Roy (grew up with him & played for Florida Everblades together) could tempt him there.
As much as I rate Brine I can't see him coming back given no longer needing the EU passport holders - I can see the lure of CHL being able to get us better quality scoring forwards. Would be a shame though as Brine has been great, particularly defensively. From the other 2 EU passport holders Asselin looking likely to return from his mum's tweet and Benti I think will come back providing he doesn't fancy retiring and going out on a high.
Ulmer may retire too for the same reason and given he's a bit older and has recently had a new addition to the family. He'll be here till September at least as people have mentioned he's doing his MBA. Anyone know who else is doing it this year? I have a feeling Scott Hotham may be and possibly Fournier too given he was signed middle of last year so may have been given the lure of an MBA to sign a longer contract. Off the top of my head from seeing posts on Twitter last season it was Martin, Haddad & Salters and the year before A.Hotham, Walton & Marsh doing the MBA.
Only way I can see one of Piggott/Jones staying is if Murdy gets brought in by another EIHL team and we go for an U23 netminder as a replacement.