What May the Patrik Laine Commerce Look Like?
Dan Kingerski of Montreal Hockey Now: Evidently the Pittsburgh Penguins might use a goal-scorer like Patrik Laine. Pittsburgh desires to make noise within the playoffs and but doesn’t wish to strip the cabinet naked. That presents a giant dilemma.
Laine has a 10-team no-trade checklist. One presumes Pittsburgh will not be on this checklist. Columbus already paid $2 million so far as his signing bonus. So groups could be on the hook for $16.2 million actual {dollars} if there was zero retention.
Nonetheless that is sufficient to scare fairly a couple of groups away. Columbus thinks they will get a reasonably good return however with a small market, expectations must be tempered. Pittsburgh nonetheless has work to do to get the numbers to work.
Keep in mind the Jake Guentzel commerce right here as Dubas and Don Waddell have danced earlier than. Possibly Dubas dangles a second-round decide and/or a second-tier prospect. The truth is Columbus might need to take what it may possibly.
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High 10 RFA’s Most Notables And Rumors
Luke Fox and Rory Boylen of Sportsnet: Presently it’s seems like Jeremy Swayman heads the category of unsigned RFA’s. The Boston Bruins’ goaltender figures to get most of Boston’s remaining $8.6 million in cap house. This additionally expects to be a long-term deal. The query is for a way lengthy on each counts.
Moritz Seder – Detroit Pink Wings – The $8.6 million quantity appears to be a pleasant, random quantity usually tossed round. Jake Sanderson, Rasmus Dahlin, and Owen Energy all obtained shiny offers locking up their prime years. Seider performs protection extraordinarily properly and contributes greater than properly sufficient offensively. It’s a matter of when and the way a lot.
Lucas Raymond – Detroit Pink Wings – Now, Raymond might be differnet. Whereas Steve Yzerman would possibly get compelled into an extended extension with Seider, there’s room for a mid-length extension with Raymond. It might take extra time however the expectation is it is going to get accomplished when it will get accomplished.
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Seth Jarvis – Carolina Hurricanes – That is a kind of offers that looks like it’s relatively shut. A greenback quantity might be agreed on that is available in round $8 million AAV over eight years.