The Fourth Interval: David Pagnotta doesn’t assume there’s any rush for the New York Rangers to work out contract extensions for pending RFA’s Alexis Lafreniere and Ok’Andre Miller.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Ryan Paton: “All proper, Dave, let’s dive proper into this factor. A lot focus in New York on the contract and the size for Igor Shesterkin, however they’ve another large free brokers proper now that they should be speaking to. One being Alexis LaFreniere, the opposite being Ok’Andre Miller. Something pertaining to these two you could talk about with us?”
Pagnotta: “Yeah, effectively, Ryan, you understand, yeah, Shesterkin, and Igor goes to get all the eye. And Mike Rupp on NHL community type of blew up town a bit of bit by saying he’s standing agency on $11.5 million.”
Paton: “That’s proper.”
Pagnotta: “We’ll see what it is going to see if Ruper finally ends up being, being true. However Igor continues to be holding out for $12-plus (million) by the sounds of issues.
However you’re proper. You’ve bought Alexis Lafreniere and also you’ve bought Ok’Andre Miller that want offers as effectively, they usually’re going to eat up a giant chunk of the cap transferring ahead for the New York Rangers.
The conversations with each have been, let’s say, fluid, Open traces of communication on each ends for each gamers. Nothing sounds imminent for the time being, and I don’t know essentially if it means the Rangers are ready for Shesterkin to happen. I don’t assume it does, as a result of they’ve bought a giant pool that’s going to lots to them.
However they’re going to hold issues out. There doesn’t appear to be a lot panic or a rush to get this executed. However each gamers, Lafreniere and Miller on the radars for the New York Rangers. They wish to determine one thing out, however no person’s going to hurry into it. It’s only a matter of getting it executed, however it’s on the precedence checklist for Chris Drury,
I’ve been very impressed with Lafreniere this season. and that line with Trochek and Panarin …”
Pagnotta: “He’s been nice.”
Paton: “… dynamite for the Rangers.”
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