Dubas is one smart cookie. With Matthews, Marner, Kapanen and a whole host of others needing new contracts next year he made his best trading chip even more attractive. There's no doubt Dubas' phone was pretty busy with offers that will still be around next year, and TML just lined him with cash to make it even easier for more teams around the league to bid.
I would imagine they will plan on keeping Nylander, but I would bet this contract was structured with a few teams in mind. If they need to, this is a pretty easy player to move - and the assets coming the other way just got juicier.
He was polishing his assets in the middle of a stand-off
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