HNIC:
Leafs and Matthews will sit down this week and try and get a contract done
5 or 6 year term
won't be McDavid's AAV but Friedman thinks it will be close
Johnson thinks it will be 5 years @ 11 mil AAV (or slightly higher) or 6 years @ ~ 12 mil AAV
once they get Matthews done , Leafs will push to sign Marner and not wait until the summer like the agent says
all the Sellers want a 1st
Kings want a 1st for Tofolli
Ottawa wants a 1st for Dzingel
and of course the Canes want a 1st for Ferland
Kypreos thinks Jets, Flames, and Preds have their 1sts in play
Jets linked with Hayes
Preds not sure if they are getting Watson back so they may look for 2 front line players
Oilers have not talked to any candidates for the GM job
some of that procedural as teams won't let them talk to candidates, but guys like Mark Hunter is free right now and the Oilers have not progressed with him
search could take months
Kronwall has let Detroit know that he doesn't want to be traded
doesn't have a full NTC but it is expected Holland will respect his wishes unless he gets an offer he can't refuse and then maybe he takes it to Kronwall
Wings might now do an extension with Kronwall
Brassard likely won't stay long with the Panthers
Kypreos hearing Blue Jackets are interested and wondering if it could be related to Panarin and Bobrovsky
Friedman shoots that down and says it is more likely Panthers will chase Panarin and Bobrovsky in free agency
teams interested in Panarin say they aren't expecting to be allowed to talk to Panarin about a contract before a trade
Devils say that won't trade Hall at the deadline
Blackhawks have asked Seabrook to waive NTC.
He has refused up to this point.
Hawks might ask again
Last edited by sureLoss; 02-02-2019 at 08:00 PM.
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