Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: With the market altering, we’re going to see extra $10+ million offers with Kyle Connor (simply signed), Adrian Kempe, Martin Necas, Alex Tuch. Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes are eligible for enormous extensions subsequent summer time. How excessive will the younger RFAs go – Connor Bedard, Logan Cooley, and Macklin Celebrini?
So, early projections had the 2026-27 wage cap ceiling at $104 million, nevertheless it’s potential that it might find yourself at $107 million.
On the prime of the 2028 unrestricted free agent checklist are Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, and Zach Werenski.
A number of sources are saying the Montreal Canadiens got here in slightly below $9 million on an eight-year deal, with some cash deferred, on their supply to Lane Hutson. Hutson’s camp is on the lookout for over $9 million, however not by a ridiculous quantity.
It’s believed that again earlier than July 1st and earlier than he signed his contract extension, the Carolina Hurricanes have been prepping a suggestion sheet for Evan Bouchard. They have been one yr and over $12.5 million. After Bouchard signed his four-year, $42 million extension, the Hurricanes turned to K’Andre Miller.
The Philadelphia Flyers are trying out the defensive commerce market. The Vancouver Canucks are on the lookout for a middle. The Toronto Maple Leafs are on the lookout for a top-six ahead. The Carolina Hurricanes are lurking for one thing.
NHL Rumors: New Jersey Devils, and the Montreal Canadiens
If Andrei Vasilevskiy is again to himself and wholesome, Pheonix Copley may very well be again on waivers or despatched straight again to the LA Kings.
Just a few sources are saying that there was a workforce that was contemplating re-acquiring their first-round in order that they may supply sheet Anaheim Geese Mason McTavish. It was not the Hurricanes.
A number of sources suppose that $20 million a season was thrown in direction of Kirill Kaprizov earlier than he signed his extension with the Minnesota Wild. The Wild warned groups that they’d take it to the NHL in the event that they ever received proof that somebody was tampering.
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