Two groups weren’t afraid of getting a long-term dedication from Quinn Hughes
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on when Quinn Hughes instructed the Vancouver Canucks that he wouldn’t signal a contract extension with them. The New Jersey have been actually , however they weren’t in a position to create the wage room.
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Ron McLean: “Okay, Quinn Hughes. Stroll us by way of somewhat little bit of all of it.”
Friedman: “Yeah. So, you understand, one of many issues that everyone sort of questioned about was, what was the behind the scenes of this play? And there’s been numerous hypothesis, myself too, about, you understand what Hughes mentioned to the Canucks and when in regards to the future. And in addition, the Canucks have brazenly speculated that Hughes would wish to play along with his brothers. So what did they know?
And the most effective info I might get within the aftermath of this surprising commerce, which Martine Gaillard jogged my memory final evening, I by no means noticed coming. That’s, that he knowledgeable them, I imagine, proper earlier than US Thanksgiving, like round that point, because the Canucks have been shedding, he was actually having hassle coping with it.
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When you’re a Canucks fan, you noticed it. When you’re a Canuck watcher, you noticed it. He was actually combating the shedding. And it was proper round that point, earlier than US Thanksgiving, that the Canucks have been knowledgeable he wouldn’t be signing an extension with them this summer season. And that’s when the Canucks actually stepped issues up.
Now, there is no such thing as a doubt, none in any respect, that numerous groups have been actually scared off or anxious about the truth that Hughes wouldn’t present a long-term dedication at the moment. His agent Pat Brisson’s quote is saying that over the past 24 hours. I believe there have been two groups that weren’t actually afraid of that.
Primary was Minnesota, as a result of I believe Invoice Guerin isn’t afraid of something. And the opposite one, I imagine, was New Jersey, as a result of I simply suppose they felt they have been in a extremely good place.
New Jersey, they may not clear the cap room, and I believe they’ve received some clauses there that have been actually and pretty negotiated that prevented them from doing what they wanted to do to open up spots.
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And I believe Minnesota simply mentioned, we’re going for it, and so they did. And you understand, typically, Ron, you come out of this stuff and other people say, ‘Oh, I might have given them a greater supply. Vancouver received a greater deal.’ I’m not seeing that right here in any respect.
I do know the Canucks followers are actually disenchanted. I perceive it. I don’t suppose within the circumstances, they may have gotten a greater deal than this one.”
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