Florida Panthers Taking part in a Wait-and-See Sport with Aleksander Barkov
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet joined Sirius XM NHL Community Radio Morning Skate with Gord Stellick and Scott Laughlin. Friedman was requested concerning the Florida Panthers and Aleksander Barkov, and what’s the newest behind his LTIR standing.
NHLRumors.com Transcriptions
Scott Laughlin: “So relating to Barkov and the Panthers. So from what we perceive, and you may inform us extra about it, so in the event that they shut him down for the complete season, common season and playoffs, they will reap the advantages of $10 million bucks, proper? And in the event that they solely shut him down for the common season, carry it again for the playoffs. It’s 3.8 that they get, that they may play with and go on the market and get any person.”
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Elliotte Friedman: “Sure, nevertheless it’s not that straightforward. Principally, to make it easy, it’s like, declare or not declare, proper? So for those who don’t declare, it doesn’t matter what the timeline is, you solely get the three.8. And I’ll inform you what’s attention-grabbing about that’s that when this primary got here out, Scotty, somebody stated to me that they had been questioning, may they get a complete bunch of gamers making below 3.8 that provides as much as 10. And the NHL apparently has indicated that that’s not the case. You get 3.8, and you may fill it up with three totally different gamers if you wish to, however you solely get 3.8.
So folks had been already on the lookout for loopholes, and the NHL was already taking a look at it. So principally, and, for those who noticed Barkov the opposite evening, yeah, he made certain to go up on stage with out the crutches, and when he went and visited the Warmth, like he principally stated 5, six months. So I feel we have now to arrange for the likelihood right here that the Panthers and Barkov are going to attend to see if he could make a miracle comeback.”
NHLRumors.com Word: The Florida Panthers will proceed to function simply $3.8 million over the wage cap. There’s a perception that relating to Aleksander Barkov, he’ll return for the gamers from his torn ACL and MCL. Nevertheless, GM Invoice Zito continues to be weighing all his choices and won’t declare him ineligible for the season till he is aware of Barkov gained’t be taking part in that yr. At the moment, the Panthers will explore internal options to interchange Barkov while keeping an eye on the trade market.
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