Jonathan Toews is again on the ice and looking out in direction of subsequent yr
Mark Lazerus of The Athletic: Jonathan Toews has been skating in Arizona for the previous couple of weeks, and he’s not pleased with how issues led to Chicago.
“I’m not glad the best way issues led to Chicago,” Toews advised The Athletic. “It’s not about proving something. It’s simply that there’s one thing left within the tank and I need to discover that. I need to go have enjoyable, have a blast, play with ardour. However on the identical time, I nonetheless have some high-level hockey left. I need to have the ability to step away from the sport having stated that I’ve given it my all. And I nonetheless assume there’s one thing left to present.”
He’s missed over two years and plans on coming again subsequent fall. Bodily and mentally, he feels prepared to present it one other go. Toews hasn’t began speaking to groups but, however he gained’t be returning to the Chicago Blackhawks
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“I actually do assume that chapter is closed,” he stated. “I respect what Kyle and the group is doing. They determined a couple of years in the past to maneuver in a unique course and I’m all for that. … I don’t assume that’s a match for me anymore. I need to go someplace and have an opportunity to be myself and play the sport. I do know my greatest hockey’s going to return by that method, as a substitute of attempting to be in that position the place I’m nonetheless dwelling with the strain of our Cup-winning days. That period’s over.”
Noah Cates may very well be arbitration
Anthony Di Marco of Daily Faceoff: The Philadelphia Flyers have pending RFAs in Noah Cates, Tyson Foerster, and Cam York.
Cates had been certainly one of their extra dependable facilities and may very well be in line for a pleasant elevate. It doesn’t look like there are at the moment any plans for a long-term deal, and it’s trying prefer it may go to arbitration.
A supply stated that Cates isn’t taken with a long-term deal and is prepared to wager on himself on a one-year deal (after which a UFA) because the wage cap continues to rise. The supply added the Flyers view Cates at round $3.5 million on a 4 to six-year deal.
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Do imagine that Cates is likely to be taken with staying long-term, however it must be for extra money.
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