Has Luke Hughes Set the Bar for Lane Hutson and the Montreal Canadiens?
The New Jersey Devils and restricted free agent defenseman Luke Hughes agreed to a new seven-year deal value $63 million that carries an AAV of $9 million a season. There had been some reviews out that Lane Hutson’s camp had been ready to see what Luke Hughes set the quantity at. The Montreal Canadiens now know {that a} long-term extension will most probably price them over $9 million, perhaps even near $10 million.
Marco D’Amico of RG: Lane Hutson will deliver Hughes’s quantity to the Canadiens as a comp. Nevertheless, the Canadiens aren’t in the identical place because the Devils, as there may be time to get a deal performed between Hutson and Montreal. There was extra urgency in New Jersey with Hughes.
Anthony Di Marco of Daily Faceoff on TSN Radio in Montreal on Wednesday was requested in regards to the Hughes extension means for Lane Hutson.
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Di Marco: “So I imply, what does it imply for Lane Hutson? I imply, I suppose that the query is, is Lane Hutson a slam dunk primary already in the present day? However I actually suppose that $9 million is now the bar for Lane Hutson that Luke Hughes set. However with Lane Hutson’s offensive numbers doubtlessly going to blow up even additional this yr, perhaps he’s going to be pushing up on 10 when his contract time comes round.”
Later within the day, Pierre LeBrun joined TSN Radio in Montreal and was requested the identical query, stating that the Hughes quantity is a place to begin.
LeBrun: “Yeah, you’ll be able to’t ignore it. It’s a wonderful query. And let’s face it, I’d think about anybody who follows the Canadiens carefully would have led to that subsequent dialog as quickly as they noticed seven occasions 9 for Luke Hughes in New Jersey. For positive. That’s a recent comparable.
Now, the entire household dynamic, the Hughes household dynamic that I simply went down, in all probability makes it a little bit of a singular contract. However however, there’s $9 million on the board now, proper? That’s how these items work. I imply, pay attention, clearly, within the good world I feel the Habs would have appreciated Lane Hutson’s extension to be performed by now.
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I imply, my understanding of the state of affairs is the Habs actually been aggressive on that entrance all through the summer season. I imply, they’ve tried, however, you understand, clearly, there’s no extension at this level. So, you understand, we’ll see the place this goes.”
NHLRumors.com Notice: As NHLRumors.com has reported throughout the summer season, there may be time between Lane Hutson and the Montreal Canadiens. Nevertheless, most probably, everybody expects Hutson to return in across the $10 million mark. If Cale Makar units the benchmark greater than $12 million, Hutson could strategy $11 million. Nevertheless, given the way in which Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes, and the Montreal Canadiens have structured their wage, it’s a reasonably protected wager the quantity is $10 million.
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