The Islanders and Kyle Palmieri getting shut, Blackhawks will speak once more quickly to Ryan Donato
TSN: The New York Islanders and ahead Kyle Palmieri are getting near finalizing a contract extension, in line with Pierre LeBrun.
The Chicago Blackhawks and Ryan Donato held some contract extension talks on deadline day. They’ve since taken a little bit of a break however are anticipated to renew these talks quickly.
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Might the Pittsburg Penguins goal Mitch Marner? Can/will they transfer Erik Karlsson and/or Tristan Jarry?
Josh Yohe of The Athletic: (mailbag) Chris Johnston mentioned that the Toronto Maple Leafs need to re-sign pending UFA Mitch Marner however he appears a bit hesitant. There are quite a few explanation why Marner and the Pittsburgh Penguins would make sense – they’ve the cap house, relationship with Kyle Dubas and Sidney Crosby, nonetheless younger at 27, and it’s seemingly Evgeni Malkin‘s remaining season and so they want star energy.
On the opposite facet, it hasn’t appeared like Dubas goes to make an enormous splash this offseason, and issues might be pointing to getting one other excessive draft decide subsequent 12 months, after which begin making a play for the 2026-27 season. It might not make sense to spend huge on Marner beneath this plan.
There may be additionally the query of, would Marner even need to come to Pittsburgh given the state of the workforce?
The Penguins have loads of draft picks and get the sense that they’ll flip some to accumulate younger NHL gamers or to maneuver up within the draft.
Consider that the Penguins will commerce defenseman Erik Karlsson this offseason and don’t assume that they’ll want to connect draft picks/belongings to maneuver him. If the Penguins have been to retain $3 million, that will put Karlsson at $7 million for 2 years. That ought to internet a good return.
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If goaltender Tristan Jarry finishes the 12 months robust, possibly there’s a workforce that can take an opportunity on him. If they’ll’t commerce him, although unlikely, he might be their starter subsequent season.
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