The Edmonton Oilers may match the commerce bundle for Mikko Rantanen
Ryan Rishaug: The Edmonton Oilers and Mikko Rantanen’s reps talked a few doable contract extension based on sources. The cash would have been greater than what he bought from the Dallas Stars.
What the Oilers had been providing as much as purchase him wasn’t sufficient to get a deal finished for the Hurricanes.
The Oilers additionally checked out Pittsburgh Penguins Richard Rakell and Chicago Blackhawks Ryan Donato.
The Toront Maple Leafs made it clear to Mitch Marner they need to re-sign him however requested if he wished to go to Carolina
TSN: Chris Johnston wrote within the Athletic that the Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes additionally mentioned a Mitch Marner for Mikko Rantanen commerce. Each are pending UFAs.
The Maple Leafs made it clear that they need to signal Marner to a contract extension however gave him the choice to go to Carolina if he wished as he holds a full no-movement clause. Marner mentioned that he wished to stay in Toronto for the remainder of the 12 months after which determine on his future within the offseason.
Marner didn’t need to get into his future on Saturday.
“I’m not going to get into this contract stuff. I’ve been very grateful and I’ve beloved my time being a Leaf. That’s I’ll go away it with you guys.”
Johnston wrote that Matthew Knies and draft picks had been additionally mentioned.
The New Jersey Devils had been desirous about Mikko Rantanen and Brock Nelson
James Nichols of NewJersey Hockey Now: There have been a number of reviews saying that the New Jersey Devils confirmed curiosity in each Mikko Rantanen and Brock Nelson earlier than the commerce deadline. That they had numerous LTIR cap house to work with.
“We tried. However whenever you begin , not solely the quantity of capital you might have, however the property that we thought we had, and generally you don’t have sufficient for sure groups,” Fitzgerald mentioned. “However we tried. We tried to with sure gamers, it wasn’t like we had been going out and getting three gamers on expiring offers due to that cap house. We wished to be strategic about it, and lifelike too. As a result of the gamers that went for lots of property, and we now have a number of property, however we didn’t have that many property.”
The Devils ended up including Daniel Sprong, Cody Glass, Brian Dumoulin and Dennis Cholowski.
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