Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ryan Lindgren is specializing in hockey and never his subsequent contract
Jim Biringer on RG.org: The Colorado Avalanche acquired pending UFA defenseman Ryan Lindgren from the New York Rangers on the commerce deadline. Lindgren stated he was type of anticipating a commerce, although not the day he traded, which was a pair days earlier than the deadline.
Lindgren signed a one-year, $4.5 million deal final offseason. He’ll be hoping for an enormous, long-term contract this offseason, however Lindgren stated he’s not specializing in that now.
“I’m not excited about that proper now. I wish to concentrate on enjoying hockey and enhancing my recreation to assist the group win and attain our final objective.”
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The Edmonton Oilers tried to commerce for New York Islanders Jean-Gabriel Pageau on the deadline
Marco D’Amico of RG.org: A number of sources have stated that the Edmonton Oilers tried to amass New York Islanders ahead Jean-Gabriel Pageau on the commerce deadline. After a deal couldn’t be reached, they moved on to amass Trent Frederic from the Boston Bruins.
Pageau has a yr left on his contract at $5 million. The Islanders weren’t considering retaining wage and so they didn’t wish to transfer Pageau for a bundle of draft picks in accordance the sources.
After the commerce deadline, Islanders GM Lou Lamoriello made observe about being not that considering draft picks.
“If we may have gotten youthful and higher, aside from draft picks, we’d have finished it with out query,” Lamoriello stated. “However we felt that the place a number of of our gamers are—and once I say a number of, a number of gamers—that we may have made strikes with, they have been higher finished at a special time.”
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