Mason McTavish is skating in Ottawa and isn’t with the staff, and there seems to be little motion on a brand new deal
The Chris Johnston Show: Chris Johnston on Anaheim Geese RFA ahead Mason McTavish, who stays unsigned and has left Anaheim for Ottawa.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“Whereas, you recognize, the McTavish Anaheim state of affairs, you recognize, as I detailed in our final present, you recognize, it’s, it’s, it’s large cash if you’re speaking long-term offers for him. You already know, he does have some fairly robust comparables, and the edges simply aren’t in the identical ballpark. Doesn’t sound like there’s actually been an entire lot of motion.
Now that, that may change fairly shortly in a negotiation. And actually that’s the stage all three of those gamers (McTavish, Luke Evangelista and Luke Hughes) discover themselves in is, is the stress begins to mount proper on each side of the equation. Don’t get me fallacious.
You already know, you noticed Pat Verbeek make feedback within the media, and I’m speaking about, you recognize, McTavish goes to be behind now. Like that, lately in camp are essential. And I do suppose historical past reveals that. I imply, it’s, it’s robust for gamers to overlook all or a part of camp and bounce in and be prepared.
However, you recognize, that is, that is the one space of the CBA I discover gamers type of get within the no man’s land earlier than they’ve arbitration rights. There’s, there’s no technique to drive a deal proper. The one means is to take a foul, what the gamers deem to be a foul deal in the event that they need to get again to work or don’t, mainly don’t present as much as work, and hope that the groups miss them or begin to really feel their very own stress. Whether or not it’s from possession or what have you ever.
However proper now, there doesn’t appear to be a variety of stress. I imply, we’re speaking about this, however I don’t get the sense, you recognize, there’s not like individuals in every of those markets going loopy but. And so this, these guys might need to take a seat some time and simply type of should see the place all the things lands.
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