NHL Rumors: Could More Teams Start Negotiating Through the Media Like the Old Days

Will Extra Groups Use the Media to Negotiate Offers with High Gamers?

Elliotte Friedman was on Sirius XM NHL Community Radio Morning Skate with Scott Laughlin and Gord Stellick for his common Wednesday look. He was requested if, given the best way issues performed out with Jeremy Swayman and now Igor Shesterkin, extra groups might begin negotiating via the media like they did years in the past.

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Gord Stellick: “So Friedge the best way Carter Verheaghe, his contract obtained introduced final evening is the best way we’re used to, type of quiet, and the group comes up with an announcement. So initially, now we have Jeremy Swayman state of affairs, now Shesterkin all in a pair weeks.

Now, are we getting again to the old style fashion about bringing it to the media, which we’d welcome? It’s been useless for many years. However what have you ever made about these getting, whether or not it’s leaked out or very public and tactically, how that’s labored or doesn’t work?”

Elliotte Friedman: “Effectively, I’d say this, Gordo, as a media member, I don’t have an issue with issues getting out publicly. It’s type of powerful for me to argue in any other case. I perceive why folks don’t prefer it, who’re instantly concerned in it. I do respect that, however I as a media member, I don’t thoughts.

Look the Boston one, the Cam Neely one, Gordy, that was strategic. They put out, they trotted out Neely that day with, with Don Sweeney and Charlie Jacobs and Jim Montgomery. The Bruins had a plan that day, and Cam Neely had a plan that day, and on one degree, it labored like he pressured Jeremy Swayman to decide.

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This one yesterday is a bit bit totally different. To start with, it was a report, and it was an excellent report by Kevin. Like every reporter want to be front-facing on that one. So, it’s an excellent day for him. I’d say that one appeared to be a bit extra harmful, for lack of a greater time period.

I’d suppose that you understand the truth that it like, the factor about Neely is whether or not you prefer it or hate it. He obtained proper on the market himself, put himself in entrance of the microphones and put a face and a reputation to it. One of many challenges I see on this second is, you understand, Shesterkin might be irritated. The folks round him are most likely irritated.

And I feel that, I feel there’s a state of affairs the place, as a result of there’s no face to it. It type of will get out. You’ll be able to see how that type of simply, you understand, throws a little bit of a wrench into the entire thing. And, you understand, the man whose tweet I checked out final evening was the man who’s most likely probably the most related to the Rangers is Larry Brooks.

And when he’s saying he doesn’t perceive what the Rangers motivations can be to do this type of saying that he doesn’t suppose it was essentially theirs. I simply suppose when he’s writing that it’s like Gordie, he is aware of that this isn’t an excellent factor, and in order we noticed with Swayman everyone can settle down after a few days and loosen up and discover a strategy to work all of it out.

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We’ll see what occurs right here. However within the second, these issues, as you understand, Gordie, out of your days within the entrance workplace, they’re not properly obtained.”

Stellick: “Proper?”