Scouting the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres
Stu Cowan: Scouts listed to attend final night time’s Montreal Canadiens – Buffalo Sabres sport included the Boston Bruins (2), Buffalo Sabres (2), Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Columbus Blue Jackets (2), Dallas Stars, Detroit Purple Wings, Edmonton Oilers (2), Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, Philadelphia Flyers
Souting the Philadelphia Flyers and Seattle Kraken
Adam Kimelman: Scouts listed to attend final night time’s Philadelphia Flyers – Seattle Kraken sport included the Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Purple Wings, Vegas Golden Knights, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Dallas Stars.
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The Utah Mammoth need to comply with the Montreal Canadiens path with extending high gamers
The Sheet with Jeff Marek: David Pagnotta speaking with Jeff Marek about how the Utah Mammoth may look to comply with the Montreal Canadiens wage construction when extending Logan Cooley and different core items.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Pagnotta: “You recognize, Utah has checked out what the Montreal Canadiens, I feel just a few groups have, fairly frankly, which might be taking a look at what the Canadians have carried out with a few of their high guys. And never essentially from a restrict perspective, however everybody’s going to take a smidge much less, as a result of we’re going to do that collectively, and we’re going to maintain this unit collectively for an prolonged time frame.
So like you realize, it began with Nick Suzuki, however clearly, there’s different expertise on the market, if it climbs over that determine, so be it. Noah Dodson is available in, prime instance, 9.5 (million), making significantly extra, however he took much less as effectively. Lane Hutson taking much less in an effort to stick round.
And on the, within the grand scheme of issues, 150, 250 grand you’re saving per yr on an AAV, however you get 10 guys doing that, that’s an honest quantity of cap area to make the most of transferring ahead.
NHL Rumors: No Urgency for Logan Cooley to Signal an Extension
I feel Utah, in some method, desires to type of mimic that in their very own type, and have sure guys which might be going to be on the high. And if the bar is about with a man like Logan Cooley, whom they anticipate being their major weapon, and positively him and his camp consider that he, he’s going to be one in every of their high guys persistently for years on finish. How does that look, numbers-wise? And on the similar time, do now we have to make that kind of dedication now versus 4 or 5 years from now?”
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