Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the Jeff Marek Present on the reviews that William Nylander might be signing a giant contract extension quickly with the Toronto Maple Leafs and what it’d imply for the Vancouver Canucks and pending RFA Elias Pettersson.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Marek: “Your ideas on and also you guys talked about it yesterday on this system. Nick Kypreos’ report yesterday on Actual Kyper and Borne in regards to the William Nylander state of affairs and a contract that might be within the $11 (million), perhaps $11.25 (million) space, which might make a number of different gamers across the NHL, perhaps Elias Pettersson particularly, very completely satisfied ought to he signal that.”
Friedman: “Yeah, I’m, like I mentioned, I believe that it’s like, clearly I’m not disputing something Nick mentioned. I believe he’s proper. I believe they’re they usually’re very critical about it. I believe it’s superior fairly far. It wouldn’t shock me I’m not, I’m not anticipating something, as a result of you realize, it’s gameday however I do suppose there’s an opportunity, like I do suppose it’s attainable it might occur fairly quickly. They’ve been figuring out actually onerous.
The Maple Leafs look in the summertime they have been by no means shut. They have been simply by no means shut. And now you’re Nylander is on tempo for 45 objectives and 117 factors. He’s made his case very clear. I believe the Maple Leafs made a giant transfer. They bent in that route. And now I believe they’re, simply all people’s simply looking for what the candy spot is.
Under no circumstances am I disputing Nick’s numbers. I simply don’t know. I, however I believe that’s the form of space the place it’s going to be round. However the, I imply, the underside line is, Toronto has stepped up. They, they made it a precedence to get it executed. I believe they need certainty on Nylander and it appears to be like like they’re gonna get it within the very close to future.
Marek: “Okay, all people listening in Vancouver proper now, please spare me the does every part must revolve round Toronto tweets and DMS and textual content however right here I’m going.
Do you suppose this is likely one of the issues that Elias Pettersson has been ready for, the Nylander contract to occur?”
Friedman: “No. I believe one factor is just not related to the opposite. I don’t. I believe that with Petterson. Look, he’s gonna receives a commission and the Canucks are gonna pay him. It’s only a matter of when he’s prepared for it. I actually suppose that that’s what it comes right down to.
I believe the Canucks have already determined he’s getting a giant quantity. And it’s only a matter of when Pettersen is snug with it. I don’t suppose that I imply, I imply, I assume, I assume you may all the time argue it’s irrelevant for comparability sake, however I don’t suppose Pettersson wanted me lander to signal to make his choice.
I believe that his choice is predicated on how he sees his state of affairs, and I don’t suppose the 2 of them are actually comparable simply by way of, I don’t suppose the conditions are comparable as a result of I don’t suppose Pettersson wanted Nylander to signal to say, Oh, that’s what Willy acquired, now I can go to. I don’t suppose these conditions are related to one another.”
