Claude Giroux will be returning to Ottawa
Elliotte Friedman: Claude Giroux will be re-signing with the Ottawa Senators.
Bruce Garrioch: Giroux’s contract is expected to have more guaranteed money than his contract last year.
Many younger players may be regretting their contracts
Allan Walsh: “There are so many younger NHL players right now regretting that they signed last year or during the season. Millions per year were left on the table.
It’s not just the explosion in salaries that I’ve been predicting on AP for the last year, it’s the term these young players locked themselves into for 7-8 years over the last 12 months.”
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The Vancouver Canucks have a fear if they trade Elias Pettersson
Sekeres and Price: David Pagnotta on Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson, who could use a change of scenery, but the Canucks have a fear of what if he really rejuvenates his career and they don’t get the right return for him
“With respect to Elias Pettersson, other than the usual suspects, I’m not sure who else has entered the game. I’m told there are some new suitors, or at least conversationally have popped up. I don’t know the specifics on them. Nobody’s telling me at this point, and I don’t want to just speculate for the sake of it.
But it certainly sounds like there were some new teams that have entered that mix, at least conversationally, with the Canucks. So we’ll see kind of where that, where that goes.
You know, the free agent market itself doesn’t offer too much in the top two, so you know there are a few third-line centers available. But if you’re looking to add to that, you know, top six, you’re probably going the trade route.
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And there are a lot of teams, including the Canucks, that believe, you know a change of scenery would do him justice for output perspectives, and that’s also what the Canucks fear. So they have to make sure that if they do do this, and he goes back to point of game pace, that they’re not sitting there going, ‘Oh, we oops’d this one.’
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