Pouring cold water on if you say you want to make a big swing but don’t
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Canada Can’t Refuse Connor Bedard episode, on the Ottawa Senators, and if teams say they want to make a big move, and don’t.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Kyle Bukauskas: “And for Ottawa, like, do you think, are they big game hunting, or is it too early to tell?”
Friedman: “I said it. I think they’re trying to throw cold water on it.
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You know what someone said to me, this Kyle, they said, they and this wasn’t the Senators, but, you know, they just said to me, the toughest thing with being, it’s like when Craig McTavish came out a few years ago and said, the Oilers are going to make bold moves. When you don’t make bold moves, or you can’t make bold moves, you’re just worried about, oh, they swung and missed. Or they can’t do anything, or you look bad, or stuff like that.
So I think the Senators are happy not to have that destination put next to them.”
The Vancouver Canucks aren’t the only team at asked about Owen Tippett, and teams are wondering, if I trade for Kiefer Sherwood, can I extend him
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Canada Can’t Refuse Connor Bedard episode, the Vancouver Canucks interest in Philadelphia Flyers Owen Tippett, and teams are wondering that if they trade for pending UFA Kiefer Sherwood, what is it going to cost to extend him?
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Friedman: “And you know, there’s there’s Vancouver. And I didn’t listen to my own advice. I poured gasoline on the fire, which I am not supposed to do. And, you know, I just think that they still continue to look and they ask high.
You know, the (Owen) Tippett news got out that they asked about Tippett. I don’t think that, that’s the only team they’ve asked a similar player for. Or a good young player in exchange for what they’ve been moving, what they could be moving and, you know, we’ll see where it goes.
It’s not happening as quickly as maybe I thought, but it doesn’t mean they’re not still continuing their process.
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And you know, the big challenge is, I think that if you’re looking at a guy like (Kiefer) Sherwood. Like he’s really wearing it. Like you can see it. He hasn’t scored in seven games. This isn’t easy on a lot of, on some guys, you know?
I think it’s interesting. I think even without permission, teams are trying to figure out, if I trade for Sherwood and I want to keep them, what does it look like?
And you know, so that, that affects your decision making too. So that’s, that’s what they’re kind of going through.”