Pacioretty still denies he asked to be traded
Mike Johnston of Sportsnet: After the Montreal Canadiens traded Max Pacioretty to the Vegas Golden Knights, GM Marc Bergevin said that Pacioretty “asked for a trade. I will not go into detail. But that’s a fact, yes.”
Before the Golden Knights game in Montreal, Pacioretty still denies that he did.
“I don’t agree with that,” Pacioretty said. “Heated conversations like that could get taken in different ways. I don’t believe that that’s what I said and I’ll just leave it at that.”
Maple Leafs tell teams to let them know who they would/wouldn’t trade for William Nylander
Mike Johnston of Sportsnet: The Toronto Maple Leafs are now exploring the possibility of trading restricted free agent forward William Nylander as their contract standoff continues.
“They’re at a point where they’re beginning to test the market,” Elliotte Friedman said Saturday during the Headlines segment on Hockey Night in Canada. “Word is that they have asked teams to inform them who teams or interested parties would not be willing to move and also to begin to preparing formal offers for the unsigned Toronto winger.”
When asked by Friedman, Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas wouldn’t comment if the report was true.
Nick Kypreos reported that the Maple Leafs priority is still to re-sign Nylander and that contract talks are still ongoing.
Kypreos adds there are some suggestions that the Maple Leafs could offer Nylander a similar deal to what the Boston Bruins gave David Pastrnak – six years and $40 million. No official contract offer has been made.
If going the short-term route:
“We do believe that if the Leafs are going to make a short-term deal it might not come until the end of November in the last minute,” Kypreos said. “A lot of suggestions saying that number would have to be around $18 million for three years but right now still no traction.”
Kypreos also added that there have been no meaningful contract extension talks between the Mape Leafs and the camps of Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner.