The Maple Leafs may be okay with letting Nylander sit the year
Mike Johnston of Sportsnet: Chris Johnston on Sportsnet Headlines said that the Toronto Maple Leafs would be okay with the idea William Nylander sitting out the year if they don’t come to an agreement or trade him.
“If there isn’t a trade that presents itself — and we spoke last week about the fact that they are gauging the market on William Nylander, and William Nylander’s demands don’t come to the range that they’re comfortable paying — they’re comfortable letting this player sit and I think that’s significant with the fact that it’s 13-plus days remaining and tensions only to get a little higher as we get closer to Dec. 1.”
Nick Kypreos said that Nylander’s camp knows there are teams out there that will pay him around $7 million a season, a number the Maple Leafs believe is too high.
“ understands that there’s a better market out there right now than the one that the Toronto Maple Leafs are offering,” Kypreos said.
Is the Penguins window closing
Chris Nichols of Nichols on Hockey: Bob McKenzie was on TSN 1050 says there may be a sense of urgency in Pittsburgh and that Pittsburgh Penguins GM Jim Rutherford may get aggressive.
“So I think the sense of urgency with the window still open but closing in the future that he’s going to be even more aggressive. So I think he wants to see with a healthy Crosby in the lineup and Tanner Pearson in the lineup and everybody kind of being read the riot act that this is unacceptable, I think he wants to see how they respond to that – give them an opportunity.
“But failing that, I could see him trying to be real aggressive. And by real aggressive, sometimes the next question would be, ‘Does that mean you trade one of Crosby or Malkin.’ No. Not at all. The core is the core.”