Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Sid’s Coming Again episode, on Toronto Maple Leafs Max Pacioretty and Nick Robertson.
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Bakauskas: “All proper, the Toronto Maple Leafs, couple of transactions, signings week. Nick Robertson, they signed him for one 12 months. Jani Hakanpaa is available in on protection on a one-year deal.
And Elliotte, if I’m not mistaken. I imply, you had linked these two from type of the outset of free company. This week, it turns into official Max Pacioretty indicators a PTO. So he, together with Steven Lorenz, come into camp in search of a full-time gig.
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It was a busy few days of enterprise for Toronto, and now they’re going to have a busy roster to kick off coaching camp.
Friedman: “Yeah, and typically, like these handshake offers, keep quiet till they’re accomplished. However Alan Walsh is the agent for Pacioretty, he mainly got here out and mentioned, there’s a contract right here.”
Bakauskas: “Very odd rant.”
Friedman: “So we’re, yeah, there’s no secrets and techniques there. That one’s, you realize, what’s humorous about that’s, so I took my spouse and son to see Pink this summer time on the Rogers Middle, and we walked into Pacioretty on the road.”
Bakauskas: “No approach.”
Friedman: “I simply, I mentioned Hello to him. I mentioned, I mentioned, What are you doing right here? And he type of gave me like a ‘Oh, I’m right here visiting some buddies.’ And I actually didn’t suppose a lot of it as a result of I used to be with my household. You already know, I that one simply smacked me proper within the face, and I completely missed it. Like, completely missed it, that they clearly he was right here, you realize, skating and figuring out for the lease at the moment.
The one factor I actually take into consideration Treliving is, I believe he’s ready to have some competitors right here. I don’t suppose him and (Craig) Berube are afraid of, you realize, hey, if you happen to get an ideal supply, you make your transfer, proper? However I don’t suppose they’re afraid of letting some gamers who would have a look at this and suppose, ‘Am I on the bubble right here?’ Be a little bit bit uncomfortable. I don’t suppose they’re afraid of that.
I believe they need the competitors. I believe they wish to see who it drives. And it wouldn’t shock me, you don’t need to have your roster set till the day earlier than the season begins. So it wouldn’t shock me if the Leafs, let this play out a little bit bit. And I believe that’s their plan. Once more, you could possibly get an excellent supply. You say, we obtained to take this. I believe they’re fascinated by making their camp a little bit extra aggressive, and so we’ll see the place that goes.”
Bukauskas: “Had been you in any respect stunned that regardless of the commerce request earlier in the summertime that Nick Robertson indicators again in Toronto for one 12 months?”
Friedman: “I simply suppose the choices had been restricted. I believe the, as we mentioned final week, it didn’t profit him to take a seat out. And I’m speaking about this as a man who’s actually cussed, like I’m, a extremely annoyingly cussed human being.
So I get the place Robinson is coming from, however typically you simply need to take the knee and conceive defeat. You bend the knee, like they mentioned on Sport of Thrones, Kyle, you bend the knee.
And this was Robinson’s time the place it was it was higher for him that he simply mentioned, alright, I’m coming and I’ll do that. So I believe he did the precise factor. I don’t suppose it was very straightforward to persuade him, however I believe that he did the precise factor.
And once more, there’s, there’s going to be some alternative right here. And the factor that advantages the Maple Leafs, and it additionally advantages him, is that if he performs properly, everybody wins. He wins because it units himself up into an excellent place. The staff wins as a result of Robertson is taking part in nice. So there’s, there’s an enormous profit for everybody concerned right here to make this work.
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I additionally suppose Kyle, you realize, typically groups get pushed round by gamers after they have the leverage. So when a staff thinks it has the leverage, typically they wish to push again. and I believe that undoubtedly occurred with Robertson.”
