The Vancouver Canucks are sensible to coach themselves on the worth of J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson
TSN: Pierre LeBrun on the Jay Onrait present on the Vancouver Canucks
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Onrait: “The massive story on insider buying and selling for you guys this week was the truth that you guys reported the Canucks are not less than listening, not less than taking calls on not simply JT Miller, however Elias Patterson as nicely. And you realize higher than anybody, Pierre that although we’re two months away from the deadline, Jim Rutherford isn’t one to attend for deadlines to make strikes.
So my query for you’ll be one thing of this magnitude, a Miller commerce, a Pettersson commerce, may it really come collectively moderately shortly?
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LeBrun: “I imply, pay attention, it’s potential, however these are difficult transactions in the event that they occur in any respect. There’s no query. I imply, they’re doing greater than listening. They’re engaged with groups as a result of they’re gauging the market to see what groups really feel about every participant and what groups what the extent of curiosity is in every participant.
Once more, it might be that nothing occurs. However they don’t have any alternative however to be doing this due to the way in which that is performed out. Due to the way in which we all know very publicly now the workforce has talked about it publicly, a few of the stress within the dressing room. The connection between Miller and Patterson, all that is out in public now.
So the Canucks are doing the sensible factor, I believe management-wise, partaking the curiosity in every participant available in the market to coach themselves. To search out out the place this might head, if wherever. And so, yeah, they’re engaged with groups.
It’s essential to level out once more that J.T. Miller has a full no-move. I imply, he controls his destiny. And as of a pair days in the past, after I checked in on it, he had definitely not requested for a commerce, and the Canucks had not approached his camp about waiving. So that will occur sooner or later, perhaps, nevertheless it hasn’t occurred so far.
Once more, I prefer to throw the odd truth, you realize, so we’ll see the place that goes. I imply, folks proceed to hyperlink him to the New York Rangers for apparent causes. Clearly, performed there earlier than. However once more, at this level, the sense I’ve is the Canucks are speaking, and so they’re unsure themselves the place this will likely lead.
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By way of Patterson, I imply, the factor that I do know some groups are speaking internally about is, clearly they love the expertise on this man, however earlier than they determine to go subsequent degree and probably getting extra severe with Vancouver, how snug are they with an eight-year contract that’s in yr one which pays at $11.6 million, given the way in which he’s performed this yr. Clearly damage proper now, however he’s on the mend right here quickly. So these are all issues which are taking place. They’re all actual. Will it result in trades? Time will inform
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