Will the Chicago Blackhawks go bridge or long-term with Alex Vlasic?
Ben Pope of the Chicago Solar-Instances: Chicago Blackhawks pending RFA defenseman Alex Vlasic mentioned that extension talks haven’t gone “too deep.” The perimeters must determine in the event that they need to go together with a bridge deal or one thing long-term time period.
“However undoubtedly occupied with it,” he mentioned. “It’s behind my head proper now. Hopefully on the finish of the 12 months, I’ll have the ability to work one thing out.”
NHL Rumors: Vancouver Canucks – Hronek, Myers, Blueger, Joshua and Zadorov
Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: The Vancouver Canucks confirmed curiosity in Chris Tanev and Jake Guentzel on the commerce deadline, however clearly didn’t land them. Canucks GM Patrik Allvin can’t title gamers, but it surely’s believed they weren’t interested by giving up the belongings that groups had been asking for.
Ahead Elias Pettersson is signed to an enormous contract extension. Allvin when requested if buying and selling Pettersson was actually an possibility for them.
“I imply, once more, my job is to attempt to be forward of issues, and yeah, groups are calling when there’s a participant like that who doubtlessly is strolling into his final 12 months as (an) RFA and we’ve seen different groups who’ve struggled signing gamers like that,” Allvin mentioned with out naming Matthew Tkachuk and his pressured exit out of Calgary two years in the past as an RFA one 12 months away from UFA standing.
“So, I don’t know … however we’re very joyful to get him signed.”
Elias Lindholm‘s transition to Canucks hasn’t been as easy because the Canucks and Lindholm could have hoped.
“Initially after we made the deal, I talked to his camp and mentioned our intention was to signal him,” Allvin mentioned. “However clearly it’s started working for either side. We’ll see. I believe it’s been a bit of little bit of an adjustment time for him. And in equity, the entire staff hasn’t performed nice, we knew we had been going to have a tricky February schedule workload-wise, it was heavy and we received out of it with a .500 file which is the explanation we’re nonetheless sitting on the prime I believe.
“However as I mentioned earlier, we’ve received guys who haven’t performed in essential video games in March.”
NHL Rumors: If Filip Hronek Needs Extra Than $7.5 Million, Will That be a Drawback for the Vancouver Canucks?
The Canucks have a fairly large record of pending UFAs that they’ll have to make choices on Lindholm, Nikita Zadorov, Casey DeSmith, Dakota Joshua, Sam Lafferty, Teddy Blueger, Tyler Myers and Ian Cole.
