Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek on the 32 Ideas: The Podcast – An Nearly Excellent Evening for Jagr episode on Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights and their pending UFAs.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“ final yr’s Stanley Cup Finalists, you check out Vegas and also you check out Florida. Each these groups have large time UFA’s. Like Vegas has (Jonathan) Marchessault they’ve (William) Service. They’ve Chandler Stephenson. Like these are vital gamers on that staff.
And Florida’s clearly bought (Sam) Reinhart they usually’ve bought (Brandon) Montour they usually’ve bought (Gustav) Forsling.
And, like I believe each these groups have tried to signal these gamers. , Vegas I’ve heard that, you recognize the the Golden Knights are very cautious with time period, like a number of groups are with gamers who become old.
, Florida I believe Invoice Zito you recognize he’s been an agent earlier than. He is aware of all of the methods of the commerce. He’s a grinder. He’s making an attempt to create a state of affairs the place, we’re just like the Lightning, individuals take much less to play for us. Issues like that.
And so, up to now, as we document this pod, nothing’s accomplished there. To me each these groups, except one thing drops on their lap that’s higher than what they’ve bought, I simply assume you go for it with these guys and sorted out in June if it’s a must to. , you simply say, ‘All proper, we’re going for it. We’ll, we’ll take care of issues as they occur after the season with a number of the, a few of these UFA’s.’
Like you recognize, (Kelly) McCrimmon and (Invoice) Zito, they’re each actually robust negotiators. They’ve rewarded individuals who they really feel should be rewarded. It’s not like they’re unreasonable. However you recognize, they’re robust negotiators and I believe the Golden Knights are cautious about time period and I believe the Panthers like I stated, I believe Zito is only a former agent is aware of all of the methods grinder, grinder, grinder.
And, you recognize, I ponder how a lot enterprise these guys get accomplished earlier than the deadline or they simply say you recognize what, we’re going for it and we’ll take care of it and if I used to be in each their sneakers, that’s what I might do.