Inside versus exterior offseason for the Montreal Canadiens
TSN: Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes when requested about remaining calm and never making many exterior strikes this offseason.
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Laura Diakun: “I do know you’ve had a profitable offseason. You understand, most of it with, inside proper? It’s the contract extensions that you simply spoke about. It’s the draft. Not likely taking a look at free company. Not likely making trades.
Has it been troublesome to form of maintain to that path the place you don’t need to promote the farm for the longer term, you need to form of have this confidence within the guys that you’ve within the system already?
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Hughes: “Yeah. I imply, that’s the problem that we’re going to confront as we transfer to this subsequent section of what we’re attempting to construct in Montreal. Is that we might make strikes that might make us a greater workforce tomorrow, however we should be nervous concerning the day after and the day after as effectively. And the way can we proceed to maneuver the ship ahead with out blocking these younger gamers that we’re drafting and hoping are going to be an enormous a part of what we’re after we’re able to compete for Stanley Cups.”
Uncertainty stays for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Jani Hakanpaa
TSN: Chris Johnston on Jani Hakanpaa and his future with the Toronto Maple Leafs, if there may be one.
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Mark Masters: “So the core 4 forwards stay in Toronto going into this subsequent season, however there was a big personnel shake-up on the blue line for the Leafs.
Chris Tanev is available in, Oliver Ekman-Larsson is available in, and we thought Jani Hakanpaa was coming in. The truth is, Treliving talked about him by identify on July 1st, however we haven’t seen a contract registered. What’s happening?”
Johnston: “Properly, they’re nonetheless working via his well being scenario. Jani Hakanpaa completed final season with a big knee damage. Clearly, on this time since, you already know, he and the Leafs interact in discussions a couple of contract.
There’s been an opportunity to get a have a look at some medical data. He feels as if he can play. And I believe the leafs and their medical doctors, most likely extra importantly than a entrance workplace, need to be snug that that’s certainly the case. That health-wise, it is sensible to do that.
And so Brad Treliving was requested about it particularly after this ceremony, and he stated, ‘Look, this isn’t the day to speak about it, however he hopes will likely be some readability quickly.’
Terry Koshan: Treliving on Hakanpaa: “Working via that. In the present day we’re coping with this, however we’ll get to that hopefully sooner slightly than later.”
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And so, I believe actually, that’s the place it stands is either side are attempting to get snug with the well being scenario. Can the Leafs transfer ahead, and signal that contract? And we simply need to see the place that finally ends up.”