Connor Bedard on contract talks
Ben Pope: Chicago Blackhawks pending RFA Connor Bedard on contract talks: “Honestly, I haven’t thought about it once this year. I know I want to be here. We’ll get it done soon. I don’t think, if it’s not done in a month, there’s any worry.”
One Minnesota Wild organization goaltender could be on the move
Michael Russo: The Minnesota Wild allowed AHL goaltender Samuel Hlavaj to return to Slovakia to join their National Team. Hlavaj is a pending RFA, and has a feeling that he’ll be joining another organization next year.
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Auston Matthews most likely wants to stay in Toronto, but he’ll want to know what the plan is
TSN: Chris Johnston believes that Auston Matthews wants to remain with the Toronto Maple Leafs, who said he thinks this past season was a one-off and they’ll be competitive next season.
“Of course, he didn’t come out and say outright, ‘I will be a Leaf, I want to be a Leaf, I’ll be here forever no matter what.’ I think Matthews, rightfully, is going to take his time to basically evaluate and see what happens at the top of the organization with the front office, what hirings are made, and what the plan is.
But I do think it’s been maybe taken and twisted a little bit too much elsewhere in terms of his intentions, because at this point, he’s headed back to Arizona. He’s rehabbing his knee injury after that hit from Radko Gudas and the subsequent surgery.”
Auston Matthews On His Future with the Toronto Maple Leafs
Darren Dreger adds that the nucleus of the Leafs players believe that they can quickly turn things around.
“They think with the addition of a couple of forwards, guys with bite, some dogs who are willing to drag the group into the fight, and more importantly, some puck-moving defencemen – two would be great – added to the blue line that they can get real competitive real fast in time for next season. But they’re also going to need Matthews, William Nylander, and their top players to be better, obviously, than they were this season.”
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