View the last Marco Rossi And Mason McTavish In today’s NHL rumor mill.
TSN: Cited a report by Michael Russo of athletics that claimed that there was “considerable progress” in the direction of a potentially new contract for Marco Rossi. The 23-year-old Minnesota Wild Center is a limited free agent who comes from his entry -level contract.
Minnesota Wild Forward Marco Rossi (NHL Images)
Russo speculates an agreement between Rossi and the Wild can be announced in the coming days. He believes it will be a bridge contract.
Rg.org: James Murphy quoted two NHL sources that the Vancouver Canucks And Seattle Kraken Recently revised their interest in Rossi to see where things are in his contract with the wild.
Neither source gave details about the asking price of De Wild for Rossi. Both suggested that one target cracking could be winger Jared McCannwho starts the fourth year of a five -year contract.
Note of the Spector: Rossi has been the subject of trade speculation since last season. It was reported that his camp was looking for a long -term agreement every year between $ 6 million and $ 7 million, while De Wild was said to be not prepared to go much higher than $ 5 million for a short -term agreement.
Wild General Manager Bill Guerin has never excluded to act Rossi, but he consistently stated that his preference is to sign the young center. Based on the Russo report, the latter will happen earlier.
Athletics: Eric Stephens reports the Anaheim Duck want to sign up again Mason McTavish. Just like Rossi, the 22-year-old center is a limited free agent who comes from his ELC and this summer is the subject of growing trade speculation.
Stephens claims that the ducks are planning to keep his MCTavish and see him as an important part of their line -up. He indicated that the two parties went back and forth in short and long -term proposals. The ducks may not want to go to the maximum eight -year -old deal, but they don’t just look at a bridge deal.
There has been a lot of speculation about which teams a second -line center need and possible trade destinations for MCTavish. Stephens believes that teams have asked Ducks GM Verbeek about him.
‘Do you know who needs more a second -line center? Anaheim, “Stephens replied.” And it has one that is 22 and is on the rise with a strong finish staircase for last season. “He believes that Verbeek McTavish sees more as a core player than former ducks Jamie Drydale and Trevor Zegras.
Note from Spector: This is the first report I have seen this summer of a Ducks Beat writer about the status of McTavish’s contract negotiations. All trade speculation about the young center comes from experts in other NHL cities.
Stephens pointed out that Verbeek has a reputation as a heavy negotiator, which would explain why this situation has not yet been resolved. He also noted that there is still enough time for the two parties to get a deal before the training camp is open in mid -September.
We have not heard from the MCTAVish camp yet, but that can be because they would rather not discuss those negotiations with the media.
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