View the last on Ducks Center Mason McTavish and wild winger Kirill Kaprizov In today’s NHL rumor mill.
RG.org: James Murphy wondered if the NHL trade market for a second-line center would pick up with all general managers and coaches who were collected in Detroit this week for meetings.
An NHL director told Murphy that he is not sure, but he indicated that conversations pick up again. “I just think there are more buyers than sellers,” he said.
Anaheim Ducks Center Mason Mctavish? (NHL images)
The biggest name remains the center Mason McTavish from the Anaheim Duck. A limited free agent, Mctavish is not signed with training camp two weeks away. However, an NHL director told Murphy that there is no indication of an impasse between the 22-year-old center and duck management.
According to Murphy’s sources, Ducks General Manager Pat Verbek has not yet indicated to his colleagues that he is shopping MCTavish.
Spector Note: Verbeek and the MCTAVish Camp have largely kept their contract discussions outside the media. Nevertheless, Duck’s writer Eric Stephens of the athletics beat last month that the club wants to sign McTavish and claimed that the two parties had exchanged different contract proposals.
Marco Rossi from the Minnesota Wild (who recently signed a three -year contract), Jared McCann from the Seattle Kraken” Nazem Kadri from the Calgary FlamesAnd Boston Bruins ahead Casey Mittelstadt And Pavel Zach are mentioned as possible trade candidates. The executive, however, told Murphy that he was wondering which were really available.
Spector’s note: The game did not sign Rossi with the intention of exchanging him. McCann has spent the majority of his term of office with the Kraken as a winger. Kadri has a full clause without movement and has not asked for an exchange, nor are the flames interested in moving it.
Mittelstadt and/or Zacha can be available later this season if the Bruins do not return from their disappointing campaign 2024-25. For now it is unlikely that one of them will be moved.
Athletics: Joe Smith reports that Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold said his club was not so far away from the winger Kirill Kaprizov signed with a contract extension.
The 28-year-old superstar is eligible to become an unlimited free agent in July. His average annual value on his current contract is $ 9 million.
Contract extensions are underway in the summer, but the lack of a deal so far has increased some speculation about its future with the wild.
‘I think we’re there, “said Leipold. “I like to believe when Kirill comes by and gets another feeling for the excitement and the love of the city, I think we’re going in a good direction”.
Leipold is willing to open the safe for Kaprizov. “This will be a big problem, probably the biggest in the NHL ever,” he said.
Note from Spector: Frank Seravalli from Bleacher Report believes that the AAV will be in the reach of $ 15 million for the next contract of Kaprizov. Smith’s colleague, Michael Russo, said he heard that it could go as high as $ 16 million. The only question is whether he wants the maximum deal or a shorter term.
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