Where are things with a Lane Hutson contract extension?
The Shaun Stare Show: Marco d’Amico, when asked what is going on with a contract extension for Montreal Canadiens Defenseman Lane Hutson.
** nhlrumors.com transcription
Starr: “Walk through the mechanics of this story. Here we are on August 18, and there is still Lane Hudson without a contract. He was eligible to sign one on July 1. Walk us through the mechanics. What’s going on.
D’Amico: “Well, just for the sake of clarity, he still has the last year of his current contract to play. And then, like July 1, 2026, is when it would go. In the NHL you can negotiate an extension from the last year of your contract. You can’t do that before.
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So in the past we have seen that the Montreal Canadiens becomes aggressive in that respect. Juraj Slafkovsky sign on July 1. Shortly after last summer, Kaiden Guhle signed, I think it was a week later or two. So those two went immediately in the long term and this summer avoided the possibility of an offering magazine. That is normal, and at the time there were a few things that made it understandable.
However, the market has changed nowadays and much has changed. And so we will go into it. First and foremost the salary limit goes up, right? And it doesn’t go up, you know, with one or two or 3 million it goes up by $ 9 million a year. We are talking about 9% of the salary cap that goes (up). That’s a lot.
And if you are now an NHL player, unless you are in a Noah Dodson situation, or a free agent like a Mitch Marner, you know, going for eight years is a risky company, because what do you give up in potential income, right? And many people would say: ‘Wow, they are millionaires. What does it matter, right? ‘But this hockey first has a very short window and there is a lot of risk.
So yes, there is the element to give them security. But then, you know, Sean, we have had this before, if you are a defender who now earns $ 8 million, that used to be First-Pair defense money about five years ago. Now it is, you know, second pair of defender money, such as high-end second pair of defense, when we saw Ivan Provorov signing for 8.5 (million) this summer. And within three years that will be realistic to be the second pair of defense money, right? Such as, regular second-pair defender money, such as, as we saw with Gavrikov, Provorov, those kinds of contracts, right?
And so if you look at building your selection, and you are an agent on the other side, and the agent is: “Well, maybe we don’t necessarily want to go too fast, too fast.” That is exactly what is going on with Lane Hudson.
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And so his camp, and clearly Canadians, constant conversation. And I think that’s what we need to make clear. They are in conversation. It goes very smoothly. They exchange ideas. There are several scenarios on the table. They look at how other negotiations take place before they hold an idea. Because there is one thing to set up the trend and there is still something to follow a trend, and many people wait to see exactly what is coming, when it comes to RFAs and we will go into a later episode. But when it comes to the Hutson situation, there is nothing to worry about what I am told. “
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