There seems to be a mutual interest rate on a contract extension for New Jersey Devils -goalkeeper Jacob Markstrom
The Chris Johnston show: Chris Johnston says that the New Jersey Devils and Jacob Markstrom are looking at a contract extension, and it is not an easy contract to do.
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Julian McKenzie: “Jacob Markstrom was mentioned a few moments ago. Are you one, you hear something special with him and a potential expansion? You mentioned that he, and perhaps Filip Gustafsson, may not even the test market, but I saw Kevin Weekes about it tweet on Sunday and I was curious?”
Johnston: “Yes, the devils go and see something to get done there, and I think there is mutual interest. To be honest, I would not be surprised at all to see that ending in a contract.
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But you know, because of what I would also outline about what the UFA target market looks like, I mean, it’s not an easy deal to do. He is 35 years old. You know, what is the right number? What is the right term? I mean, this is where you stand in it. It can almost go into a game of chicken, because if you are the devils and you are a bit of baulking against you, where things are on the table, what is your plan B or C? That doesn’t necessarily look that good.
So you know, they go through the early parts of it, that process now. But you know, I would say that at this stage I think there is enough kind of mutual interest to see it happen. They are going to try, and we will see, we will see where they land.
But it’s, it’s a goalkeeper roulette, man, it’s, it’s always, there is always something going on around the competition. And it’s just, there are so few proven goalkeepers who will be available next summer. So if you are a team that has none, and you look ahead, I think it is smart if you are in the position of the devil, to try to get out and take care of it. Especially because you have a player you really like, and they were done with Calgary a few years ago. “
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