Will Connor Bedard wait for Leo Carlsson to extend the first overtime, or vice versa?
The Fourth Period’s Dave Pagnotta joined Sirius XM NHL Network Radio with Steve Kouleas and Craig Button on Thursday. Pagnotta was asked who would sign first: Leo Carlsson with the Anaheim Ducks or Connor Bedard with the Chicago Blackhawks.
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Craig Button: “Okay, so we’ve talked about that, and you know, a benchmark now is what they just paid Jackson Lacombe. So your own contracts that you’ve given now become the best comparisons for how you move forward. Well, I’m going to ask you the elephant in the room. So who’s waiting for who? Is Carlsson waiting for Bedard? Is Bedard waiting for Carlsson?”
NHL Rumors: The Chicago Blackhawks and Connor Bedard
Dave Pagnotta: “Yeah, good point. I don’t feel like those negotiations are ongoing, I think, in terms of actually trying to work something out between Chicago and Bedard. I don’t think it’s really a matter of who’s going to be first versus second. I think both teams, both Chicago and Anaheim, respectively, understand the special players they have and the extent to which these guys will really lead for their clubs going forward.”
Is it, if anything, comparable to what exactly the final number will be? Of course, we’ll see where that all plays a role. But I don’t think this is a scenario where all the guys who were pending UFAs or eligible to be UFAs would be next summer. We’re waiting for (Kirill) Kaprizov to really get the ball rolling. I don’t think that’s the reason. I don’t think this has much impact on these guys.
Just because they are both at the top of the league in points, they both mean a lot to their teams. They come from their ELC, they will be in this league for a long time, and probably stars for a long time to come. I imagine they’ll both get a pretty hefty contract, and a pretty deserving one. And it seems like their teams are more than comfortable with that.”
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