The Seattle Kraken have shown they’re willing to spend
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Buongiorno to the Olympic Break episode, on the Seattle Kraken’s willingness to throw huge money at Artemi Panarin.
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“And the thing about the Kraken is they don’t have to do it. The fact that they did it in this particular case said, this isn’t happening to everybody. This is happening to somebody that we consider special.
But everyone’s going to line up around them, and they’re going to say, ‘Can we convince you that ‘x’ person is special, or ‘x’ player is special?’
Everybody knows now that they are willing to spend. And I don’t know if it’s now, I don’t know if it’s later, but the words out. Seattle’s willing to try something it’s never tried before, and they’re open for business.”
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Do the Columbus Blues move some of their pending UFAs, but they’re back in the Playoff Race?
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Buongiorno to the Olympic Break episode, on the Columbus Blue Jackets turning their season around and are back in the race. They’ve got some pending UFAs that they may have thought they’d move at the deadline, and maybe now they’ll keep them. They could likely get a boatload for center Charlie Coyle if they put him on the trade market.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“I even look at the Blue Jackets now, and I see a team, like they’ve got some UFAs. Charlie Coyle. Charlie Coyle, the way he’s going right now, is going to have people slobbering all over him on July 1st. You could probably trade him for a boatload.
But Columbus has been down a bit. They’ve got Boone Jenner. They’ve got Mason Marchment. You know, it’s going to be interesting to see what they decide to do, because when they hired Rick Bowness, I think they were saying, ‘Ah, if we get back in, we might keep some of these guys, but we better be prepared to trade them.’
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Well, now they’re very much in the mix. They’re in the mix both in the wild card and in the Metro Division. So, what do you do? You have that same decision to make. Do you say we need to reward our fans, or do we make the deal? I think you might need to reward your fans.”
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