The Vancouver Canucks may very well be bringing Ilya Sofonov over to N.A. next season
Hockey News Hub: Have been hearing that Vancouver Canucks prospect Ilya Sofonov won’t be extending with AK Bars of the KHL and will probably be signing with the Canucks for next yr.
Rick Dhaliwal: (as of Thursday) There haven’t been any contract talks between the Canucks and Sofonov yet, but there may very well be some within the near future.
What’s happening with Simon Nemec and the Latest Jersey Devils?
Every day Faceoff: David Pagnotta, when asked if Simon Nemec has asked for a trade. Has there been any talk between Latest Jersey Devils GM Sunny Mehta and Nemec’s agent?
Irf Gaffar: “Did Simon Nemec ask for a trade? Or what, what’s the true story there in Latest Jersey?”
Scott Laughton will probably be one in every of the highest UFA centers if he gets to free agency
Pagnotta: “Well, because the time we’re doing this, neither Nemec’s camp nor the Devils have confirmed the report over in Slovakia that he has asked for a trade. The report also indicated that there’s been a scarcity of communication. I don’t imagine that to be accurate.
I feel that Sonny Mehta has, once he got here in, has talked to quite a lot of players. I imagine he’s reached out and spoken with Nemeth just camp. So possibly there’s slightly little bit of a disconnect there.
But we don’t know definitively on the time, we’re doing this, if a trade request has been made or not. We do know is that his name has been floating across the trade market going back, you already know, all season, even last offseason, to slightly bit.
We all know that the Latest Jersey Devils have been looking and attempting to add an offensive sort of player, winger presumably, to play alongside Jack Hughes. That was on their previous regime. We’ll see what Sonny Mehta and his camp now need to do by way of shaping this team slightly bit and allowing them to maneuver forward.
But look, if you happen to’re going to maneuver Nemec, who’s an RFA, by the best way, or will probably be in July, that’s a reasonably good-looking carrot to dangle for teams on the market. Now, we’ll see what that potentially translates to, but again, a scoring winner to play along Jack Hughes could be a top Mehta’s list of things that he wants to perform this offseason.
Did Simon Nemec Request a Trade or Not?
And if Nemec does want out again, that’s a, that’s a heck of an asset to utilize to attempt to bring something in.”
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