Pouring cold water on in the event you say you ought to make a giant swing but don’t
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Canada Can’t Refuse Connor Bedard episode, on the Ottawa Senators, and if teams say they need to make a giant move, and don’t.
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Kyle Bukauskas: “And for Ottawa, like, do you think that, are they big game hunting, or is it too early to inform?”
Friedman: “I said it. I feel they’re attempting to throw cold water on it.
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You realize what someone said to me, this Kyle, they said, they and this wasn’t the Senators, but, you already know, they simply said to me, the hardest thing with being, it’s like when Craig McTavish got here out a number of years ago and said, the Oilers are going to make daring moves. Whenever you don’t make daring moves, or you possibly can’t make daring moves, you’re just fearful about, oh, they swung and missed. Or they’ll’t do anything, otherwise you look bad, or stuff like that.
So I feel the Senators are completely satisfied to not have that destination put next to them.”
The Vancouver Canucks aren’t the one team at asked about Owen Tippett, and teams are wondering, if I trade for Kiefer Sherwood, can I extend him
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Canada Can’t Refuse Connor Bedard episode, the Vancouver Canucks interest in Philadelphia Flyers Owen Tippett, and teams are wondering that in the event that they trade for pending UFA Kiefer Sherwood, what’s it going to cost to increase him?
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Friedman: “And you already know, there’s there’s Vancouver. And I didn’t take heed to my very own advice. I poured gasoline on the fireplace, which I’m not imagined to do. And, you already know, I just think that they still proceed to look they usually ask high.
You realize, the (Owen) Tippett news got out that they asked about Tippett. I don’t think that, that’s the one team they’ve asked an analogous player for. Or a great young player in exchange for what they’ve been moving, what they could possibly be moving and, you already know, we’ll see where it goes.
It’s not happening as quickly as possibly I believed, nevertheless it doesn’t mean they’re not still continuing their process.
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And you already know, the large challenge is, I feel that in the event you’re taking a look at a man like (Kiefer) Sherwood. Like he’s really wearing it. Like you possibly can see it. He hasn’t scored in seven games. This isn’t easy on loads of, on some guys, you already know?
I feel it’s interesting. I feel even without permission, teams try to work out, if I trade for Sherwood and I need to maintain them, what does it appear to be?
And you already know, in order that, that affects your decision making too. In order that’s, that’s what they’re sort of going through.”