It wouldn’t be the first time that a Quebec player has used the Canadian to up the ante on his next contract, which is probably the case today with Jonathan Marchessault, who finally agreed to a five-year, $27.5 million deal with the Nashville Predators.
Canadian General Manager Kent Hughes admitted to having talks with the Marchessault clan today, but did not want to offer a contract that would have damaged the Habs’ long-term tenure. Marchessault had requests that were too long for the Canadian big boss’s taste.
Therefore, he could not find any common ground with him, but in the end the right winger got what he wanted:
“The difficulty for us is that we have good young players. We are not worried about paying a player, but the length of the contract is the most important thing. » Kent Hughes
In short, the Canadian would have loved to add an impact forward to his offensive top six today, but the parameters of long-term contracts ultimately made the frontrunners uncomfortable. We instead preferred the status quo to avoid filling the payroll with big long-term contracts.
However, Hughes makes no secret of the fact that the work is not done this summer. He could potentially make a deal to fill an offensive need. It just has to be the right deal and make the Canadian better in the end.
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