Maple Leafs President’s Secret Strategy Revealed: Who Will Fold First in the RFA Showdown?
Some young, pending RFAs are going to cash in. Who will set the next bar?
TSN: There are some big-named pending RFAs from the 2023 draft that will be looking for a big, new deal, but are remaining patient. Teams would have liked to have them signed by now, but the likes of Connor Bedard, Leo Carlsson, and Adam Fantilli have held off as the market dynamics have shifted. Though he’s from the 2024 draft, are they waiting for Macklin Celebrini to sign an extension first? Chris Johnston:
“And what’s interesting of all, Gino, I don’t think those guys would mind if a younger player, that being Macklin Celebrini, who can sign his next deal as of July 1 with the San Jose Sharks, if he went first in order to sort of establish what the market rate is. Of course, Celebrini is having the most productive of those young stars in terms of his season, almost on the cusp here of hitting the 100-point mark in this year.”
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