NHL Stunned: Nikita Kucherov’s Unexpected Trade Demand Sparks League-Wide Speculation
Should There Be Concern That Nikita Kucherov Doesn’t Have a Contract Extension?
From Brady Tkachuk to Quinn Hughes to Connor Hellebuyck to Dylan Larkin, players are taking their careers in their own hands. And this GM said to me, “We better get used to it, because this is how star players, a lot of them, are going to want to run things now, and we have to adjust accordingly.”
So interesting reaction there, but clearly a stunned reaction across the NHL to this bombshell news on this evening.
NHLRumors.com Note: As mentioned throughout the summer on NHLRumors.com, it was odd that this situation wasn’t resolved, given how the Tampa Bay Lightning like to handle their business. Again, the one exception was Steven Stamkos. But Kucherov felt they couldn’t bridge the gap and wouldn’t take less than market value, which is $20 million. Many thought this would have been done or resolved at some point during the season. Now the Lightning will have to assess how to keep their window open with a Kucherov trade package.
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