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GM Stan Bowman on negotiations with RFA Marcus Kruger: "We're very close." Expects a deal to be done in the next few days. #Blackhawks
Mark Lazerus @MarkLazerus
Bowman said Kruger's taken a while because his agent has many clients, and #Blackhawks have been busy, too. Not a "difficult negotiation."
Isn't Kruger's agent Bill Zito? Because that would explain it.
Zito's been busy getting top money for average players this summer.
Bill is not his agent.
Kruger's agent J.P. Barry wrote in an email on Wednesday both sides could afford to take their time with the contract.
"We are still working on this one," Barry wrote. "Marcus does not have salary arbitration rights so we have more time to continue to work on seeing if we can agree on something."
2 year 3.7 million is my guess.