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LATEST ON MATT DUCHENE
“Los Angeles-based agent Pat Brisson has been in Toronto for the last number of days,” indicated McKenzie.
“Not a big surprise. He represents John Tavares, Jake Gardiner, amongst others on the Leafs.
“But what is interesting is that Brisson and Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion did break bread a little bit today, the obvious point of discussion there - and it’s very, very preliminary - is Matt Duchene’s future.
“He’s an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year. He’s eligible for an extension anytime now, unlike Mark Stone, who can’t get one until January 1.
“The lines of communication are open - nothing more than that at this point.”
(Insider Trading: Dorion, Brisson break bread on Duchene front)
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MATT DUCHENE ON THE MEETING
“I told my agent I’m on a need-to-know basis, and he just said they talked and that’s it. That’s all I know and that’s all I want to know right now,” Duchene said following a skate at the Robert Guertin Arena.
“I’m focused on helping this team win day-to-day. My first goal and my first priority, no matter what I’m doing in this league, is hockey. The business side is a big part, but it comes a bit more secondary for me. That’s going to sort itself out. I know that and I’ve got to do what I can day-to-day to help this team win.”
“I’ve said many times I’d love for this to work,” Duchene said. “There’s some elements that have to go into that, but I’ve really enjoyed my time here and we’ll see what the future holds.
“Again, I’m not really thinking about it. My agent and I exchanged one text (Tuesday). That’s it. That’s all it’s right now and that’s where it’s at.”
“I don’t want to have anything hanging over my head that I’m kind of thinking about other than playing hockey, going to the rink and playing for the Ottawa Senators and being the best player I can be for this team,” he said.
“That’s where I’m at right now. It’s going to fall in front of me where whatever happens, happens. At this point, I’m not too worried about it and I’m just focused on helping this team win. We’ll cross the bridge when we get to it.”
Snapshots: Matt Duchene keeping his focus on hockey rather than contract talks
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LATEST ON MARK STONE
On what the odds of getting Mark Stone and Matt Duchene signed to contract extensions are and whether any progress has been made on those fronts…
“Why don’t we focus on the Flyers tonight? I’ll just avoid that question like any good politician. Let’s talk about Gritty. You know what, obviously these are two players that we want to be part of our long-term success. We’ve done a lot of contracts here. At some point in time, we have to meet. We can’t do that officially until January 1st with Mark Stone and I think Pat Brisson and this organization have a pretty good relationship and when it’s the right time, we’ll sit down and we’ll hammer it out. But, these things don’t get done in a week after the season gets done. There are so many things in the last month or month and a half that have gone on that our attention has gone away from that, but those players know that we’d like to sign them.”
(Pierre Dorion TSN 1200 OCT 12th, Transcribed Via Thoughts in Bold: Senators GM Pierre Dorion on early season...)
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DORION CLAIMS THEY WERE "VERY CLOSE" ON A LONG TERM EXTENSION THIS PAST OFF SEASON
“We’ve identified core veteran players that we’d like to keep as part of the rebuild. You just can’t put a bunch of kids in a rebuild or else it’ll be a total failure because a lot of the kids or good prospects can’t just be put in the lineup without a good surrounding cast. So obviously a lot of the pending UFAs, if you look at Stone, Duchene, Dzingel, Wideman or Paajarvi (?), whatever role they might be moving forward, of course we’d like to keep them. I think everyone knew that we had this big task that we had to do in trading Erik Karlsson, but at the same time, we know that we have to keep some veteran guys. We were close on a very long-term contract with Mark Stone. Very close and it didn’t turn out, but we knew that we had from January on until the end of the (season) to try and sign him and that’s what we’re going to try and do.”
(Thoughts in Bold: Dorion Speaks on TSN 1200's TGOR)
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LOUIS JEAN OF TVA REPORTS STONE WANTS OUT/STONE REFUTES
“What I’ve been told is Mark Stone does not want to be in Ottawa anymore,” is the Google translate from French to English of what Jean said. “He does not want to play in Ottawa anymore. He is frustrated because he sees the direction the club is going. The team is not able to retain their good players.”
Naturally, Stone was asked about what Jean had to say at Wednesday’s morning skate.
“Who’s that?,” said Stone. “I have never heard of Louis Jean before, so I don’t know where he would find that information out. I love it here. This has been a great month for me. I have enjoyed my previous four years here, and I want to continue to be here, so again, don’t (know) who Louis Jean is, and never once did I ever say that.”
Senators fans jumped all over Jean on social media.
He defended himself by saying: “Stone wants to leave Ottawa because he wants to win. But things could change if the organization stabilizes on and off the rink.”
What I believe is that Jean, a respected veteran in the business, was told what he heard by a credible source. Whether Jean or that source is someone Stone knows is insignificant. The hockey world is a small place. Word travels.
(Senators' Stone dismisses speculation about his future)
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OTHER PLAYERS
-No news yet on an extension for Ryan Dzingel. Dzingel will become a UFA at the end of the season and is eligible to sign an extension any time.
-Shawn Simpson tweeted that Ceci "reportedly" turned down a 6 year 4.75M AAV (28.5M) contract prior to going to arbitration with the Senators. That contract would have bought up 4 UFA years. Ceci signed a 1 year deal in arbitration and will be an RFA at the end of the season.
-Via Bob McKenzie there may have been interest in a team giving up an asset for Zack Smith prior to him being waived, but the Senators would have had to make some salary considerations.
-David Pagnotta on twitter has implied that Smith being waived wasn't Dorion's choice, make of that what you will.
LATEST ON MATT DUCHENE
“Los Angeles-based agent Pat Brisson has been in Toronto for the last number of days,” indicated McKenzie.
“Not a big surprise. He represents John Tavares, Jake Gardiner, amongst others on the Leafs.
“But what is interesting is that Brisson and Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion did break bread a little bit today, the obvious point of discussion there - and it’s very, very preliminary - is Matt Duchene’s future.
“He’s an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year. He’s eligible for an extension anytime now, unlike Mark Stone, who can’t get one until January 1.
“The lines of communication are open - nothing more than that at this point.”
(Insider Trading: Dorion, Brisson break bread on Duchene front)
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MATT DUCHENE ON THE MEETING
“I told my agent I’m on a need-to-know basis, and he just said they talked and that’s it. That’s all I know and that’s all I want to know right now,” Duchene said following a skate at the Robert Guertin Arena.
“I’m focused on helping this team win day-to-day. My first goal and my first priority, no matter what I’m doing in this league, is hockey. The business side is a big part, but it comes a bit more secondary for me. That’s going to sort itself out. I know that and I’ve got to do what I can day-to-day to help this team win.”
“I’ve said many times I’d love for this to work,” Duchene said. “There’s some elements that have to go into that, but I’ve really enjoyed my time here and we’ll see what the future holds.
“Again, I’m not really thinking about it. My agent and I exchanged one text (Tuesday). That’s it. That’s all it’s right now and that’s where it’s at.”
“I don’t want to have anything hanging over my head that I’m kind of thinking about other than playing hockey, going to the rink and playing for the Ottawa Senators and being the best player I can be for this team,” he said.
“That’s where I’m at right now. It’s going to fall in front of me where whatever happens, happens. At this point, I’m not too worried about it and I’m just focused on helping this team win. We’ll cross the bridge when we get to it.”
Snapshots: Matt Duchene keeping his focus on hockey rather than contract talks
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LATEST ON MARK STONE
On what the odds of getting Mark Stone and Matt Duchene signed to contract extensions are and whether any progress has been made on those fronts…
“Why don’t we focus on the Flyers tonight? I’ll just avoid that question like any good politician. Let’s talk about Gritty. You know what, obviously these are two players that we want to be part of our long-term success. We’ve done a lot of contracts here. At some point in time, we have to meet. We can’t do that officially until January 1st with Mark Stone and I think Pat Brisson and this organization have a pretty good relationship and when it’s the right time, we’ll sit down and we’ll hammer it out. But, these things don’t get done in a week after the season gets done. There are so many things in the last month or month and a half that have gone on that our attention has gone away from that, but those players know that we’d like to sign them.”
(Pierre Dorion TSN 1200 OCT 12th, Transcribed Via Thoughts in Bold: Senators GM Pierre Dorion on early season...)
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DORION CLAIMS THEY WERE "VERY CLOSE" ON A LONG TERM EXTENSION THIS PAST OFF SEASON
“We’ve identified core veteran players that we’d like to keep as part of the rebuild. You just can’t put a bunch of kids in a rebuild or else it’ll be a total failure because a lot of the kids or good prospects can’t just be put in the lineup without a good surrounding cast. So obviously a lot of the pending UFAs, if you look at Stone, Duchene, Dzingel, Wideman or Paajarvi (?), whatever role they might be moving forward, of course we’d like to keep them. I think everyone knew that we had this big task that we had to do in trading Erik Karlsson, but at the same time, we know that we have to keep some veteran guys. We were close on a very long-term contract with Mark Stone. Very close and it didn’t turn out, but we knew that we had from January on until the end of the (season) to try and sign him and that’s what we’re going to try and do.”
(Thoughts in Bold: Dorion Speaks on TSN 1200's TGOR)
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LOUIS JEAN OF TVA REPORTS STONE WANTS OUT/STONE REFUTES
“What I’ve been told is Mark Stone does not want to be in Ottawa anymore,” is the Google translate from French to English of what Jean said. “He does not want to play in Ottawa anymore. He is frustrated because he sees the direction the club is going. The team is not able to retain their good players.”
Naturally, Stone was asked about what Jean had to say at Wednesday’s morning skate.
“Who’s that?,” said Stone. “I have never heard of Louis Jean before, so I don’t know where he would find that information out. I love it here. This has been a great month for me. I have enjoyed my previous four years here, and I want to continue to be here, so again, don’t (know) who Louis Jean is, and never once did I ever say that.”
Senators fans jumped all over Jean on social media.
He defended himself by saying: “Stone wants to leave Ottawa because he wants to win. But things could change if the organization stabilizes on and off the rink.”
What I believe is that Jean, a respected veteran in the business, was told what he heard by a credible source. Whether Jean or that source is someone Stone knows is insignificant. The hockey world is a small place. Word travels.
(Senators' Stone dismisses speculation about his future)
__________________
OTHER PLAYERS
-No news yet on an extension for Ryan Dzingel. Dzingel will become a UFA at the end of the season and is eligible to sign an extension any time.
-Shawn Simpson tweeted that Ceci "reportedly" turned down a 6 year 4.75M AAV (28.5M) contract prior to going to arbitration with the Senators. That contract would have bought up 4 UFA years. Ceci signed a 1 year deal in arbitration and will be an RFA at the end of the season.
-Via Bob McKenzie there may have been interest in a team giving up an asset for Zack Smith prior to him being waived, but the Senators would have had to make some salary considerations.
-David Pagnotta on twitter has implied that Smith being waived wasn't Dorion's choice, make of that what you will.
