from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
In Nashville, blueliner Ryan Ellis, 23, still doesn’t have a deal with the Predators.
"This is clearly one of those cases where we want to pay him X and he wants Y," veteran Preds general manager David Poile told ESPN.com Tuesday. "We’ve tried to justify our position, they’ve tried to justify their position, and we just disagree. I mean, we’re not trading him. We want him. He really played well at the end of last year. I think with Peter Laviolette's new system, it plays really well into Ryan’s game. The sooner we get it done, the better it will be for everybody."
Poile would not discuss specifics, but it’s thought the Preds have offered two-, three-, four- and five-year deals, so there are different options on the table and it may not necessarily end up being a two-year bridge deal. I say that because you have to assume the four-year and five-year deals are worth more money per year than the two-year offer.
Elsewhere:
-- Center Cody Eakin and defenseman Brenden Dillon, both 23 and RFAs, aren’t close to new deals with the Dallas Stars. What’s interesting here is that both players are represented by the same agent: Jarrett Bousquet, who happens to be based in Dallas.
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