from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,
Alex DeBrincat is learning the hard way that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the fence.
After refusing to sign an eight-year deal with the Ottawa Senators, the 25-year-old, two-time 40-goal scorer and his Toronto-based agent, Jeff Jackson, are learning that DeBrincat can’t get that kind of contract anywhere else in the National Hockey League.
While the Senators have tried to deal DeBrincat for the past three weeks and found some trades they considered to be close, those talks got shut down because Jackson was unable to get the kind of term of contract he wanted after being given permission to speak to those teams.
General manager Pierre Dorion confirmed Saturday, the day NHL free agency opened, he had given Jackson permission to talk contract with more than one team in an attempt to facilitate a trade, but those trades fell through because DeBrincat’s camp didn’t like the term they were being offered.
So we'll give Compher 5 years but not 7 or 8 to ADB? This 4d chess is beyond me.
We can't give DeBrincat 8 years. Only OTT can do that.
Also, read earlier today that DET is out of the running for him.
Steeb, Garrioch tweeted that earlier today, then when DeBrincat's camp discovered teams were balking at DeBrincat's numbers, so who knows where things stand tonight.
I'm already feeling too much drama aboot this player. Walk away.
Yes Steeb, hence the 7 OR 8 years as I stated. Im sure Ottawa would gladly facilitate a sign and trade if it it landed another asset.
But like Paul said, it was reported that Dorion let teams speak to ADB about contract, and that term had derailed a couple of solid trades. Its my speculation that Detroit was one of those, but based on who ADB was willing to sign with earlier, Detroit was one of the few still in a position to pay for him.
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