Luke Evangelista isn’t worried about an extension with the New Jersey Devils yet
James Nichols of NJ Hockey Now: The New Jersey Devils acquired 24-year-old winger Luke Evangelista from the Nashville Predators for a first (Avs) and a second-round pick last week. He’s entering the final year of his contract at a $3 million cap hit. He’s coming off a career high in assists (44) and points (56)
Before signing his two-year deal with the Predators before the start of last season, agent Judd Moldaver and the Predators battled in negotiations. It might be smart for the Devils to try and lock him up long-term before September 15th. Evangelista said he’s not really concerned about an extension, and that it’s out of his hands.
“The idea of playing in Jersey with the squad and all that contract stuff, that’s the one thing I learned is it’s kind of out of your control a little bit. So my job is just to go play, and when that comes around, we’ll deal with it when we get there. But I’m not too concerned about it right now.”
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The Sheet with Jeff Marek: Greg Wyshynski talking about Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, and how it may be time to stop the idea of Crosby playing with the Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche, or any other team.
Wyshynski: “Would there be a guy, say, in his late 30s, an absolute megastar, currently on a team where his two best friends might not be there after this season? Has always been linked to the Montreal Canadiens for hockey historic reasons.
Like, would there be somebody who could come and be the cherry on the sundae for Montreal? Tie it all together. Maybe win a face-off or score a big goal. Perhaps even an overtime goal, which I believe he did in the Olympics once.”
Marek: “I don’t know about that one. What do you think?”
Wyshynski: “I mean, listen, I’ve been in the Sid’s gonna play somewhere else business for too long. I may have to, I may, I may, I may have to close up the shop. Because the more, the more he’s in Pittsburgh, the more it feels like he’s going to stay in Pittsburgh. The more it feels like he’s going to be a one team, a one team guy.
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And that kills me because we’d all love to see him with (Nathan) MacKinnon. And we’d all love to see him and you know be the elder statesman, the Obi Wan Kenobi, leading the young Skywalkers in, in Montreal. But I just think maybe I have to close up the Sid, the Sid playing elsewhere shop.
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