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Kent Hughes says no to Kaiden Guhle for a Jake Sanderson-style contract

 Jessica Williams
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Kent Hughes says no to Kaiden Guhle for a Jake Sanderson-style contract
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As you know, Kent Hughes succeeded in signing Kaiden Guhle to a long-term contract. For both Juraj Slafkovsky and the defender, this was an objective this summer.

While Slaf signed for eight years, Guhle did so “only” for six.

This morning, my colleague Maxime Truman explained why we’re talking about a six-year contract and not, for example, an eight-season deal.

And Kent Hughes obviously agrees.

According to what Nicolas Cloutier (TVA Sports) is reporting on social networks, Kaiden Guhle’s clan has asked to discuss the possibility of negotiating an eight-year contract with a big salary.

Jake Sanderson’s contract ($64.4 million over eight years, so just over $8 million per season) would have been a comparable for the defenseman, but Kent Hughes didn’t want to go there.

Allain Roy, Guhle’s agent, confirmed this.

What we need to know is that maybe the future will tell us that Hughes should have said yes to the possibility of talking about it… or maybe the future will tell us that the GM did the right thing by holding his ground.

It’s still too early to say.

The Canadiens’ defenseman will be a free agent in 2031, if he doesn’t sign a new contract by then. At the age of 29, he’ll have a nice contract on his hands once again.

In due course, we’ll see who stands to gain the most from the contract.


In Overtime

– A roundup of the last few days on the Toronto transaction market.

– Big news in Ottawa.

– Well done.

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