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ÉCJ: fan discontent could prevent Michael McLeod from signing for Carolina
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
ÉCJ: fan discontent could prevent Michael McLeod from signing for Carolina
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As of yesterday, the five players on Team Canada Junior can sign with an NHL team. The contract can't be official until October 15, though. And the guys won't be able to play until December 1, regardless. #SuspensionIt's October 2 and nothing has been announced by a whistleblower. And on that subject, Chris Johnston has gone into detail on the matter for The Athletic.

Basically, Carter Hart is fully expected to sign in Vegas at this point. And Johnston raises the possibility that nothing was done yesterday since October 1 is a dark day in Vegas. In 2017, 58 people lost their lives in a mass killing.But it should happen soon.

It's unclear whether the others will sign. After all, are Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube or Cal Foote good enough to make the signing worthwhile? Each team has its own answer to that question, but Michael McLeod is lining up to sign. Recently, there have been numerous rumours linking Hart and McLeod tothe Hurricanes. Chris Johnston, again in his Five Guys piece, reports that the Hurricanes have received so much negative feedback in connection with the rumour that the club is considering dropping the project altogether.

Let's remember that there was notably a movement to have season tickets cancelled in the event of one of the players signing. There ‘s talk of a petition (with nearly 1,700 signatures) being set up to prevent these guys from signing in Carolina.The people there have decided to assert their right to speak out.Even if the players in the locker room don't mind (publicly, at least) with a potential McLeod signing, the project might just fall through.Let's see how this turns out.

'Overtime'

– New York vibrates to the rhythm of the Yankees.

– Indeed.

– Oh yeah?

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– It's going to be quite a series.

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