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8 years at less than $9.5 M per season: Lane Hutson was ready to sign a contract like this one
Marc-Olivier Cook
8 years at less than $9.5 M per season: Lane Hutson was ready to sign a contract like this one
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Lane Hutson's next contract remains one of the most important issues in Montreal. We don't know how many years he'll sign for, nor do we know what the annual amount of his deal will be. But with the market seeming to have exploded in the last few days, the issue is starting to become even more important… Hutson has the arguments on his side to sign a huge contract – much like we saw with Luke Hughes and Jackson LaCombe last week. And in that regard, it's interesting to know that the defenseman was ready to agree with the Canadiens on the terms of an eight-year contract… at less than $9.5 M per year (the amount Noah Dobson is paid annually). Emily Kaplan reported the information on X, also specifying that it didn't work out on the Canadiens' side.

What's dangerous in all this is that the Canadiens may want to take their time because there's no press.especially if Hutson continues to progress and produce as much – if not more – on the ice.

It's also worth noting that, according to Elliotte Friedman (32 Thoughts Podcast), negotiations between Hutson and the Canadiens have become a little… emotional, which explains why both sides needed to take a little break.

We'd all like to know the answer to that question. Everyone's anxious to see the deal close, and right now it seems hard to predict what's going to happen – yet, especially with the market changing – but one thing's for sure: the player wants to stay, and the Canadiens want to keep him. At this level, no one needs to worry…

'Overtime'

– Reminder: McDavid signed a two-year extension ($12.5M per season) with the Oilers.

– I love this.

– Juraj Slafkovsky should aim for 70 points. [TVA Sports] – The end of the Yzerman era in Detroit? [98.5 FM]

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