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Lane Hutson’s contract: Arpon Basu surprised that the matter will be settled this season
Raphael Simard
Lane Hutson’s contract: Arpon Basu surprised that the matter will be settled this season
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Is the signing of Lane Hutson imminent? Some say yes, some say no. Arpon Basu is on the pessimistic side. On The Basu & Godin notebook podcast, the journalist doesn't think the matter will be settled this season. Elliotte Friedman also recently said that signing the contract is not imminent.Negotiating during the season is not necessarily the priority for some/many athletes. In Hutson's case, he's not involved and simply wants to concentrate on his play on the ice. But, according to Basu and his colleague Marc Antoine Godin, the defenseman will have to start getting a little more involved for the matter to be settled

It's currently his agent (and his father) who is handling the negotiations and, presumably, he's only in it for the money. We know that the 48 wants to stay in Montreal, and that's why the young defender should take more of a role in the negotiations. He's not playing badly (despite no points so far), but it's true that contract negotiations can be a real distraction.

In an interview with TVA Sports earlier this evening, the main interested party told Félix Séguin that he's not a finished product.

His agent Sean Coffey knows that.

And I imagine it's his main argument in negotiating his star player's next pact.

'En

– Ouin.

– Game 1 of the ALCS starts tomorrow night.

– He's back

– He's unlucky.

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