Notebook Buzz
NOTEBOOK BUZZ
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Some in the Penguins organization under Kyle Dubas are mystified at the direction the Penguins are taking on the Jake Guentzel front in never truly trying to resign him. Conceptually some parameters were discussed at various points this season but in the last couple months there were no substantive talks. Feelings have been hurt multiple sources say. From Guentzel’s side of things, it’s understandable where there’s frustration that Pittsburgh under Dubas has never showed him the love. All this talk of trying to keep the window open, yet Pittsburgh keeps digging in on 32 and over players and as of today never came in with an offer to even make the Guentzel camp even consider.
As the trade deadline is just over 24 hours away, one emerging theme around Guentzel is the player and agent were never locked into the belief that his demands are 7 to 8 years. Teams around the league believe a shorter-term deal at [hide] $10.5+ per number was [/hide] brought to the table by the Guentzel camp around the All-Star break and Pittsburgh did not To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
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Rumblings: Kyle Dubas was given unlimited funds to put a staff together under him. Jason Speeza is the DeFacto Assistant General Manager but longtime General Manager/Executive Doug Wilson has been heavily involved the last couple weeks and according to Rob Rossi of The Athletic is the lead-man on non Guentzel trades right now. Wilson who has great relationships with other General Manager’s, is quite the asset to have at this time of the year with Pittsburgh trying to swing a number of moves among their non-core……….
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Capitals tonight as Washington for now has gotten a jump on Pittsburgh in shipping veterans out. First Anthony Mantha on Tuesday night and now Joel Edmundson who has been dealt to Toronto. Max Pacioretty is a target of teams and on the move, while among players with term Washington is getting a lot of calls on Nick Jensen……….
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