It’s no secret that Kent Hughes has been extremely busy lately. With the draft and the opening of the free agent market, he and Jeff Gorton have their work cut out for them.
At least they don’t face the prospect of having to retain many of their players who became free agents.
Colin White, Tanner Pearson, Jesse Ylonen (RFA) and Chris Wideman will all become free agents tomorrow. But as we know, they will not be returning to the metropolis. The only one who will be kept (barring a surprise) is Arber Xhekaj (RFA).
And on the eve of his contract expiring, he changed agents.
He and his brother Florian will now be represented by Brian and Scott Bartlett of Bartlett Hockey.
In Florian’s case, he has just signed his NHL entry contract and will not need to worry about his contract until 2027.
But as for his big brother, the situation is a little more sensitive since tomorrow, he will no longer have a contract. We can therefore perhaps assume that the negotiations between his former agent and Montreal management are not going well.
It was Viktor Saljanin who signed the two brothers to the NHL contracts. Now the agent who works for Innovative Hockey Consultants no longer has any customers. The brothers were his only two clients.
As for Brian and Scott Bartlett, they manage no less than 36 contracts with a combined value of around $516 million.
A lot of
– Legend.
– I hope Slaf isn’t too sad.
– The Leafs now turn to Tyler Bertuzzi.
