TSN: Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving on the William Nylander contract scenario
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Reporter: “Of every part in your to-do checklist within the offseason, the one potential piece of enterprise that wasn’t attended to I suppose could be William Nylander’s standing. Not going to ask you to remark, trigger I do know you’re not going to, however all people’s totally different. Some guys don’t like to debate it throughout the season.
Are you able to simply talk about your strategy? Will the traces of communication stay open or is that one thing that will likely be shelved till a later date?
Treliving: “Yeah, and also you’re proper, I don’t do it to be a ache to you individuals, however I’m not going to remark. I’m not going to do a each day play-by-play on it.
I believe I made a remark lately that, clearly, it’s a precedence. We need to get Willy signed. Willy’s a very good participant. You need to hold your good gamers.
Willy’s expressed to me, him and I’ve talked, that he needs to be right here. So, that’s often a very good start line. And so we’ll attempt to get it executed. The traces of communication will at all times keep open. We’ll work with Lewis and see the place it will get too.
And in the present day, in the present day’s a day we need to reply any questions however after in the present day actually I’m not going to touch upon it till we acquired one thing to report. And I simply discover it’s finest to do enterprise that approach and hopeful we will discover a good conclusion.
Sportsnet: William Nylander on his contract scenario and never wanting any extra questions on it.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Reporter: “How do you strategy the season simply figuring out your contract scenario?”
Nylander: “Yeah, what, I need to be right here. That is the place I need to play however I let my agent and Brad deal with that. I’m not going to reply any extra questions on my contract.”
Reporter: “How can you be so not bothered by this entire factor, We’re all speaking about it on the skin?”
Nylander: “Yeah, I imply, I nonetheless have another yr left. So, that’s how I’m eager about it.”
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Reporter: “Are you okay with negotiations occurring throughout the season or would you favor that to not occur?”
Nylander: “Like I mentioned, I need to play right here and I’m going to let my agent deal with that.”
