Teams may be thinking twice about allowing a potential trade partner to speak to a pending UFA about an extension

Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Canada Can’t Refuse Connor Bedard episode, on the idea of teams getting away from allowing teams to talk to a player about an extension before trading for them.

** NHLRumors.com transcription

Kyle Bukauskas: “And I thought the point you made too on radio, and this isn’t pertaining particularly to one team or one player. But just that whole idea, if you’re trading for somebody that’s on an expiring deal, that you may be looking at signing to an extension, the workflow, I guess, through all of that, in terms of, let’s make a deal first before you can talk to my guy if you want to sign them to a new contract, versus the

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