A couple of years after his own protracted negotiations led to a deal on opening night, the Ottawa captain says he has his teammate\u0027s back.
Activate your Online Access NowTkachuk faced a similar scenario two years ago and didn’t sign his new deal until opening night of the regular season after skating with the U.S. National Team Development in Michigan. He understands it’s not easy for Pinto, 22, to skate on Long Island, waiting to get a deal done.
It’s not like this is new territory for Gross, who has had other clients go down the same road. He represented Toronto Maple Leafs wingerdidn’t get a new deal done until midway through training camp. The expectation is that negotiations will be resolved soon. Teams don’t have to be cap compliant until opening night, which is still nearly three weeks away. A lot can happen between now and then.Photo by Tony CaldwellThe timing didn’t work because several Senators were on the ice at Bell Sensplex, but Tkachuk and several of the players were happy to see new ownerTkachuk watched a video of the news conference later in the day and liked what he heard about Andlauer’s vision for the Senators.
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