In NHL free agency, available players at two positions tend to be gobbled up by the league’s 30 franchises in short order: centres and defencemen.
That makes it more than a little surprising that Kris Russell is still without a contract. It also means there’s still an available option out there for teams that need a little bit of help on their blue line (and who doesn’t?).
According to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, though, Russell may not be on the market for long. McKenzie did an interview Wednesday with Toronto radio station TSN 1050 and suggested several teams are interested in the player:
The long and short of it for Kris Russell is that I think he’ll sign here in the next number of days, maybe next week, but maybe before the end of this week. [There are] multiple teams talking to him still. I don’t believe the Leafs are one of them. I think he’s more likely to take a one-year deal, or to get a one-year deal, than anything else, and go back to the free agent trough next summer and try to experience better luck than he did this year.
If McKenzie’s supposition on ...
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Is Kris Russell the Missing Piece for Your NHL Team’s Blue Line?
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