During a recent appearance on the TV show JiC on TVA Sports, Renaud Lavoie mentioned that it was not mad love between Jesperi Kotkaniemi and his coach, Rod Brind'Amour. He even went further in his comments by stating that he was not convinced that the former Habs player will be back with the Hurricanes next year.
However, insider Frank Seravalli made comments completely opposite to those of Lavoie. According to his sources, the Hurricanes have recently met with the Kotkaniemi clan and have had productive discussions over the framework of a long-term contract extension. We could possibly be talking about a monster 8-year contract here.
That's what they're trying, but if it fails, because of the price tag, the reporter wouldn't be surprised to see a six or seven year deal close to 4-4.5M per year for KK in Carolina .
