Major turnaround: Kent Hughes would reportedly be willing to offer over $70 million to Pierre-Luc Dubois
For several hours and more than ever, the name of the forward Pierre-Luc Dubois is circulating a lot in the Montreal Canadiens and in trade rumors all over the NHL.
A trade is imminent. It will be done within about twenty days according to a source, and we have just learned that the Jets are going to conclude a 'sign and trade immediately' type of trade.
In essence, Dubois will negotiate his new contract with his new team (the one where he will be traded in a few days), he will sign his contract with the Winnipeg Jets so that it can be an 8-year contract, and he will be immediately traded afterwards.
We learned this thanks to the brilliant work of journalists Marc Antoine Godin and Arpon Basu, from The Athletic.
There's more.
Dubois would be asking for 9 million dollars per year
According to these reporters, we can expect Dubois to seek to sign a contract for over 9 million dollars per season.
This is what they learned and it makes sense with comparables like Mathew Barzal and Roope Hintz.
In light of these revelations, several fans thought this:
To which Basu replied this.
In essence, we understand that Hughes would be willing to offer 9 million dollars (over 8 years) and more, per season, to a player like Dubois. We are talking about a total of 72 million dollars and more.
| POLL | ||
8 years and 9 million dollars per season for Dubois, would you do it? | ||
| Yes | 148 | 22.1 % |
| No | 521 | 77.9 % |
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