The Los Angeles Kings and Adrian Kempe don’t seem close to contract extensions
Daily Confrontation: David Pagnotta broadcast live in the daily standoff, talking about Kirill Kaprizov’s contract extension, raising the bar for wingers who want to sign a contract extension. The situation between the Los Angeles Kings and Adrian Kempe does not seem to be close, both sides can. Kempe may be $11 million now.
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“Kaprizov’s deal is going to affect the winger market more, more than anything. And, an emphasis, it’s going to place emphasis, to a certain extent, on a guy like (Jack) Eichel, because of the top-tier talent that some of these guys are, but it’s going to have more of an effect on Kempe, on (Alex Tuch), on Kyle Connor and so on.
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So the number you start from offseason, once you start negotiations, for some people, the $10 million requirement two months ago is now probably over 11.
I know that in Kempe’s case, I know that the King and Kempe’s agent JP Barry both spoke the other day. They kind of went back to have a conversation, but nothing was tight.
It sounds like this, except (GM) Kenny Holland and Kings have a big turn now, and it looks like he might start the regular season without extensions, but he is happy with that. It sounds like both sides can do it too. They want to finish a deal, but it sounds like it takes a little time.
So I don’t think there is any panic anymore. But it’s a player, if he had been in the semester, he could hover around about $11 million a year a year, for a full eight years.
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