NHL Rumors: Negotiations paused between Los Angeles Kings and Adrian Kempe

Contract talks between the Los Angeles Kings and Adrian Kempe have been on hold for some time

daily confrontation: David Pagnotta said the Los Angeles Kings and Adrian Kempe’s camp will take a break from contract extension talks starting Thursday.

** Transcribed by NHLRumors.com

Carter Hutton: “As contracts start to come off the board, is he the next guy we see thrown out?
here? “

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Pagnotta: “You know, I thought that until a few days ago, until the morning. From what I heard and what I was told in the morning, they have suspended negotiations now.

So talking to a few people on both ends, it seems like the Kings and Eichel, sorry, the Kings and Kempe’s camp are just going to say, ‘Hey, let’s take a break. We’ve been going back and forth for a while. Let’s take a break,” I believe, and we’ll get together again later this month. It’s still early. The season has just begun. You know, the Kings had a nice win in a topsy-turvy game.

But I should say it’s not surprising or a secret that Kempe wants to stay, and obviously the Kings want to keep him as well. But you know, with Kenny Holland, sometimes it takes a little longer to lock in these types of deals with these quality players.

So they decided, you know what, let’s take a break. Let’s, let’s, play a few more games and then we’ll meet again. That’s the current campaign landscape. “

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Tyler Yaremchuk: “I wanted to jump in there real quick. I heard some reports about the Ryan Hudson thing and I was like, hey, maybe he’s happy with that number. And then he saw a couple other contracts signed and he was like, hold on. Maybe I want a little more. Is that something that could have been a factor for Kempe? He saw the Kyle Connor trade and he was like, hold on up.”

Pagnotta: “I don’t think that affected it. I think Kaprizov affected the tight end market. I think that played a big role in cementing (Kyle) Conner’s trade with the Jets. I think it affected Kempe. It affected (Alex) Tah. It affected (Artemi) Panarin and so on. (Martin) Necas and so on.

But I don’t think Conner’s trade really affected Kempe’s team. I think they understand where they are. By all accounts, he was ranked 11th. I think at the beginning of the offseason, when they start talking about it, where do you start from? The 10s are closer. Los Angeles is not even nine years old. And, you know, I mentioned this yesterday on Irf. That’s what it was like at the time, and then obviously as the market evolved, everything changed.

So I don’t think that’s the case, it is. I think, you know, they, the team understand where the requirements are, but the players, you know, understand where the team requirements are. They have to find a way. There are still some gaps there, and I think that’s why they pause things for a while and then start again in a few weeks. “

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