Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and also Jeff Marek on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast– Here’s what really did not occur episode– on Florida Panthers defenseman Radko Gudas.
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Friedman: “Another guy I heard there was some traction on was (Radko) Gudas.”
Marek: “oh ya, I can believe that.”
Friedman: “And I think there were multiple teams. One of the teams I kind of wondered about is Tampa Bay. And I would really be curious about the idea of Florida and Tampa Bay dealing with each other.”
Marek: “Especially with a gamer like that. Like I understand there are simply some teams that simply can not make actions with each other. Like I understand they have, yet like Edmonton–Calgary The old Montreal– Quebec competition. I would certainly sort of toss Tampa and also Florida in that mix.
Even one’s we had not also taken into consideration for a very long time and also I have actually made this factor prior to on this program with you, look the length of time it took Buffalo and also Boston, and also I understand Peter McNab b was in the take care of Andre Savard, yet that was a freelance circumstance. Look the length of time it took Boston and also Buffalo that were in the very same department for a very long time to negotiate. It had not been till the Danny Paile profession.
There are simply some teams even if of location, competition, all of it, simply do not make handle each other. I sort of put Florida and also Tampa in that classification, particularly currently much more so than ever before. Specifically just how Gudas plays.
Friedman: “Yes.”
Marek: “Like do you want to face that guy again? Oooof”
Friedman: “I heard there were three or four teams that took a look at Gudas. A legit look at Gudas. Ultimately, if you heard Bill Zito talking to the Florida reporters after the deadline, he said (audio of the clip), “we started talking a little bit to Radko and will continue, We’d like to keep him if we can, and it’s a process now. We want to focus on these games. We want to make the playoffs and we’ll evaluate at the end of the year.”
And they obtained a big win on Saturday versus Pittsburgh, which got on a winning touch. A video game they definitely needed to have.
But I listened to there were numerous teams speaking to the Panthers concerning Gudas and also it was recommended to me that of them was theLightning Which would certainly make good sense.
The various other to that is amusing concerning that is, you bear in mind when Tortorella was still mentoring Tampa, there was one year were the Lightning weren’t great and also they had a big gainFlorida Basically cost them a playoff area and also Tortorella brought out that speech like, ‘nothing made me happier than knocking those guys out of the playoffs. That’ s extremely actual. The Panthers and also the Lightning do not such as each various other.”
Marek: “I had always been under the impression, and who knows it might still happen, who knows what’s going to happen in the future? I had always wondered about Radko Gudas and Toronto.”
NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs, and also the Vancouver Canucks
Friedman: “I believe the Maple Leafs gotten in touch with him. I definitely do since primarily, I assume they gotten in touch with nearly everydefenseman But that had not been among the teams I listened to.
Like it would not stun me, and also once more, I have no verification of it, yet it would not stun me if among the various other teams wasPittsburgh It simply makes good sense.”
