TSN: Seattle Kraken signee Brandon Montour when requested if he thought of signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs. There have been contract talks.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Mark Roe: “Brandon Montour of the Seattle Kraken joins us on Overdrive. And I don’t know what number of occasions I’ve heard all through your profession, right-shot defenseman, man he can be good on the Maple Leafs. Think about the place you grew up and your family and friends, do you, have you ever, have you ever gotten that all through your profession?
Montour: “The place like, like myself desirous about it?
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Roe: “No. Effectively, like, you’ll, I don’t know what, how the fan base will react for those who do say that you simply’ve thought of it. However like mates saying, ‘Like, come on taking part in for the Leafs such as you’re precisely what we’d like.’”
Montour: “Yeah, no, I imply you clearly get that, particularly now. Simply little issues of, , me being up north proper now. Even my neighbors, mates and neighbors have caught wind of, , I’m not a lot of that within the media however individuals clearly watch that, followers of the Leafs, followers of Canada. You recognize, simply being from right here, your family and friends hear it on the radio, and the rumors and whatnot.
However once more, for myself, the final three, 4 months has been so centered on simply making an attempt to win this factor for, , for our workforce. Once more, that was one thing for my agent to form of management, to work on. Effectively, , my entire focus was hockey. So after that, .
There have been conversations, , I imply, he’s checked out their roster. You have a look at your self, and , for me, I checked out myself and noticed the participant and undoubtedly might assist and was intriguing, , in that week. There have been talks, however once more, there’s rather a lot that goes into it with household and and what they want and what I want and enterprise selections and, and such.
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However there have been undoubtedly , talks. You recognize, we, we’re excited, we thought of it, however tons of choices, , for, for us and , clearly grateful for Seattle and , we’re enthusiastic about that have and excited to get down there and form of get began with , you could possibly say, a brand new group.
