LeBrun: Pending UFA Kucherov has ‘no intention of hitting the open market’

Sep 30, 2026, 10:08 AM ET|Comments (0)

from TSN,

“Could you imagine if the defending Hart Trophy champion as NHL MVP was playing in a Canadian market and was entering the final year of his deal without an extension? What a gong show that would be,” LeBrun said Tuesday on Insider Trading. “But by the way, that’s why Kucherov loves playing in Tampa. People leave him alone there. He barely does any media and it’s why he wants to stay. He has no intention of hitting the open market. It’s just that the Lightning and his agent Dan Milstein haven’t been able to find the sweet spot in terms of that extension.

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