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NHL Rumors for July 18: Montour's Decision, Kuznetsov's Termination & Konecny's Contract
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Welcome to today's news and rumors rundown
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We start in Toronto where there is talk that Brandon Montour considered joining the Maple Leafs on July 1st instead of the Seattle Kraken
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He said in a recent interview that he and his family talked about it but ultimately decided Seattle was the better destination
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Next we move to Carolina and the latest on Evgeny Kuznetsov. After rumors of him terminating his contract and moving back to the KHL, the Hurricanes
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have now confirmed that they have placed him on unconditional waivers to do just that
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His $6 million dollar cap hit will now be removed from both the Hurricanes and Capitals books
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And we end in Philadelphia where there are reports that Travis Konechny will sign a $10 million dollar AAV extension in the near future
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While he is one of the Flyers top players, that type of money seems a bit high considering
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his career high is only 33 goals and 68 points. If signed he will be in the range of 100 point men Mikko Rantanen and Nikita Kucherov
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And that's it for this edition of the news and rumors rundown. Stay tuned for more tomorrow
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