Did It Matter When Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider Signed Their Deals in Detroit?

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Ken Daniels, Detroit Red Wings play-by-play announcer, joined Steve Kouleas and Mick Kern on Power Play on Sirius XM NHL Network Radio and was asked if it mattered when Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider signed their new contracts.

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Steve Kouleas: “Let’s talk to the signed players. Does it matter, that, there was, there was, I’m sure there was angst. But does it matter if it was today, yesterday, on the contrary, I don’t know, August 9?

Ken Daniels: “No, I don’t think it matters. And Lucas Raymond showed up today (Thursday), so others are going for him. He was exhausted. But Lucas was here today (Thursday) without leaving, apparently, and taking a nap. And Moritz Seider has been skating overseas with Dallas Eakins, and Lucas Raymond. So Mo has been skating over there.

I don’t think it matters. The Red Wings had $8.7 million left in the cap to go, and then, so it’s not eight years, it’s seven years for Mo at 8.55, so they still have a few thousand left. I don’t think it matters. And a day or two into training camp, they play a lot of preseason games as it is, so I think they’ll have a lot of time to adjust. They had to do it.

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Funny thing is, we had a dinner last night (Wednesday) for people here in Traverse City who watch the Red Wings. There are so many of them up here. And I was talking to Steve Yzerman as part of a Q and A and I said, so how’s Lemieux? You know, because Seider’s agent is more, and he talked about Lemieux and how everything was congenial in the negotiations, considering the history between Colorado and Detroit, and when he played as a center for Draper.

he told some stories about working with Claude Lemieux on Mo’s deal. I didn’t think it was close, but Steve seemed to suggest last night (Wednesday), we will. And it was done today (Thursday). So they obviously knew it was coming. So I don’t think time matters. The important thing is that it’s done.”