NHL Rumors: Brandon Montour Talks Toronto Maple Leafs Early Free Agency

TSN: Seattle Kraken signee Brandon Montour when asked if he was thinking about signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs. There were contract negotiations.

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Mark Roe: “Brandon Montour from Seattle Kraken joins us on Overdrive. And I don’t know how many times I’ve heard throughout your career, a right-handed shooting guard, man that he would be a good fit for the Maple Leafs. Think about where you grew up and your friends and family, have you, have you found that throughout your career?

Montour: “Where, as I think about it?

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Roe: “No. Well, you’re going to, I don’t know, how the fans are going to react when you say you’ve thought about it. But you know like friends say, ‘Love, play the Leafs like you’re exactly what we need.'”

Montour: “Yeah, no, I mean you get that, especially now. Just little things, you know, I’m up north right now. Even my neighbors, my friends and my neighbors used to catch their breath, you know I don’t do that much in the media but people watch that, Leafs fans, Canadian fans. You know, as soon as you leave here, your friends and family hear about it on the radio, and rumors and stuff.

But also, personally, the last three, four months I’ve been very focused on trying to achieve this thing, you know, for our team. And, that was something for my agent to manage, to work on. You know, all I was focused on was hockey. So after that, you know.

There have been discussions, you know, I mean, you’ve looked at their list. You look at yourself, and you know, for me, I looked at myself and I saw a player and he could definitely help and I was interesting, you know, that week. There were talks, but also, there’s a lot to do with the family and what they need and what I need and business decisions and, things like that.

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But there were definitely, you know, speeches. You know, we’re, we’re excited, we thought about it, but tons of options, you know, for us and you know, obviously thanks to Seattle and you know, we’re excited about that experience and we’re excited to get it. down there and you’re just getting to know, you might say, a new organization.