Elliotte Friedman was on Calgary’s Sportsnet 960 on Friday morning.

On Alex Radulov:

“Radulov to me, I mean, it’s been unreal. Every day — I don’t know what to believe with Radulov. I think that’s just part and parcel of him and his mystery. I think he’s coming. There are some people who think this is a negotiating ploy for more money in Russia. I don’t know. I think he’s coming.

“When it was initially leaked he was coming back, it was so crazy there because he was supposed to be at world championship training camp and then we broke the story that he was actually in New York fielding offers for NHL teams. And the Russians, they were so pissed.

“First of all, some guys reached out to me and said, ‘That’s not true.’

“And I said, ‘I’m telling you guys, it’s true.’

“And it turned out to be true. And they were furious, the Russian national team. And now he hasn’t played. And I think privately, they questioned whether or not he’s really hurt, or if he’s just trying to protect his North American contract status.

“I think Florida is in there. I think Detroit is in there. I told you that I heard Washington – they denied it. Everybody has always linked them with Colorado. I can tell you that somebody said to me — and he’s pretty trustworthy — has said it’s not Colorado. But the rumor has stayed there.

“So I don’t know where that’s going to end up, but I think he is coming over.”

Earlier in the conversation, with a focus on the Washington Capitals, Friedman mentioned this:

“There was a Russian reporter who reached out to me yesterday that they heard Washington was in on Radulov. I checked that and I was told he’s not going there.”

NA source told me #Caps are not more in the mix for Alexander Radulov — Igor Eronko (@IgorEronko) May 20, 2016

Source: Sportsnet 960/ Transcript: Nichols

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