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Elliotte Friedman was on Edmonton’s 630 CHED on Friday afternoon.

As part of a larger discussion on Jacob Trouba, transitioning into a Trouba-Hamonic angle:

“The Trouba-Hamonic thing – the New York Islanders aren’t doing anything that jeopardizes their chances to win this year. I think they’re all in for this year.

“They’ve talked about Trouba for Hamonic. They’ve asked. When Winnipeg talked about Hamonic, the first thing that the Jets did was they said, ‘Well, would you do it for Byfuglien?’

“The Islanders said, ‘No, we want somebody with term.’

“They asked for Trouba, the Islanders did, and the Jets said, ‘No.’

“I don’t know if it’s one-for-one. What if the Jets said, ‘Well, we think Trouba is worth more than Hamonic, so we want more.’

“And the Islanders aren’t going to do that, necessarily, in a year where they think they can win.

“The other thing too is, I still wonder about the contract dynamics of this. Garth Snow plays real hardball with his non-arbitration eligible guys. And I just wonder, are you creating a situation there that’s going to cost you a lot of trouble.

“I’m not saying it won’t happen, but I just don’t know if I see it happening right now.”

Source: 630 CHED/ Transcript: Nichols