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“I know Ron Hainsey did a heck of a job with Morgan Rielly and I would say that Chabot is that kind of player, the way he jumps in the rush. I think Zaitsev has learned from Ronnie in that regard and I think either guy is going to be good for (Chabot). Sometimes it might be Dylan. We’ll see what happens, I think it’s going to be shared.

“I’ve seen first hand because Ron did a really nice job with Morgan as well.”

TALKS WON’T BE A DISTRACTION

Of course, there was no shortage of questions about Chabot’s status because he’s set to become a restricted free agent on July 1, 2020, when his entry-level deal expires.

The belief is the two sides have been talking all summer about different scenarios on a new contract for Chabot and the sense is the talks have been good, are continuing and some progress has been made, but there’s no sense that a deal is imminent.

Both sides are being tight-lipped because they want to be able to wake up one morning and announce they’ve got an extension in place for the club’s best defencemen. Chabot is leaving the negotiations up to his agents and said he has no concerns.

“It’s been a pretty good summer. I just worked out. I’m going into training camp with one more year left on my contract,” he said. “You’re all aware there’s been talks and they’ve been going smoothly. I’m just leaving that to my agents. They’re taking care of everything and, hopefully, we can get something done for sure.”

Chabot said he doesn’t have any kind of deadline to get a deal in place because it’s not his priority. The talks are between Dorion and the agents.