There’s good news and bad news when it comes to the Luke Hughes contract negotiations. Obviously, going this far into training camp is not a good thing, but it sounds like both the Devils and Pat Brisson, Luke Hughes’s agent, are on the same page when it comes to term. We imagine both sides are trying to figure out what an eight-year deal looks like.
It’s been a lot more complicated than most had hoped. While we all thought the hardest part about these negotiations was convincing Hughes’s camp to move towards an eight-year deal, finding the right price for said deal is holding up this process and keeping him out of training camp.