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Agent Lewis Gross on the William Nylander contract negotiations: “This was not Michael driving the bus. This was not me driving the bus. This was Willy driving the bus.”

Can you take us through the process of when conversations with Kyle Dubas started to when you ended up at 4:52 getting this deal done? When did real conversations actually start with Dubas when he became GM in May?

Gross: We met at the draft, was our first meeting together. That was the initial conversation we had, and then we really continued to talk throughout the summer. There was some face to face. He came to my office. We met outside the office. I came to Toronto. There were ongoing meetings and ongoing discussions throughout the entire summer.