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Brad Treliving on William Nylander’s lingering contract situation: “I’ve stated it any time I’ve been asked: Our sole objective is to get him signed”

What was the process of getting to where you are now with John Klingberg?

Treliving: This goes back several weeks. John got to a point where he wasn’t able to play. We had some stops and starts with it. There are things you can play through, and there are things you can’t. There is a difference between being hurt and injured.

We looked at whether there was a way to patch it together. John would play a couple of games, miss a game, play a game, miss a couple of games. The decision was made to hit pause and see if some time away [would help] both from a rehab perspective and the process we were going through to see if John could be back playing and being effective.