Kyle Dubas on pending UFA Jake Gardiner: “We’d like to keep that on the front burner, but until we solve Mitch’s situation, it is impossible to engage with anybody”

How did the Patrick Marleau trade come together?

Dubas: Yesterday, as it went on, it’s been working with Patrick and working with Pat Brisson and trying to find a way to accommodate him and what their wishes are. Obviously, they’ve got to put some work in still on that, but that was really the only way that we were going to be able to do something on that end for Patrick.

I think everyone knows how we feel about Patty Marleau and what he’s done for our organization. We felt that we were trying to do all that we could to help him.