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Kyle Dubas on William Nylander: “As much as people said letting him go past the deadline was the nuclear option, trading him would’ve been worse”

Below is a full transcript of his comments, re-ordered and edited for clarity and readability.

Kyle Dubas on the ups and downs of completing the deal over a months-long period

Photo: Canadian Press

At any point were you panicked in the 4 p.m. hour that you were going to lose cell reception and somehow this couldn’t get done?

Dubas: My phone went to no service in the St. Paul Hotel with about 20 minutes before the whole thing and the wifi there was not great. But Brandon Pridham — God love him — found a way to make it all happen.