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\n\u2018Forget it!’: Kent Hughes lost patience during negotiations for a $70 million player
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A new documentary series is pulling back the curtain on the tense negotiations surrounding one very specific contract for Kent Hughes and the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n
We’re talking about Lane Hutson<\/a>‘s contract negotiations.The Montreal Canadiens have built a strong reputation for their salary structure, starting with the team-friendly contract Nick Suzuki<\/a> signed under Marc Bergevin.<\/p>\n Everyone was eager to see that situation get resolved.<\/p>\n The first episode of Season 3 of the documentary series about the Canadiens’ rebuild, available on Crave, looks back at those particularly complicated negotiations.<\/p>\n During a 2025 preseason game against the Senators in Quebec City, cameras caught Kent Hughes speaking with Jeff Gorton, visibly running out of patience.<\/p>\n Kent Hughes’ frustration shows how tense the Lane Hutson contract talks became<\/p>\n Here’s a more exact version of what he said:<\/p>\n “The structure and everything we offered, forget it!”<\/p>\n – Kent Hughes<\/p>\n Jeff Gorton appeared just as frustrated, admitting that he didn’t know what to say to his GM at that specific point in the negotiations.<\/p>\n Clearly, things weren’t going all that smoothly. And clearly, the situation was also starting to affect Lane Hutson’s play.<\/p>\n A year from now, Zachary Bolduc<\/a> and Arber Xhekaj<\/a> could very well be the players whose contract talks receive the same kind of behind-the-scenes look.<\/p>\n Yes, the Canadiens had a scare, but in the end, everything worked out.<\/p>\n Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n POLL<\/p>\n 1 HOUR AGO|74 ANSWERS<\/p>\n ‘Forget it!’: Kent Hughes lost patience during negotiations for a $70 million player<\/p>\n Do you think Lane Hutson regrets his contract today?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t
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\u2018Forget it!’: Kent Hughes lost patience during negotiations for a $70 million player
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