Sportsnet: Edmonton Oilers GM Ken Holland when asked about the contract extension talks with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who has a year left on his contract before becoming an unrestricted free agent.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“On Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, his agent Rick Valette and I had many conversations, the two weeks right around October the 9th which was obviously unrestricted free agency. The couple weeks prior and the week after, and I think that the market place is so, is changed so much that basically our conversations have ended, and I would hope that at some point in time here once we get up and running, we can pick up and see if we can find a solution.