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Brendan Shanahan: “As long as we are a Stanley Cup contender, we will have cap issues. Toronto should get used to that. It doesn’t mean we aren’t prepared.”

Was your deal up?

Shanahan: Yeah, my deal was expiring in July. The team had approached me probably over a year ago. Maybe not the best negotiator for myself, I said, “I probably shouldn’t be saying this, but I’m not going anywhere. I want to stay. I want to see this through. I am enjoying the job and I’m very passionate about it. I love it here.” But the time wasn’t right for me then to start talking about my own deal. I just said, “When the time is right, we can sit down.