Don Waddell speaks on the Carolina Hurricanes’ interest in William Nylander: “Kyle’s made it very clear his first priority is to try to get this player signed”

Waddell when asked directly, “Are you trying to trade for William Nylander?”:

As you know, the Toronto Maple Leafs are trying to sign the player, and if I were the team, I’d be doing the same thing. He’s a very good player. It’s hard to make those trades. I have been in those spots before trading Dany Heatley, Marian Hossa, Ilya Kovalchuk. It’s never easy to make a trade and feel like you get full value. As a team trying to keep your good players, that is your first priority.

Waddell on whether it is reasonable to assume he does have interest in Nylander if he becomes available:

It’s reasonable in that we know we don’t score goals.