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Kyle Dubas speaks after the William Nylander $45 million contract extension: “I know Willy will be well worth that”

News started to pour in just minutes before the five o’clock deadline. Can you take us through the timeline from the start to ultimately where we ended up in a position where William Nylander agreed to a six-year deal?

Dubas: We’ve obviously been having a lot of communication with their camp — with William and with Lewis Gross — and we had a number of discussions all day, culminating with the discussion with William and Lewis at about 3:15 here central time. The deadline was 4:00. We quickly got everything signed and into the league, so literally right down to the wire.