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# Wednesday’s FTB: Auston Matthews changes agencies, Islanders clean house
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-news-auston-matthews-new-agency-mirtle-misleading-tweets-nhl-free-agency/
- Published: 2018-06-06T09:39:56.000Z
- Updated: 2018-06-06T09:39:56.000Z
- Description: Do negotiations get tougher now for the Leafs? No...
- Author: Adam Selvig
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

While scrolling through twitter this morning I saw this in my timeline:

> Auston Matthews has changed agencies to join [@OrrHockeyGroup](https://twitter.com/OrrHockeyGroup?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). Right before negotiations on his second contract are open to begin with Leafs on July 1\. Same agency Connor McDavid is with.
> 
> — James Mirtle (@mirtle) [June 6, 2018](https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/1004184704512352257?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Interesting news eh? This sounds like Auston Matthews is making a power move to increase the negotiating skill on his side of the table when the Leafs want to talk extension.

Or, I mean, it could just be this:

> It is a little inside baseball, but: Judd Moldaver, who worked closely with Auston Matthews, moved to Orr Hockey/Wasserman, which just joined forces. Matthews is going with him. Too early to say what that will mean for negotiations with TOR...
> 
> — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) [June 6, 2018](https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1004178034360897536?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

So his agent switched agencies, and Matthews still has the same guy representing him. Always follow more than one person on twitter.

Here are your links.

[On This Day: The Penguins Are Born - PensBurgh](https://www.pensburgh.com/2018/6/5/17428382/on-this-day-the-penguins-are-born-blues-flyers-stars-kings-seals-nhl-playoffs-expansion-draft?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
And the next day, they declared bankruptcy for the first time.

[The Noon Number: Kuzya Can - Japers' Rink](https://www.japersrink.com/2018/6/5/17428484/the-noon-number-kuzya-can-kuznetsov?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
A look at some astounding offense from #92 in red

[Down Goes Brown: The 2018 playoff all-disappointment team](http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2018/06/the-2018-playoff-all-disappointment-team.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
We’d better get our complaining in while we still can.

[Examining a potential Hurricanes and Sabres trade for Ryan O’Reilly - Die By The Blade](https://www.diebytheblade.com/2018/6/5/17428356/examining-carolina-hurricanes-as-a-potential-trade-partner-for-ryan-oreilly-buffalo-sabres?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Can Carolina and Buffalo help each other shake up their rosters?

[Doug Weight Fired: Who will coach the Islanders? - Lighthouse Hockey](https://www.lighthousehockey.com/2018/6/5/17430704/doug-weight-fired-islanders-coach-candidates?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Whether Lou Lamoriello goes old school or new school will be a sign of what to expect from the new era

[Lamoriello: Snow, Weight removed because Islanders need ‘culture change’ - Lighthouse Hockey](https://www.lighthousehockey.com/2018/6/5/17431368/lamoriello-snow-weight-culture-change?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
But everything else, including scouts and staff, is the same (for now).

Lou really took a hatchet to the Islanders front office, eh? It’s about time and hopefully this puts them in a rebuilding move and Tavares finally decides to hit free agency.

A man can dream, eh?