Only player linked with San Jose is Cizikas. Hope and pray we don’t go down that route.
I mean we signed Handzus.I love Cizikas- perfect 4th line center. A third line center, he is not however.....sounds like a move we'd make.
I mean we signed Handzus.
Or he is simply waiting till the last day like many GMs do or he feels like they can live with the contract for the next few years even if they don’t play Jones. Time will tell.It seems likely that DW is just waiting until the last minute to see if he can find a trade for Jones.
I mean, I suppose you can't blame him...but maybe it is a sign that he hasn't properly assessed the market? That he has fallen in love with his own players a bit too much?
Granted, if he doesn't buyout Jones, either he really is stealth-tanking or it is just further proof that he's lost his touch.
Ultimately, I don't think it's the direction we should go, but I have no doubt Wilson is running through every Eichel to SJ option. I'll almost be more surprised if it doesn't happen. First time since Karlsson he's had trade capital, he can't help himself.
Buffalo got better value than that for Rasmus Ristolainen
i guess it's a bargaining tactic but in what world is a 15 point player worth 5m...Saw talk of Cizikas getting 5 mil lol. I will die if Doug gives him that
I think hes fine for like 1.5 - 2 mil but hes going to get more. Basically only provides depth defense
Looking at the FA list, I'd probably look into targeting Stastny, Wennberg, and Nosek as potential centers to acquire.
you have my attention!I'd think about a Dubois-Meier kinda trade if that's out there.
Yeah, rumor is he’s asking for $5 million. He was already getting $3.35 million on his last deal so someone is going to drastically overpay.If Goodrow can get 3.6x6 what's Cizikas' market value? Gotta be 4x4 at a minimum. This is going to be a hilarious contract.
How do you figure? Ristolainen got a 1st, 2nd, and a NHL Dman.
This deal nets a 1st, a recent 2nd round forward who’s on track, a recent 2nd round Dman who’s on track, and a young NHL middle 6 winger.
Most people thought it was a pretty fair deal. 4 years and $6 million per year for a guy that was coming off a 30-36-66 season as a 22 year old. I don't think DW is going to sell low on Meier though. He is still signed to a fair deal by most standards, only 24 years old, and still been at 50+ point pace per 82 over his last two seasons combined (which are considered down years). If they move Meier, they're either going to attach a Jones contract to it and get back a lesser upside winger in the process or they're going to get a young center I think. It won't need to be a discount if he's moved.What was the sentiment with the deal after Timo signed it? Sure seems like DW poison pilled his own contract as it gets closer to expiring
I meant the 10M to qualify at the end of it. Had to be included to get him at a fair 4x6?Most people thought it was a pretty fair deal. 4 years and $6 million per year for a guy that was coming off a 30-36-66 season as a 22 year old. I don't think DW is going to sell low on Meier though. He is still signed to a fair deal by most standards, only 24 years old, and still been at 50+ point pace per 82 over his last two seasons combined (which are considered down years). If they move Meier, they're either going to attach a Jones contract to it and get back a lesser upside winger in the process or they're going to get a young center I think. It won't need to be a discount if he's moved.
Think it was mostly just assumed that he's going to be signed long-term beyond that. I think entirely too much is made of that QO with Meier and my thoughts on it are well-documented anywhere hockey is discussed on the internet haha. Just treat/view him as an expiring UFA rather than an expiring RFA and it's a non-event. Too many galaxy brained people out there trying to make it into something that it isn't.I meant the 10M to qualify at the end of it. Had to be included to get him at a fair 4x6?