Rumor: 2024-2025 Trade Rumors and Free Agency Talk | Part Deux

[RoyIsALegend]

How are they making the cap work? Bennett?

Knight($4.5m) and $3m cap space.

Chicago must be retaining at least $2m.

 

[Balthazar]

Knight($4.5m) and $3m cap space.

Chicago must be retaining at least $2m.

For a return like that I hope they are retaining at least 3M

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

25% = $2.375M

Edit:

 

[Tommy Shelby]

That's all it took to get that much retention?

F*** me, people are gonna get riled up around here

 

[dahrougem2]

That's a heck of a return unless Knight is broken beyond repair.

Well, he's still only 23 but he has not been good at all to begin his NHL career and this season through 23 games is 37th out of 62 goalies with a minimum of 10 GP in GSAA.

IMO the Hawks are hoping he's the Fleury to Bedard akin to Crosby and grow together. Especially if they don't retain.

Edit: Neeeeeveermind. 25% retention makes this bad for Chicago.

 

[The Pwnerer]

So...similar package from us would he Nabokov + 1st. Steep but with that retention would've been a pretty good deal I'd say.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I'm so sad.

 

[twostroke2023]

pretty good deal for Florida there imo

 

[Tommy Shelby]

I can't wait until we trade Malinski for Joker tomorrow

Let's light this powder keg

 

[Balthazar]

Well, he's still only 23 but he has not been good at all to begin his NHL career and this season through 23 games is 37th out of 62 goalies with a minimum of 10 GP in GSAA.

IMO the Hawks are hoping he's the Fleury to Bedard akin to Crosby and grow together. Especially if they don't retain.

I know that he was good at first but then had personal issues and joined the PA program for what seemed to be forever. I lost track after that.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

That's literally peanuts man damn.

 

[dahrougem2]

I know that he was good at first but then had personal issues and joined the PA program for what seemed to be forever. I lost track after that.

It hasn't been good since either

 

[AvalancheSpeedsters]

Chanelling Bob, won’t Florida need a future backup /starter ?

Avs send Nabokov and Colton for Lundell assuming they sign Bennett long term

I know Iknow…

 

[RoyIsALegend]

So...similar package from us would he Nabokov + 1st. Steep but with that retention would've been a pretty good deal I'd say.

Not the same.

Nabokov is in Russia and has never played a game in North America.

Knight, despite his struggles, is 23 and already in the NHL. He was also considered a generational goaltending prospect when he was drafted.

 

[Balthazar]

Yeah 23 is still young for a goalie, especially one with such a high upside.

 

[Valushkin]

Makes sense for Florida, they did lose couple of key d-men from their cup run

 

[hockeyfish]

Can't wait until we find out that the Avs had a better offer but he wouldn't waive.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

I'm so sad.

Don’t be sad.

We just gave up 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round picks for 20 games and playoffs of a cooked Ryan Lindgren.

We still have $4m left to acquire Kyle Palmieri with a bit of retention.

Stanley Cup, here we come.

 

[Cypher]

Ya'll are crazy. I'm not touching Seth Jones for 7m for 5 more years. Glad the Avs "missed out".

 

[Balthazar]

Can't wait until we find out that the Avs had a better offer but he wouldn't waive.

Something tells me that Lindgren was Plan B (or C). They pulled the trigger once it became clear they weren't getting Jones.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Ya'll are crazy. I'm not touching Seth Jones for 7m for 5 more years. Glad the Avs "missed out".

A top 4 of…

Toews - Makar
Girard - Jones

…would have been the best top 4 in the NHL. Full stop.

 

[dahrougem2]

Can't wait until we find out that the Avs had a better offer but he wouldn't waive.

This feels like Chicago had something very specific in mind: a <24 year old NHL player who can step into the lineup now and a 1st round pick.

Florida had that in Knight and Lundell. Dallas has that in Stankoven/Bourque but Chicago probably preferred the goalie. We, unfortunately, do not have that player and were likely never in it.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Makes sense for Florida, they did lose couple of key d-men from their cup run

They'll almost certainly lose another in Ekblad this summer, I think Jones is their insurance for that

 

[Valushkin]

All I care about is getting a 2C. Don’t care about Jones

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Can't wait until we find out that the Avs had a better offer but he wouldn't waive.

“I’m not going to Denver” ala JT Miller.

The phrase of the trade deadline.

Like Panarin, Giroux, and countless others before.