Rumor: 2024-2025 Trade Rumors and Free Agency Talk | The Slow Crawl to the Season

[expatriatedtexan]

So how much did Zadina lose by terminating his contract with Detroit?

Edit: he forfeited 4.56M, signed one year in SJ for 1.1M and that was it. He lost 3.46M which is a lot for someone who made less than 5M in his NHL career.

If he's happier, then it is worth every single penny.

 

[Brett44]

800k(at best) in America or potentially a little more to live in Switzerland? That’s an insanely easy decision.

Taxe, car, house all is paid by the club in switzerland. 800k for paying your food and 1 watch for his wife

 

[LOFIN]

I mean I think he would've made more in the NHL, even playing for league minimum. Switzerland isn't exactly cheap, and while the clubs pay good in European pro hockey standards, the salaries in Europe are nothing like in the NHL.

All that said, he's going to be playing in a big role (unlike in the NHL), less games, shorter distances, Switzerland is a beautiful country and quite high up there of places where people would probably love to live. And going back home is half day's drive instead of flying for a day across the pond.

 

[LOFIN]

Probably announced today if Friedge tweets like this

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Probably announced today if Friedge tweets like this

https://x.com/i/web/status/1830974646491201838

Mikko...

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Taxe, car, house all is paid by the club in switzerland. 800k for paying your food and 1 watch for his wife

I thought you said that you were going to watch his wife…

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1830976760701505891

 

[LOFIN]

Market value, I have no doubt there would've been a team willing to offer 16M next summer.

 

[Vaslof]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1830976760701505891

Whoever said 8x12M for Rants seem to be on to something. I think that's a fair comparison between him and Draisaitl.

 

[Muffin]

MacKinnon's contract already looks like a huge bargain

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1830980347003130074

 

[henchman21]

MacKinnon's contract already looks like a huge bargain

This is close to the same percentage of cap as Mack... .1ish % more. Assuming ~92m will be the cap number.... which is going to show what impact cap movement will have on contracts.

Food for discussion... same percentage as Panarin got would equate to about 13.1m on a ~92m cap.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

This is going exactly as some of us expected for sure.

Mack sets the new upper limit for 1 year, then Matthews jumps him by a little, Leon jumps Matthews by a little more, McDavid jumps them all by even more.


Definitely shaping up for a ~$15-16M hit for Connor next summer.


This definitely sets Mikko up for something in the $12-13M range I would think.

 

[henchman21]

This is going exactly as some of us expected for sure.

Mack sets the new upper limit for 1 year, then Matthews jumps him by a little, Leon jumps Matthews by a little more, McDavid jumps them all by even more.


Definitely shaping up for a ~$15-16M hit for Connor next summer.

I don't think he will hit 16, but 15 looks like a lock. Cale will reset the defensive market in the summer/fall of 2026. Probably looking at 13.5+ there (1.5m less than McDavid).

 

[Ceremony]

14 million dollars is a lot of money.

 

[Balthazar]

McDavid can't take 15 if Drai makes 14. The difference between those 2 is more than a million.

I expect McDavid's cap hit to be in the 16-17M range.

30M for 2 players is rough...but the Avs will have like 40M locked into 3 players soon so yeah, we can't call the kettle black.

 

[henchman21]

McDavid can't take 15 if Drai makes 14. The difference between those 2 is more than a million.

I expect McDavid's cap hit to be in the 16-17M range.

30M for 2 players is rough...but the Avs will have like 40M locked into 3 players soon so yeah, we can't call the kettle black.

The PA and his agents had to basically convince McDavid to take more on the first go round. Given the complications with depth, I can't see him pushing 17m. He'll be the highest paid player again, but I doubt it pushes that high.

 

[Mighty Makar]

Oilers will have $50M spent on 4 players soon.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I don't think he will hit 16, but 15 looks like a lock. Cale will reset the defensive market in the summer/fall of 2026. Probably looking at 13.5+ there (1.5m less than McDavid).

Yeah that's my thinking as well.

I think he'll take a small discount despite it not really looking like a discount. $15M would still be the highest in the league by $1M, but also probably like $2M less then what he could easily get.

 

[henchman21]

Oilers will have $50M spent on 4 players soon.

Avs won't be far off that. Both teams will be in the >60m for 6 most likely too.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Oilers will have $50M spent on 4 players soon.

And one of them will be the epitome of this classic meme:

 

[Mighty Makar]

Avs won't be far off that. Both teams will be in the >60m for 6 most likely too.

We don’t have a Nurse making $9.25M, though.

 

[henchman21]

We don’t have a Nurse making $9.25M, though.

That's true... but one of our 60m guys can't stay in the lineup due to his love of snow.

This is why each team is relying on random depth they can find for very cheap though.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[SirLoinOfCloth]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1830980347003130074

Full NMC for the entirety of the contract. Dang.