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

[the_fan]

Have we traded for Nic Dowd yet?

 

[UncleRisto]

It is that you're Finnish and some unreadable bundle of sticks sold your hearts to the devil in absence of souls.

Hey, we did what we needed to in the 40s.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

If Angel Reese was an NHL player she'd get f***ing run at every single night with how brash and cocky she is.

Sounds like my kind of player.

 

[BrickNHL]

Reese is hot. Clark looks like a bag of milk.
WNBA suxxxx

Didn’t know you were into Sid the Sloth

 

[Ceremony]

No matter how much the media seem to want to show it, it's still very easy to ignore women's football here. I'd assume the same goes for women's basketball in a country with a lot more for people to spend time on.

 

[BrickNHL]

No matter how much the media seem to want to show it, it's still very easy to ignore women's football here. I'd assume the same goes for women's basketball in a country with a lot more for people to spend time on.

*Women’s soccer

 

[Tommy Shelby]

*Women’s soccer

Soccer? I hardly know 'er

 

[hockeyfish]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1814084490253451696

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1814084490253451696

Not buying this for a second.

But I will say if it indeed does get done early, it's probably a good sign for us and Mikko probably will take a discount. We're still talking probably $12M. But he could easily ask for $13M+ knowing he'd get it as a UFA.

 

[hockeyfish]

Not buying this for a second.

But I will say if it indeed does get done early, it's probably a good sign for us and Mikko probably will take a discount. We're still talking probably $12M. But he could easily ask for $13M+ knowing he'd get it as a UFA.

I agree that I'm not really buying it, all due respect, Montano is about the last person I'd expect to have this scoop.

Also, I fully expect it to be a stupid number like, 11,969,696 per year.

 

[Hasbro]

Sounds like my kind of player.

6'3"

 

[Balthazar]

I agree that I'm not really buying it, all due respect, Montano is about the last person I'd expect to have this scoop.

I don't know why he'd make shit up. He's been literally the only guy who constantly traveled with the team last year. At the moment I don't think there's a single journalist in Denver who's closer to the team than he is.

Guerilla Sports last season had the best Avalanche coverage and he's their main guy.

 

[The Merchant]

Yeah Jesse is around the team more than most in the media. He's not a rumor monger

 

[ABasin]

Reese is hot. Clark looks like a bag of milk.
WNBA suxxxx

A “bag of milk”?

Agree that the WNBA is hot garbage.

 

[ANewHope]

Not buying this for a second.

Yeah not sure why he'd sign early. He has all the leverage. Avs aren't trading him and with a rising cap he knows he'll get paid. Another year with MacK just pumping up his production. Force the Avs to offer 13 or walk to UFA.

Unless the Avs are just gonna offer him 13 right away. Makes no sense for Rantanen to sign for 12 before the season starts.

 

[Freaky Styley]

Yeah not sure why he'd sign early. He has all the leverage. Avs aren't trading him and with a rising cap he knows he'll get paid. Another year with MacK just pumping up his production. Force the Avs to offer 13 or walk to UFA.

Unless the Avs are just gonna offer him 13 right away. Makes no sense for Rantanen to sign for 12 before the season starts.

You know not all situations have to be exploited to the Nth degree.

If Mikko is happy in Denver and wants to remain teammates with Cale/Nate/Landy (and why shouldn't he?), there's no reason why he wouldn't settle on something closer to market value/more in the team's cap structure around 12M rather than hold out all year.

Especially with max term.
12M x 8 = 96M (seems like a match made in heaven)
13M x 7 = 91M

Don't f*** with happiness

 

[Alienblood]

You know not all situations have to be exploited to the Nth degree.

If Mikko is happy in Denver and wants to remain teammates with Cale/Nate/Landy (and why shouldn't he?), there's no reason why he wouldn't settle on something closer to market value/more in the team's cap structure around 12M rather than hold out all year.

Especially with max term.
12M x 8 = 96M (seems like a match made in heaven)
13M x 7 = 91M

Don't f*** with happiness

they won't play him with Mack all season to keep the salary down

 

[ANewHope]

You know not all situations have to be exploited to the Nth degree.

If Mikko is happy in Denver and wants to remain teammates with Cale/Nate/Landy (and why shouldn't he?), there's no reason why he wouldn't settle on something closer to market value/more in the team's cap structure around 12M rather than hold out all year.

Especially with max term.
12M x 8 = 96M (seems like a match made in heaven)
13M x 7 = 91M

Don't f*** with happiness

You could say the same about alot of contract negotiations. Just saying he basically has all the leverage. I seem to remember Rantanen being the hardest deal to get done among the top guys but I could have that wrong.

Would be awesome if he signs for 12 early on tho.

 

[Freaky Styley]

they won't play him with Mack all season to keep the salary down

There's no way Bednar would comply, but you're right - hardball goes both ways

 

[Alienblood]

There's no way Bednar would comply, but you're right - hardball goes both ways

he will be told to

 

[MacKaRant]

Yeah not sure why he'd sign early. He has all the leverage.

If he signs early for 8 years, he knows he can chain smoke this summer and through the season. If he doesn't sign, he'll need to work hard to show he still has the goods in order to secure as much money as possible

 

[BrickNHL]

If he signs early for 8 years, he knows he can chain smoke this summer and through the season. If he doesn't sign, he'll need to work hard to show he still has the goods in order to secure as much money as possible

I wonder who’s in the chain smoking clique on this team

 

[expatriatedtexan]

I wonder who’s in the chain smoking clique on this team

I truly hope it is a group of one.

 

[Cypher]

Carolina is bland but they know it. The Guentzel move was an attempt to get more dynamic scoring.
Honestly, they should be front of the line when the Miko trade discussions open

Necas and Drury for Mikko E4

 

[Grigowski]

We're still talking probably $12M. But he could easily ask for $13M+ knowing he'd get it as a UFA.

Unpopular opinion:

Everything that starts with a 12 or even 13 is not a match made in heaven,

Thats my personal take.