Speculation: 2024-25 - Free Agency/Trade Thread

[mightyquack]

Neat! Didn't know we had any Ducks fans around here from Australia, hopefully you will wake up to great news

Yep there's none of us around

 

[mightyquack]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807756172218302486

3 year deal for a 32 year old fourth liner, Carrick's got a good agent

 

[MMC]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807761206259728503

 

[Dryish]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807761206259728503

That's ridiculously high money. Guentzel is good, but not that good.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807761206259728503

My initial reaction was that it seems a bit rich, but he's basically been a point per game guy for each of the last six seasons. Not too many out there can boast that level of consistent high end production.

He does turn 30 right at the start of this coming season though, so there are multiple years remaining where he'll be over that 35+ threshold. Always has to be a bit worrisome

 

[Kalv]

Congrats @Leonardo87 with the Carrick signing, you can't get away from that guy . Alao, happy for Sam. Well deserved.

Nice to see us being in on Stammer, but the only thing we can offer is cap space (money) and reuniting with old friends Killorn and Gudas. But that's it.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

That's ridiculously high money. Guentzel is good, but not that good.

Would you be surprised to know that he's darn near a point per game player in his career? 491 (227 goals) in 520 career regular season games. Then also 67 points (38 goals!) in 69 playoff games.

His career regular season points per game (0.94) puts him just a hair behind Barkov, Eichel and Point, but slightly ahead of Aho, Marchand, Tavares and Backstrom. For career playoff points per game his 0.97 is just behind Malkin and Point, just ahead of Pastrnak, Kane, Aho and Ovechkin.

That's easily 8-10M territory, I think if anything he probably goes a bit underrated.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

That's ridiculously high money. Guentzel is good, but not that good.

I actually think that is a pretty fair deal

 

[MMC]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807765181390291305

 

[NWWisconsinDuck]

Keep in mind that all of these insiders will report teams in on players and it’ll likely not be us until it’s about at the finish line.

Verbeek don’t leak

 

[Rooch]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807761206259728503

Crazy that they could find $9M/year for Guentzel but only offered Stamkos $3M/year.

 

[Quack Shot]

doesn’t Free Agency not start for 2.5 hours? Isn’t it clear that NYR violated the rules with Carrick?

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Gunna guess we’re in on necas/Stamkos and marsh.
Big on Roy
Big on lomberg

If boeser is in trade talks def see us on him too

If we let leason /Jones go we’re looking for energy guys in bottom 6… lomberg fills that

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Crazy that they could find $9M/year for Guentzel but only offered Stamkos $3M/year.

Guentzel is four (nearly five) years younger and his production is way less reliant on PP time at this point, ie much stronger 5on5 producer. I can see why they went this direction.

 

[Duck Off]

I think the odds of us landing Stamkos or Marsh are slim to none. I think the "big fish" we'll sign is Roy. The top 6 upgrade will have to come through trade.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

I just assumed Vegas would find a way to keep Marsh but if he's available, I think he's the #1 target

 

[Static]

Marsh to New Jersey. Bummer!

 

[dracom]

Gonna set my expectations very low for today. Don’t see us landing any big fish and will just over pay some bottom 6/bottom pair guy to get to the cap floor.

 

[Static]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807767522025799976

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Marsh to New Jersey. Bummer!

Dammit, doesn't he know I just named him our #1 target less than two mins ago?

 

[AngelDuck]

Wow that is a real kick in the nuts. He would have been perfect here.

Honestly, I’m not super high on Stamkos at this point. What I’m reading about his all around game is concerning

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Wow that is a real kick in the nuts. He would have been perfect here.

Honestly, I’m not super high on Stamkos at this point. What I’m reading about his all around game is concerning

I’d rather look towards trade route now

That being said I’ll still take Stamkos lomberg and Roy

 

[Rooch]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807770216773849162

 

[KelVarnsen]

Ducks ain’t getting any of the top guys. Always have to settle for second tier. Hopefully the second tier outplays theri contracts like Vatrano and Gudas have instead of underplay the contract like Stroke has.

 

[NWWisconsinDuck]

It took 3 signings and an hour for people to go doom and gloom. Well done