Speculation: 2024-25 - Free Agency/Trade Thread

[91Fedorov]

Ok thanks for knowing the types of players I like. Impressive

Everyone here knows the type of players you like. PIM lists are easy to look up.

 

[Unholy]

Contracts have been ass. Be thankful there’s no additional Strome situations. Actually that contract looks pleasant compared to these ones.

 

[Static]

Name these

Name these assets

Our prospect pool?

 

[Rybread86]

Something else to keep in mind. PV and Solomon are probably looking at fillers, not long term contracts. With the different guys they have in the pipeline, they are trying to bridge for a few years, not 7 years

 

[Opak]

I would’ve liked any of Viktor Arvidsson, David Perron or Tyler Bertuzzi at the prices they ended up going for. Also thought that Chychrun went for peanuts, although he wouldn’t have solved our RHD issue.

That’s about it, the rest of these deals are straight garbage. Beeker has to figure out new ways of injecting some talent into this lineup.

 

[MMC]

These deals are whack as f*** man, you guys can't possibly feel like we were cheated out of something

 

[Rybread86]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807828159858970792

All the best

Well so much for my prediction. Good luck Max. Hopefully a new team can bring the best out of you. He will be loved in the locker room

 

[mightyquack]

Name these

Name these assets

Given we have one of the better prospect pools in the league, safe to say we have plenty of prospects we could potentially looking at moving if we want an upgrade in the top 6 and top 4.

 

[Opak]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807827272465887387

We’ve re-signed, does that count?

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

I’m not as sure Gibson to Detroit would necessarily be dead. Probably a lot less likely but it seems unfathomable Detroit’s solution would be a guy who lost his net last year and you’re paying backup money for.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Oh boy... Verbeek mentioned he wanted to upgrade via free agencies or trade... looks like it will be the latter.

My guess is another year of eating contracts for picks. Here comes a combination of Justin Holl, Trouba, Laine types... Well at least we can look forward to McKenna in the 2026 draft.

I’ve learned to never believe anything he says.

 

[Beckett]

I agree these deals seem outlandish... but at some point if that's what all the deals are going for you have jumpin yeah? Of course we don't know if there have been good offers sent out and the players aren't interested

 

[cheesymc]

Why couldn't we have at least gone to discount shopping? I would have been happy if we threw some darts at guys like Stenlund, Raddysh, Lafferty types. Arvidsson, Carrier, and even Zadorov contracts would have given some hope...

Players are definitely passing on us...

 

[190Octane]

Ok thanks for knowing the types of players I like. Impressive

You and I have both been here for 20 years. Everyone knows the players you like.

 

[anezthes]

Careful what you wish.

 

[Rybread86]

I agree these deals seem outlandish... but at some point if that's what all the deals are going for you have jumpin yeah? Of course we don't know if there have been good offers sent out and the players aren't interested

Not necessarily. Some situations you might be able to stomach the cap hit but the term could be too much to handle. Im not going to sign a guy only to have him blocking my prospect pool in 2-3 seasons. Id rather pivot and start looking at other options.

But ya, the one thing no one ever considers is what the player wants. We could be offering the same exact deals but a player has ties to a different city or is being promised better playing time or the other team is in a better spot to start competing for a Cup or even playoffs.

 

[cheesymc]

Nashville killing it... can't blame them... fun team and city to play for...

 

[QuackAttack90]

Perfect landing spot for him. I hope that he thrives

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807828159858970792

 

[The Duck Knight]

Why couldn't we have at least gone to discount shopping? I would have been happy if we threw some darts at guys like Stenlund, Raddysh, Lafferty types. Arvidsson, Carrier, and even Zadorov contracts would have given some hope...

Players are definitely passing on us...

Yeah Lomberg and Stenlund both could have upgraded the 4th line for a fair price.

 

[nbducksfan19]

If its looking like we will only be able to improve via trade... any idea of who could be available?

 

[JabbaJabba]

Ducks fans going into free agent frenzy and then seeing how it turns out:

 

[12ozPapa]

It’s not surprising to me, I just don’t think Anaheim is all that attractive

 

[mightyquack]

Nashville killing it... can't blame them... fun team and city to play for...

Yeah, they have an aging core and are throwing everything at one last chance at the cup. Something we can't compete with given where we are in the cycle right now.

 

[Static]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807831239329518051

God damnit

 

[Deuce22]

Maybe we could have matched the Roy deal, but possible Roy just chose the Caps over us.

Probably need to go 10-15% higher to sign anyone.