Speculation: 2024-25 - Free Agency/Trade Thread

[dracom]

Hmm, what’s the equivalent of that for us? Lacombe as the Harris swap? Wouldn’t have minded taking on Laine.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Would anyone here have been disappointed if we traded Vaakanainen for Laine + 2nd?

Would have got back a 2nd we traded…. Added a potential top 9 scorer and gave up essentially nothing

 

[ohcomeonref]

No brainer trade imo.

 

[All Mighty]

Hmm, what’s the equivalent of that for us? Lacombe as the Harris swap? Wouldn’t have minded taking on Laine.

Harris is probably between Vaakanainen and LaCombe in terms of value.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Hmm, what’s the equivalent of that for us? Lacombe as the Harris swap? Wouldn’t have minded taking on Laine.

I get laine maybe not being a great fit…. But seems like a no brainer.

I don’t even think lacombe would be the cost as I think lacombe > Harris

 

[All Mighty]

This is further proof that players coming out of PAP have no trade value.

 

[dracom]

I get laine maybe not being a great fit…. But seems like a no brainer.

I don’t even think lacombe would be the cost as I think lacombe > Harris

I would have liked Laine if just for the potential he has. His contract isn’t an issue and I don’t think he’s a locker room issue either. Oh well

 

[DavidBL]

I would have liked Laine if just for the potential he has. His contract isn’t an issue and I don’t think he’s a locker room issue either. Oh well

It will be interesting to see how he does on Montreal.

 

[DavidBL]

Can't say I'm not disappointed given the price. Have to say l, I'm very much over waiting for the kids to figure it out. I know they're preaching patience but we littlerally did nothing to actually improve the team outside of HOPING the kids take steps. Rico for Fabri is a downgrade and is Dumoulin actually better than Lyubushkin? He plays the wrong side. I just don't see how this is an acceptable offseason so far.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

PV should have traded for Laiane..

 

[Terry Yake]

that's it? lol. the ducks equivalent would've been trading lacombe or vaaks, which i would've done in a heartbeat

playing in mtl certainly won't help his mental health though

 

[Ducks DVM]

I can’t see Laine being a success in Montreal, but I also question why people think he’d be a success under Cronin.

There’s also the fact that he was reportedly still recovering from the surgery in late July, and there’s zero guarantee that his shoulder will be functional enough to let him actually be effective this year.

 

[Fairwinds]

Verbeek not super interested in having a team that puts pucks in the net or butts in the seats. Laine was a risk worth taking when the cost was a young, mediocre, left shot defenseman, which we have more than enough of.

 

[HanSolo]

Well don't have to worry about that shit anymore. But now we have to spend the rest of the off-season hearing about how he's gonna score 40-50 goals this year.

 

[anezthes]

Without any retention the max I'd do is a 3rd.

Apparently, even that was overpay.

 

[KelVarnsen]

Can't say I'm not disappointed given the price. Have to say l, I'm very much over waiting for the kids to figure it out. I know they're preaching patience but we littlerally did nothing to actually improve the team outside of HOPING the kids take steps. Rico for Fabri is a downgrade and is Dumoulin actually better than Lyubushkin? He plays the wrong side. I just don't see how this is an acceptable offseason so far.

To me it’s not a successful off season so far. In fact, I think it’s kind of a failure so far.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Y'all do realize this deal will only embolden those assholes from MTL to continue with more garbage offer for Z? I didn't think it could get worse, but I guess I was wrong.

 

[anezthes]

Y'all do realize this deal will only embolden those assholes from MTL to continue with more garbage offer for Z? I didn't think it could get worse, but I guess I was wrong.

Context matters. Well, to some it does.

 

[DavidBL]

Y'all do realize this deal will only embolden those assholes from MTL to continue with more garbage offer for Z? I didn't think it could get worse, but I guess I was wrong.

Hopefully it just means they stop asking as they got the Top 6er.

 

[Gliff]

Im actually f***ing annoyed. This is the second time Montreal has taken a cap dump that likely will be an addition to the team AND fetch them a good return when the Ducks EASILY could have made the same trade with their insane cap space.

This trade would have been a complete no brainer for the Ducks assuming it would have been Vaak or LaCombe.

 

[DavidBL]

To me it’s not a successful off season so far. In fact, I think it’s kind of a failure so far.

At this point I don't see a path for it not to be a failure. I get not adding players just to add them but it really feels like that's what he did with Fabbri and Dumoulin.

 

[MMC]

Would anyone here have been disappointed if we traded Vaakanainen for Laine + 2nd?

Yes

 

[MMC]

Thank god the Laine trade is over with, both so I don’t have to worry about him coming here and so this thread can move on

 

[JonathnTaylorTavares]

Laine + Demidov is the best 1-2 punch in the league by far

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

I am not even a big Laine fan (I didn’t want him 3 years ago when he was a much better player than he is now), but a pick that’s almost certainly going to be a top 40 probably would have been enough for me to pull the trigger.

EDIT: You gotta wonder how PLD feels right now, I bet he’s seething. Guy he was traded for ultimately got his dream move.