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Speculation: 2024-25 - Free Agency/Trade Thread

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Vipers31 said:
Not sure if it was a reputable source, but I read something about the Panthers considering to trade Ekblad, so that could be an alternative to Trouba. Only one year left and a modified NTC, though, and maybe it was only something they considered before today’s moves - if at all.
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I think that's no longer an option with Montour leaving
 
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NWWisconsinDuck said:
Agree with you though I may not 100% agree with him. If that’s the case though, a guy like Tarasenko could make a lot of sense
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Ya i think 1 year type deals are prob a bit more appealing to us in our current situation, and just stay open to trades/cap casualties.
 
cheesymc said:
My lord... we couldn't out bid for Hakanpaa or Desharnais at 1.5 to 2 million per.... LMFAO

At this point I'd be happy to hear that we signed AHL guys like Jeff Malott.. wait, the Kings just signed him lol. Good god... both our NHL and AHL clubs are going to be ass...
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Why the f*** would we need a broken Hakanpaa or some random Desharnais?

Im happy PV aint running around signing scrubs to deals just because its the 1st of July
 
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I would love to know how much of the load they actually expect the kids to be able to carry next year - because right now it kind of looks like they are depending on breakout seasons from 3-5 youths
 
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Nashville has very little young, homegrown forward talent. Obviously they are all in but probably only have a season or two to truly compete. Even after today there are still a handful of teams that are much better.
 
Sniperberg said:
Why the f*** would we need a broken Hakanpaa or some random Desharnais?

Im happy PV aint running around signing scrubs to deals just because its the 1st of July
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So you're saying the entire UFA market are scrubs?

Good teams find value and mine for the next Jeannot, Dakota Joshua, Forslings... they take their shots... it doesn't have to be a big one, but they take them and their success isn't from luck, its from good scouting. We took NONE... both at the NHL and AHL level. I don't care for big signings but adding a trio of role players to shield our youth is the minimum expectation. You can't say throwing some darts and getting some players in their prime years wouldn't help.

Fortunately Madden runs our draft... I can't imagine if he left and Verbeek handled the draft like he does with UFAs. He treats our young stars like trash, and he either does nothing or blows his load on terrible contracts like Strome and Killorn when all he has to do are throw some darts on Vatrano/Gudas types. 2-3 year contracts, with big compete and specific role.
 
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cheesymc said:
My lord... we couldn't out bid for Hakanpaa or Desharnais at 1.5 to 2 million per.... LMFAO

At this point I'd be happy to hear that we signed AHL guys like Jeff Malott.. wait, the Kings just signed him lol. Good god... both our NHL and AHL clubs are going to be ass...
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Better will be traded for. I would bet.
 
This wait till the last minute game that Pat plays with the RFAs doesn't work with UFAs. That being said some of these contracts are terrible.
 
GMs giving 7 year deals when they know they won’t be there is… something. My one glimmer of hope, Verbeek is treating this as the job for longer than 7 years.
 
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CrazyDuck4u said:
To explain why he didn't do shit. My liking it or not is irrelevant.
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I mean all he's gonna say is something along the lines of "Other teams outbid me and I wasn't willing to handcuff the team to long term, big money contracts for aging players when I have so many young players to sign in the upcoming years." which seems pretty obvious, unless people actually believe he just sat at home all day doing nothing which is just silly.
 
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CrazyDuck4u said:
To explain why he didn't do shit. My liking it or not is irrelevant.
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"We were in on a few guys, but just didnt materialize the way we hoped. The term that guys were asking for and getting, we just werent comfortable with. We have a good group of young kids in the pipeline and we arent going to jeopardize our future for immediate help. Its only day one, we have plenty of time before the season starts and there are options out there outside of the free agent market."
 
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Rybread86 said:
"We were in on a few guys, but just didnt materialize the way we hoped. The term that guys were asking for and getting, we just werent comfortable with. We have a good group of young kids in the pipeline and we arent going to jeopardize our future for immediate help. Its only day one, we have plenty of time before the season starts and there are options out there outside of the free agent market."
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The problem is everyone gets their hopes up like children, it’s better to take what a GM says with a grain of salt.

I’m sure at some point, we’ll see some signings and trades, it’s only day 1 hahaha.
 
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