Speculation: 2024-25 - Free Agency/Trade Thread

[Kalv]

I'm sorry @Kalv.

I hope we draft a Latvian
FWIW I think Blueger is way more useful to a competitive team. We will have young guys taking more FO's and killing penalties

 

[91Fedorov]

People love holding onto bringing back the same stuff that isn’t working.

That's how most marriages work.

 

[McDonald19]

We need a bottom six upgrade, not the same guys over and over again.

Who is your 4C target?

 

[Static]

People love holding onto bringing back the same stuff that isn’t working.

Carrick is very likeable, it's understandable. We just need better players.

 

[McDonald19]

People love holding onto bringing back the same stuff that isn’t working.

I don’t want Henrique back. I’m fine with Carrick back as a 4C, because he knows his role and will be relatively cheap.

 

[Static]

Who is your 4C target?

Lundestrum should be our 4C. I want carrier as our big bottom six get and to promote guys like regenda and nesterenko.

Honestly, getting top six guys will solve this problem by pushing others down the lineup.

 

[McDonald19]

Lundestrum should be our 4C. I want carrier as our big bottom six get and to promote guys like regenda and nesterenko.

Not sure if they are giving him his qualifying offer to be a 4C, but maybe.

 

[robbieboy3686]

Not sure if they are giving him his qualifying offer to be a 4C, but maybe.

No way

 

[Rasp]

Wrong thread.

 

[91Fedorov]

Not sure if they are giving him his qualifying offer to be a 4C, but maybe.

No way

We need to get to the cap floor. I would do it. If it's a short deal it doesn't hinder the team at all.

 

[Static]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806099890885255407

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806101143015018611

 

[Deuce22]

So the solution is to saddle those minutes with players who can barely handle what they get now? Can you imagine how Mintyukov would have looked last year with those increased minutes and level of competition? Mintyukov was awesome and earned more ice time but he would have crumbled with more than he got. Gudas struggled with increased minutes and so did LaCombe.

I just don't understand how the Ducks get better by removing Fowler and increasing the ice time of young players next season. Eventually, Fowler will have to go but next season is too early.

A lot of assumptions here. My counter would be that Fowler struggled with the minutes he was given. How do we know that others wouldn’t be as good, or better? It’s counterproductive to play Fowler 25+ minutes when Ducks are rebuilding. Need to find out what others might be. Already know what Fowler is.

 

[NWWisconsinDuck]

I’m curious if a guy we aren’t talking about potentially being moved is Vatrano… seems like that could be something that nets a decent return in NHL ready players if he’s packaged. Idk, just surprised we haven’t heard his name out there more

 

[Static]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806113051701285161

 

[Static]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806122660935630856

 

[All Mighty]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806122660935630856

It makes no sense that the cost to dump Walman was arguably greater than the cost to dump Mikheyev.

 

[Static]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806136130196398321

 

[Dostwall]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806136130196398321

Could it be the Ducks? It’d make sense if he had a bottom feeder team on his NTC and weren’t they rumored to have interest in him last offseason?

 

[dracom]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806144284032459083

 

[dracom]

Since GMs hate fun, i expect all the big trades to happen today so during the draft all we get are a few swapping pick trades.

 

[All Mighty]

We should probably see some waivers action today now that the buyout window is open.

 

[All Mighty]

Suter was the one real blemish on their roster the last two seasons. They will be better now that he’s gone.

 

[Static]

I think I would take trouba from NY if they added something. Two years left and he's mean as hell.

I don't think he's good, at least for the role there, but for our purposes he probably won't be put in that position anyway.

I would not be surprised if verbeek is looking at that since the term is controlled and NY is probably trying to move on. The question is if he would accept a trade here.

 

[Arthuros]

Apparently the Walman trade was confusing even to the Sharks themselves? Some former Stars insider (Sean Shapiro) had contacts that said the Sharks would probably have claimed him anyway if Detroit had just waived him.

All speculation at this point, but if this isn't some kind of pre-determined sequence of events where the Sharks are obligated to claim a different cap dump as the future considerations to the Walman trade, gotta think there's some personal beef associated with Walman himself.

...or Yzerman's an idiot. All possible.

 

[NWWisconsinDuck]

I keep coming back to the idea that I just believe Verbeek is going to take some swings this year. I don’t think he’s in any way on the hot seat nor should he be, but I do think we’re at the point of the rebuild now where fans, ownership and players want to see success. I also think they want success to coincide with this rebrand. I expect some major improvements to this roster over the next few weeks.