Speculation: 2024-25 - Free Agency/Trade Thread
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SmokeyDuck
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Unless there is something better on the table I don't mind the return. No doubt other teams will be calling about Vatrano. I would take this as a signal that we didn't like the numbers of a potential extension for Frank.
There will absolutely be something better. I can't see any way Vatrano with retention at the deadline doesn't bring back a 1st.
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NWWisconsinDuck
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That account posting that rumor seems to be the equivalent of Eklund and probably even worse
Anaheim4ever
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Zegs2sendhelp
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To be fair have any of those players gotten to a point where they would be traded, outside of like carlsson and Mintyukov who we shouldn’t trade anyway
Anaheim4ever
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70sSanO
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So some unknown person posts a CONFIRMED rumor, whatever that means, and 2 fanbases go off the rails.
Only thing that doesn’t make sense is the date, it’s not April 1.
John
Only thing that doesn’t make sense is the date, it’s not April 1.
John
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I'm finding it very odd that so many Ducks fans are giving Verbeek a pass on what happened the other day in free agency. He talked an ENORMOUS game and then he went out and signed no one. So many people are saying "oh, Verbeek's playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers." That's nonsense. He failed. He could not back up his big talk and that warrants criticism.
I don't find it odd at all. Verbeek said he would try to get things done. By all reports, he did, offering contracts to top free agents. They chose other places. Now he's trying other things.
He never said he would make all his moves on July 1st.
I largely agree, but I do think “recruiting” is part of his job, and to that end he failed. It may have been an uphill battle, but he was unable to seal the deal with free agents.
Smirnov2Chistov
Fire Greg Cronin!
Why are we giving up on Vatrano who has some bite and chip in his game when we have a good old Terry who can probably grab the same value with zero pest in his game
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6 years of control.
Trading Vatrano now seems idiotic though, at least if the return is a 3rd pairing D, a late 2nd, and a late 3rd.
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He offered bigger and longer contracts to Stamkos and Marchessault but they both picked other teams. You can only sign players that are willing to play in Annahiem.
Why dont you tell us what deals he should have made?
We have tons of quantity and we're trading our quality for more quantity? How would that make sense. (Responding to the Zegras aspect especially)
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He also created the environment that apparently players don't want to sign in. Maybe it's always been that way. I'm not sure I believe that. When we get players we don't generally have a hard to keeping them. Or at least we didn't in the past.
I think a lot of it has to do with what Henrique talked about in that interview someone posted. Playing for a losing team is a soul-crushing, shit sandwich.
I don't doubt it. Makes you appreciate the effort to not be that losing team.
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Also helps you understand why wealthy, high caliber players, can’t be bought to play on bottom feeder teams.
Strome, Vatrano, Klingberg, Gudas, Killorn. All signed in the environment Verbeek created.
