Speculation: 2024-25 - Free Agency/Trade Thread

[The Duck Knight]

? The rumour, or the return?

Both

 

[Leonardo87]

I’m drunk cause it’s the 4th but I’m pretty sure I just read in this thread that we’re apparently trading Vatrano to Tampa

I need a drink after reading the last page of this thread.

 

[SmokeyDuck]

Both

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.

 

[The Duck Knight]

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.

 

[SmokeyDuck]

There will absolutely be something better. I can't see any way Vatrano with retention at the deadline doesn't bring back a 1st.

If he doesn't regress or get injured, maybe.

 

[NWWisconsinDuck]

That account posting that rumor seems to be the equivalent of Eklund and probably even worse

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Didn't Perbix already bust with the Ducks ? Passssss

 

[SmokeyDuck]

Didn't Perbix already bust with the Ducks ? Passssss

That was their brother.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

That was their brother.

Oh okay that explains it.

 

[Dirk316]

The thing about Verbeek that intrigues me as a GM is that he seems to have an ability to not get too attached to any one player.

Bob struggled with that at the end of his tenure

Has he traded a single player he's drafted?

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Has he traded a single player he's drafted?

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]

He's already moved on from guys he drafted such as Hvidston.

 

[70sSanO]

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

 

[Rooch]

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.

 

[JAHV]

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.

 

[nbducksfan19]

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]

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

 

[Ducks DVM]

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

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.

 

[Rasp]

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.

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?

 

[Son of Gib]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808963508782108996

I don't know who this person is, just that he was retweeted by Andrew knoll. No idea if this is all BS, but it fills the time.

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)

 

[DavidBL]

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?

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.

 

[ohcomeonref]

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.

 

[DavidBL]

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.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

I don't doubt it. Makes you appreciate the effort to not be that losing team.

Also helps you understand why wealthy, high caliber players, can’t be bought to play on bottom feeder teams.

 

[JAHV]

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.

Strome, Vatrano, Klingberg, Gudas, Killorn. All signed in the environment Verbeek created.