Speculation: 2024-25 - Free Agency/Trade Thread

[robbieboy3686]

Yuck. Over 1/3 retention just for a 2nd.

lol what did you expect he sucks!

They’ve had years to trade Fowler before his value dropped significantly and they didn’t. I’m sure we’ll get a head scratcher return when Gibby gets traded too.

Clearly verbeek valued the minutes he’s gobbled up so the kids could play proper minutes more than we imagined.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

I'm sort of getting a sense that the toughest bandaids are going to be ripped off in short order

 

[Ducks DVM]

I'm sort of getting a sense that the toughest bandaids are going to be ripped off in short order

Cronin?

Or we trade McTavish and/or Zegras to become Buffalo 2.0?

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Cronin?

Or we trade McTavish and/or Zegras to become Buffalo 2.0?

Longest tenured guys being moved, I can see the Gibby to Carolina thing coming to fruition sooner rather than later. They've lost 7 of their last 11, likely want a shake up themselves.

We'll have a pause on any significant movement for awhile after that, likely until after Z is back. Evaluating the group after the Trouba/Fowler/Gibson moves will be the excuse to keep Cronin until at least later in the year (when paying two coaches is also a huge part of that).

 

[Hey234]

Mixed feelings. Fowler served this team well for years. One of the best draft picks ever by the team. Really nice person. I truly wish him well, and I hope he finds his game again in St. Louis, and they make the playoffs.

That being said, he struggled this year and doesn't fit the team as well as other players. The return is not much but the Ducks needed a vet on defense when they were stripping things down. Yes, 2-3 years ago, they could have received more, but the Ducks would have had to give up more to acquire someone to replace Cam 2-3 years ago.

He served his purpose, and I am grateful/thankful for his time here. Thanks Cam.

 

[robbieboy3686]

Mixed feelings. Fowler served this team well for years. One of the best draft picks ever by the team. Really nice person. I truly wish him well, and I hope he finds his game again in St. Louis, and they make the playoffs.

That being said, he struggled this year and doesn't fit the team as well as other players. The return is not much but the Ducks needed a vet on defense when they were stripping things down. Yes, 2-3 years ago, they could have received more, but the Ducks would have had to give up more to acquire someone to replace Cam 2-3 years ago.

He served his purpose, and I am grateful/thankful for his time here. Thanks Cam.

The last few seasons fowler was essentially the old car we all have had, that we ran into the ground for the sake of waiting ( waiting for new money for an upgrade ) in this sense we wanted the kids to not be over worked themselves. It’s just good business, nothing personal. He’s a highly paid dude. He’s fine. The 180 by sicard and Rudolph is second level. They have been shitting on verbeek and the “
Log jam” after the Trouba trade, now look at them. When they don’t agree with something, they go out of their way to almost spam the entire narrative opposing them. All good though, I still enjoy their podcast.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

So what are some forwards we can target!

 

[AngelDuck]

He’s just not very good anymore so there’s no surprise we had to retain and only got a middling return.

I’m just glad we’re moving on

 

[ScarTroy]

So instead of weaponizing cap space, Verbeek is taking on full contracts and paying for it, and then retaining on traded assets in order to reach the cap floor, and not being paid for it. Sheesh.

 

[robbieboy3686]

So instead of weaponizing cap space, Verbeek is taking on full contracts and paying for it, and then retaining on traded assets in order to reach the cap floor, and not being paid for it. Sheesh.

It shows he’s doing what he has to firstly to get better now( our kids are better than fowler now and Trouba is better than them as well right now) while also not wanting to disrupt more development. The time to be happy to receive picks is over. We need to start impacting the roster as well as have cap space to sign some big pieces via free agency or trade.

 

[Hey234]

So instead of weaponizing cap space, Verbeek is taking on full contracts and paying for it, and then retaining on traded assets in order to reach the cap floor, and not being paid for it. Sheesh.

I think this is a perspective issue; weaponizing cap isn't just taking on bad contracts. If the Rangers retained, it would have required more/better assets for the trade. He weaponized the cap space he had to lower Trouba's trade value because he didn't need him retained. Additionally, the Ducks need to reach the cap floor. If Verbeek is planning on trading some of the more expensive vets, they need to balance the cap.