GDT: 2024 Free Agency - July 1st - 12 P.M.

[None Shall Pass]

Free agency isn't even 5 hours old yet. You all need to relax. We could still get our top-6 forward in August or September. Deep breaths.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Scummy NHL dropping controversial news on free agent day. So gross.

It's the pairing with the supreme court news today. Like lemons with capers so to speak.

 

[britdevil]

But was Kovy 2.0 wearing shorts?

It's the pairing with the supreme court news today. Like lemons with capers so to speak.

A pineapple and olive pizza. Mama mia.

 

[NJDevs26]

On paper, Markstrom/Allen over Vitek/Schmid, Pesce over Marino, and Dillon over BahlSmith are all upgrades. The problem is the combined cap hit is much higher. We lost Toffoli with basically no replacement. McLeod isn't really replaced. Noesen over Holtz is an upgrade there at least. But just looking at the consensus top 12 forwards heading into last year vs. now, it's not crazy to say it is a downgrade.

Last year we expected the offense to carry the team and it didn't happen. This year we're clearly banking on the defense and goaltending really stepping up. I'm a believer that can work, but we will definitely need those top 4 forwards to carry us sometimes offensively. It's not the way I expected Fitz to approach the offseason.

To be fair it's probably easier to find 'scoring wing' help at the deadline if it comes to it than it is most of the other stuff Fitz has already gotten this offseason (big, physical D, goaltending, a legit coach).

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Cheap wing that plays well with Nico

Spoiler: .

 

[Rhodes 81]

To be fair it's probably easier to find 'scoring wing' help at the deadline if it comes to it than it is most of the other stuff Fitz has already gotten this offseason (big, physical D, goaltending, a legit coach).

Definitely. I'm not hating by any means.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Id actually try Skinner on the cheap at this rate

 

[Saugus]

Cheap wing that plays well with Nico

Spoiler: .

10 years from now, some posters will still be clamoring for Tatar because of his xGF%.

I don't see it. Maybe a few years ago you could pencil him in for 20 goals as a complementary winger in your top 6. But not anymore.

 

[Normal Devil]

Id actually try Skinner on the cheap at this rate

Isn't he completely immune to defense? I know he can score though .. was a point per game guy in his best season ever just two years ago,

 

[Bleedred]

Cheap wing that plays well with Nico

Spoiler: .

That ship has sailed. Actually, more like that ship has sunk.

He's probably grenaded. Wouldn't be completely shocked if he's played his final NHL game, though he may actually have one more year in him.

 

[Devil X]

Isn't he completely immune to defense? I know he can score though .. was a point per game guy in his best season ever just two years ago,

Not sure about Skinner defense but he can score. He's not a bad target if its cheap.

 

[Bcap88]

That ship has sailed. Actually, more like that ship has sunk.

He's probably grenaded. Wouldn't be completely shocked if he's played his final NHL game, though he may actually have one more year in him.

Think he was in talks to go back over seas anyways

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

10 years from now, some posters will still be clamoring for Tatar because of his xGF%.

I don't see it. Maybe a few years ago you could pencil him in for 20 goals as a complementary winger in your top 6. But not anymore.

I would bring in Beau Bennett

 

[Richer's Ghost]

A pineapple and olive pizza. Mama mia.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

Just waiting for all the GM’s to wake up and regret everything that happened today, almost like to walk of shame. Top six wingers will become available

 

[Killing Joke]

Whelmed.

 

[megajake]

Skinner-Hughes-Palat could be a fun line

 

[NjDevsRR]

Whelmed.

Did you have a chance to answer my question on what you expected in return from the Marino Schmid Holtz moves and who would have paid it?

 

[britdevil]

Whelmed.

 

[Devil X]

Just waiting for all the GM’s to wake up and regret everything that happened today, almost like to walk of shame. Top six wingers will become available

Yea some of the contracts given out today reek of "the cap is going up so Ill be fine".

It might work out, it might not.

 

[britdevil]

I would bring in Beau Bennett

 

[Saugus]

Just waiting for all the GM’s to wake up and regret everything that happened today, almost like to walk of shame. Top six wingers will become available

Trotz's hangover will be so bad it could fell an elephant. No way all of those deals age well.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

Trot'z hangover will be so bad it could fell an elephant. No way all of those deals age well.

Stamkos without Point, Kutcherov and Tampa’s PP could be a 60 point in 80 game season as soon as this year.

 

[Moist ReadOnly]

Clearly he wasn't satisfied with the top six if he was going for Marscheault. But this is pretty much what we're stuck with now barring a trade or cheap reclamation project a la 2012 Sykora.

Im still not sold on that rumor - why fill up another top-6 spot with term when Dawson is right there probably breaking through and then you have a -single- top-6 spot for the next five years

Its far more realistic to me that we try Mercer there under Keefe and get Palat a single year of top-6 production before hes moved; then you have an entire year or two after to entertain UFAs, trades, Gristyuk, etc...

We give away all the roster space and were stuck with that; its year one of contention, there will be better (and bigger lol) options

 

[NJDevs26]

Trot'z hangover will be so bad it could fell an elephant. No way all of those deals age well.

What else was Trotz supposed to do though? Especially after he cast the win-now die by re-committing to Saros. Maybe Nashville becomes Parise-land Minnesota but it's honestly worth giving it a shot for them at this point if you're not going to go the blowup route, they had 90 points two years ago and nearly 100 this year, they aren't the total rubbish people make them out to be and now they just gave a dose of Red Bull to their mediocre offense.

They kind of do have to try to win in the real near term while Josi and Saros still can be looked at as key players.