Confirmed Signing with Link: 2024 Free Agency Thread

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

32 thoughts - Brendan Dillion isn't expected back for the Jets.

 

[Mrfenn92]

32 thoughts - Brendan Dillion isn't expected back for the Jets.

Should have a good market

 

[barriers]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800164585384944099

 

[cwede]

NYR draftee, played 2 seasons in AHL,
completed his ELC this spring, so an NHL RFA
returning to Sweden
if NYR QO, NHL rights retained until age 27

Välkommen till Växjö Lakers Karl Henriksson

Växjö Lakers lagbygge har fått en till pusselbit. Idag har man signat den 23-årige centern Karl Henriksson för spel i klubben kommande tre år.

www.vaxjolakers.se

 

[barriers]

Jiri Smejkal: Heading back to Czechia

Jiri Smejkal: Heading back to Czechia

www.cbssports.com

 

[MMC]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1801727389850026091

 

[KrisLeturnover]

Chatfield has re-signed, OP

Chatfield signs 3-year, $9 million contract to stay with Hurricanes | NHL.com

Defenseman could have become unrestricted free agent July 1

www.nhl.com

 

[smsgtkvv]

The following players, having been Group II restricted free agents will have turned 27 years old by July 1, 2024, making them Group III unrestricted free agents. The team currently holding the players rights and the year they became Group II free agents is also listed.

David Kase - Carolina - 2021
Calvin Thurkauf - Columbus - 2021
Vili Saarijarvi - Chicago - 2020
Vladislav Kamenev - Colorado - 2020
Egor Korshkov - Florida - 2021
Aleksi Saarela - Florida - 2020
Mikhail Vorobyov - Vegas - 2020
Damien Riat - Washington - 2022

 

[barriers]

 

[PhysicalGraffiti]

Kind of surprised Ruzicka didn't get some offer from the NHL.

He's young and had showed some flashes, had a stupid moment and was released, but players have done far worse. Hope he can have a good year in the KHL and maybe make it back to the NHL.

 

[CanMerc]

Great job as usual @caley, thanks for doing this.
With Capfriendly going dark this summer, is this the last year for this or will you be able to find other sources for the info.
Is Puckpedia any good?

 

[Mike Jones]

Great job as usual @caley, thanks for doing this.
With Capfriendly going dark this summer, is this the last year for this or will you be able to find other sources for the info.
Is Puckpedia any good?

Capfriendly's going dark? I thought they were just sold to somebody.

What's the replacement?

 

[CanMerc]

Capfriendly's going dark? I thought they were just sold to somebody.

What's the replacement?

AFAIK they were bought by the Caps and will be going dark sometime in July when the sale is finalized.

Caps announce agreement to buy CapFriendly site

The Washington Capitals reached a deal to buy CapFriendly, a popular site that has long been a source of NHL salary information and will soon no longer be available to other teams or fans.

www.espn.com

 

[Mike Jones]

AFAIK they were bought by the Caps and will be going dark sometime in July when the sale is finalized.

Why would the Caps buy them and shut them down? Are they running a rival site?

Add: Just checked out puckmedia. They have a lot of work to do over there.

 

[caley]

Washington bought out CapFriendly
01. So they can use the site internally and take it away from other teams while also using the knowledge of the guys who ran it

Or

02. Because the NHL did not care for there being a salary cap website that the public could access and the Caps did them a favour by buying it and shutting it down

I HOPE to continue doing these threads as long as the info is out there somewhere Puckpedia is the next best option but I'm also intrigued by Megan Chayka talking about doing one, too.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Great job as usual @caley, thanks for doing this.
With Capfriendly going dark this summer, is this the last year for this or will you be able to find other sources for the info.
Is Puckpedia any good?

I have been trying to look at Puckpedia this past week. It has been surprisingly good/fast at updating contract info. That was my biggest worry in losing CapFriendly. Granted, the user interface is less intuitive and friendly - but once you get past the cosmetics, I'm finding it to be satisfactory so far.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

The Reserve Lists are what I miss so far after switching to Puck Pedia. I think everything else can be a matter of getting used to the site.

But those Reserve Lists, complete with when prospects rights ended, were pure gold.

 

[xECK29x]

The Reserve Lists are what I miss so far after switching to Puck Pedia. I think everything else can be a matter of getting used to the site.

But those Reserve Lists, complete with when prospects rights ended, were pure gold.

Speed is an issue with PuckPedia, the CapFriendly folks were so dedicated at getting information updated and verified quickly.

 

[caley]

I have been trying to look at Puckpedia this past week. It has been surprisingly good/fast at updating contract info. That was my biggest worry in losing CapFriendly. Granted, the user interface is less intuitive and friendly - but once you get past the cosmetics, I'm finding it to be satisfactory so far.

They seem to be very open to suggestions/feedback. Ever since the CapFriendly news came out, people have flocked to their site and asked for changes/suggestions (like Dark Mode) and they seem to be quite accommodating , so I'm hoping they'll get there

Of course, I'm old enough to remember the panic when the late Matthew Wuest announced that due to health reasons, he was going to shutter CapGeek and we all thought it was the end of the world and we'd have nowhere online to obsess over how much money teams were paying out. Someone usually steps up and fills the role.

 

[uncleben]

Speed is an issue with PuckPedia, the CapFriendly folks were so dedicated at getting information updated and verified quickly.

You can tell this sell has already started to effect their product

Pretty much all of the contracts signed since the sale have unconfirmed numbers and details