GDT: 2024 NHL Trade Deadline

[JLo217]

I feel like that first in 24 is gonna be for a goalie in the off-season.

 

[Ararana]

Playoff-MacKinnon takes Eichel to the cleaners....

Playoff MacKinnon takes any individual player to the cleaners. The dude goes god mode

 

[LOFIN]

I feel like that first in 24 is gonna be for a goalie in the off-season.

Why would we trade a first to get a goalie when we have a Stanley Cup winning goalie?

 

[Bender]

I hate San Jose more than I have Vegas in this deal. You give them a #2C center in the playoffs where the LTIR is actually beneficial to them, replace needing to pay Stephenson, retain 17% to make Hertl's contract reasonable moving forward, give up 2 3rds... and only get 2 late 1sts in return.

Hertl is a far superior player to Mittelstadt for the next few years, which is the only years that really matter. Wish CMac had the balls to pull off this trade.

It's pretty clear with the way the Avs operate that they don't want some old-broken down vet on a massive long-term contract that is going to screw them 4-5 years from now. I think the whole Iginla contract really gave them PTSD. It's the main reason we didn't keep Kadri.

The Avs don't operate the way vgk does. They use LTIR the way it was intended - for guys like Landeskog and Francouz that have serious long-term injuries/career threatening injuries - not some sort of work-around for the salary cap so that they can ADD anyone they want and get rid of anyone they want whenever they want.

To me, it's the difference between being an honorable organization and being a bunch of sketchy f***ing dirtbags that don't mind crossing the line because the league is on their side anyways.

I get the 'whole everyone voted against this thing' but at the same time, it just seems like it's a different set of rules for THEM and everyone else. I mean, why wouldn't Toronto use this as well? Boston? New York Rangers ? Dallas ? Los Angeles ?

None of these other teams are doing this and EVEN Tampa Bay who got the ball rolling seemed very tempered in even attempting this.

I keep joking that the league sent out a memo to the 31 other teams but man, WTF it's absolutely ridiculous.

NHL to 'closely scrutinize' trades to keep players on LTIR

The NHL sent a memo to teams saying they will "closely scrutinize" such trades.

theathletic.com

 

[henchman21]

Ullmark had a NTC, there's no guarantee he was available to us. Available to some, maybe, but maybe not us.

As for Markstrom, hard to tell on his availability. NJ ended up with f***ing Allen, if Markstrom was truly being shopped there were definite suitors.

It's hard to tell who is available and who isn't. So again, its only a miss if we had a shot.

It is clear there were discussions around those two goalies, so they were available. Maybe the deals fall apart, but clearly two #1Gs were on the market.

The Avs just took a risk in net, we will see if it works or not.

 

[hockeyfish]

Da F.

 

[Grigowski]

I feel like that first in 24 is gonna be for a goalie in the off-season.

My bet: Gibson.....

 

[LOFIN]

Da F.

Trades still coming through?

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I feel like that first in 24 is gonna be for a goalie in the off-season.

All depends on what George does this year.

I bet they keep the pick and draft someone.

 

[henchman21]

Playoff-MacKinnon takes Eichel to the cleaners....

Playoff Eichel last year was a two way beast that should have won the Smythe.

 

[Avaholic29]

I don't know how I feel today.

Why go super deep at F if you're going absolute bare minimum at D and G?

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Did you just call the avs dcore bare minimum? Lol I understand not wanting Jack Johnson as the 6th but come on..

 

[forsbergavs32]

Trades still coming out and no CMac presser announced yet...

 

[Balthazar]

CMac:

 

[LOFIN]

Playoff Eichel last year was a two way beast that should have won the Smythe.

Doesn't touch MacKinnon.

CMac:

This was like two days ago

 

[Balthazar]

Did you just call the avs dcore bare minimum? Lol I understand not wanting Jack Johnson as the 6th but come on..

Are you saying the Avs D depth isn't bare minimum for a playoff team?

This was like two days ago

Still true today.

 

[HockeyFan100]

Come on, announce Nedeljkovic to the Avs already!

 

[LOFIN]

Are you saying the Avs D depth isn't bare minimum for a playoff team?

I don't think there are two or three teams better than us that's for sure.

 

[Balthazar]

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

They're done. Not getting a goalie

 

[Ararana]

So our traditional deadline day move was sending Meyers the f*** out of Colorado.

 

[hockeyfish]

This was a trade

 

[Avaholic29]

Are you saying the Avs D depth isn't bare minimum for a playoff team?

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
Johnson - Walker
Malinski - Jones

Yes that’s exactly what I’m saying hahahah. Argument can be made Vegas is the only team in the west with better and that’s only if you consider play styles.

 

[LOFIN]

They're done. Not getting a goalie

This was always going to happen, no matter even if we got someone because now there is no player limit on rosters. So we would probably carry three goalies, unless the cap was an issue.

 

[Balthazar]

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
Johnson - Walker
Malinski - Jones

Yes that’s exactly what I’m saying hahahah. Argument can be made Vegas is the only team in the west with better and that’s only if you consider play styles.

hahaha indeed

 

[jaisen73]

A little surprised the Avs didn't make a goalie move but on the whole I am giving CMac an A- for the deadline. Shored up the forward depth considerably and had the guts to pull what would usually be a draft weekend type of deal (Mittlestadt for Byram) right now.