GDT: 2024 Summer Free Agency (July 1st)

[Habby4Life]

Why guys are losing their minds Hugo has not signed some washed up vet to rediculous $ and term is beyond me!!

The $ and term being giving out today is garbage. We need more anchor contracts, lol.

People never learn. Some of the comments on here are laughable.

 

[salbutera]

Laine has 2 years left, should be super cheap to acquire. He just need to be cleared from the player assistance program and not get injured.

 

[Justin11]

All that means is owners have made / and expect to keep making stupid profits…

I guess if you put it that way.
We will be laughing at these contracts in the very near future.

 

[26Mats]

I agree, ABB was a pretty good deal.

I think Hughes will get a top6 forward this summer, either via trade or FA.

But as he said, no older guys on long deals, so DeBrusk, Marchessault, Stamkos, Lindholm, Toffoli and the like were not options.

Duclair, Skinner, Tarasenko, Pacioretty still out there. But you'd think if they took a one or two year deal it would be with a contender.

 

[overlords]

Hughes doesn’t even need to come out for a press conference, we can just recicle one of bergevin’s old oops we tried but it’s hard.

Berg would have extended Dvo for 5 years and cried about it

 

[Le Tricolore]

He was before he got injured.

He also wasn't good for Washington during the regular season. But players can get healthy again and/or play a role in the playoffs. Look at Monahan.


The Salary cap should be an after taxes salary cap, not pre-taxes cap.

it'll never happen.

 

[sampollock]

come on KH make my day

 

[salbutera]

The Salary cap should be an after taxes salary cap, not pre-taxes cap.

Impossible to manage some 25 different locales & taxation plans

 

[morhilane]

Ettedgui is a hack.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

This dude is shit and knows nothing.

 

[le_sean]

This fake has never been right about anything

 

[26Mats]

It will be interesting to see what the main piece will be that the winning bidder will poney up for Laine...

 

[Habby4Life]

We're still rebuilding folks. Expect another season with more losses than wins.

Nothing wrong with that, get another A+ forward prospect and clear cap space.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Hughes doesn’t even need to come out for a press conference, we can just recicle one of bergevin’s old oops we tried but it’s hard.

No way Hughes says anything close to that. He's going to say we weren't interested in signing long-term contracts this summer. Which if you've been paying attention is what he said previously.

Montreal said they would do very little in UFA this year, and to not expect much.

They're not trying at all - deliberately.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807752083325534666

Count me in as one of those guys who thinks taxes aren't a big deal breaker either. These guys have great accountants and aren't leading lives like regular joes. I'm not surprised it's not a hot-button issue for owners.

 

[Twisted Sinister]

Impossible to manage some 25 different locales & taxation plans

If the biggest markets in the league continue to be pissed off about it, they'll find a way to do something. The league is and always has been controlled by what the owners want, not what Bettman or anyone else wants.

 

[Milhouse40]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807752083325534666

Of course he won't say something publicly but when 4 of the last 5 cup winners won exactly because they could sign player at a much lower price than markets dictacte, just like Reinhart who you've asked notrh of 10M in NY, TO or MTL. It's getting more and more obvious each year. Players target those places.

And why the player's association would be against that...it's just more money for the players in the end. Riche teams are the ones sharing the most their revenues and they are mostly the ones suffering from these differences, I'm sure they are not too happy about it.

 

[Colezuki]

Literally a tax accountant could do it in a minute, you take the average tax across the entire league, then each team gets a credit or a deduct from the cap. When it was just Canadian teams it wasnt a problem but now that the northern us teams are getting screwed it’ll be a bigger problem. Especially when those southern us teams also get transfers from the rich northern teams. You better believe the owners are going to be bitching about it soon

Impossible to manage some 25 different locales & taxation plans

ould I

 

[Simarino]

REALLY!!?? Some people are mad that their doing nothing today!??Going crazy and signing players in their late 20s-early 30S to 6-7 yrs expensive contracts is the reason were stuck with Gallagher, Anderson and just finish paying Alzner, it was also the main reason we were mid for 30yrs

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807837586854969837

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Brisebois is the new Bergevin.

 

[ohiohabsfan29]

Why guys are losing their minds Hugo has not signed some washed up vet to rediculous $ and term is beyond me!!

The $ and term being giving out today is garbage. We need more anchor contracts, lol.

People never learn. Some of the comments on here are laughable.

Exactly. The same people losing their minds that KH hasn’t signed some vet to some ridiculous contract are the same people whining KH can’t deal the ridiculous contracts he inherited.

Rinse. Repeat.

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807837719139422231

 

[HabzSauce]

Today is the only day we can improve apparently. We're DOOMED

Man so many whiners in this thread. We already have bloated garbage contracts and people want them to have others? Why? To maybe hope for the 2nd wildcard spot?

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807837719139422231

another bullet dodged , please now dodge Perron