GDT: 2024 Summer Free Agency (July 1st)

[Skip Bayless]

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807637203528687705

 

[HabsCowboysOwn]

Easy pass on Stamkos, makes absolutely no sense considering our core isn't ready to compete yet and the guy is already 34 and will ask for the moon. Next.

 

[McGees]

Vegas is after every star ever...like what the TSN Insiders think the Leafs are.

 

[The Real Timo]

Could be another target

Another midget. I want moar bigger.

Easy pass on Stamkos, makes absolutely no sense considering our core isn't ready to compete yet and the guy is already 34 and will ask for the moon. Next.

Actually I think the core IS ready and WANTS to compete. They got zero support from the rest of the team though.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Vegas signing Stamkos would be such a Vegas move

Good spot for Stamkos IMO. Out west in an exciting city and not in the Atlantic Division.

 

[calder candidate]

Looks like it's going to be a slow ufa day for us hopefully we see a couple more trades through the summer going with the same lineup as last year is just a massive failure

Honestly I rather have a mistake free boring off-season, next year is when we are going to see what we are working with because there no use making move if one of Reinbacher, Mailloux, Barron can’t carry the RD and Dach, Slaf, CC, Suzuki, Newhook, can’t be part of a contending top9…

 

[Guig]

What about Vincent Desharnais? His agent is Philippe Lecavalier

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

What about Vincent Desharnais? His agent is Philippe Lecavalier

Hard pass

Mtl already struggled to make an outlet. Add another who is one of the worst in the league. No thanks

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

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5'9 turning 34 , wants big money

sounds like the perfect red flag

 

[HomaridII]

Just bring back toffoli and be done with it. Nobody else will want to sign here lol

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807646885995274421

Just bring back toffoli and be done with it. Nobody else will want to sign here lol

Toffoli wants a long term deal it's the reason New Jersey traded him at the deadline

 

[Team_Spirit]

Prediction time

Stamkos: Nashville
Bertuzzi: Chicago
Marchessault: Boston
Teravainen: SJ
Lindholm: Utah
Toffoli: SJ
Perron: Dallas
Debrusk: Edmonton
Overrated bum: Toronto

 

[SwiftyHab]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807646885995274421

Is trouba a top 6 guy?

 

[red devil]

Is trouba a top 6 guy?

He's a bottom pair d man at this point in his career. He isn't leaving the US as his wife is a medical doctor there and is the major reason he wanted to go to New York as that is where she was attending Med school

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807651790227136654

 

[TT1]

What about Vincent Desharnais? His agent is Philippe Lecavalier

Habs won't be signing a UFA dman for a while, we have Matheson/Savard/Guhle/Harris/Barron/Xhekaj/Struble/Hutson going into next season (8 dmen). On top of that we have Reinbacher/Mailloux/Engstrom coming up.

Still way too many dmen in the system.

 

[The Great Weal]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807518244343091590

So seems like the "Hayton didn't get qualified" reports were false. Too bad, he would have been an awesome add.

It's time for Kent to add Shane Pinto.

 

[Natey]

That's a problem for 4 years from now.

What's the point of putting ourselves back into bad contracts? We're almost finally free of bad contracts. In 4 years we should be finally competing.

 

[HomaridII]

Prediction time

Stamkos: Nashville
Bertuzzi: Chicago
Marchessault: Boston
Teravainen: SJ
Lindholm: Utah
Toffoli: SJ
Perron: Dallas
Debrusk: Edmonton
Overrated bum: Toronto

Stamkos will go to Vegas.

Marchessault - Nashville

Teravainen to St. Louis
Debrusk to Carolina
Perron to Boston
Toffoli I agree
Monahan to Montreal.

 

[ReHabs]

What's the point of putting ourselves back into bad contracts? We're almost finally free of bad contracts. In 4 years we should be finally competing.

The cap will be much higher in 4 years and we better be competing much sooner than 4 years from now. So what do you want to happen between today and July 1st 2028? Hopefully some high-octane hockey, some playoff runs, some f***ing fun. You need the dogs for it.

Stamkos is 34 and still PPG. I'd give him a front-loaded contract loaded with dummy years. Until age 40, 6 years 14-10-5-2.5-1.25-1.25 cap hit of less than 6m. He can retire within three years and his cap hit disappears. Win win win.

 

[Andy]

Although I am a big proponent of surrounding younger players with former stars and top talent, I am not sure I commit to Stamkos for more than 3 years.

He's turning 35 in February. It's playing with fire in that you might get stuck with a big salary on an older, unproductive player.

 

[Habs Icing]

I don't care, I want Stamkos here. Everyone says it doesn't make sense but I kinda think it does. He's won his cups. Now he can lead a new generation. Some people get fulfillment out of that.

Yeah, day care workers and kindergarten teachers.

 

[dcyhabs]

The habs should pick up a player who likes loose pucks and play him with Armia. Armia doesn’t work well as a pure D third liner, but he’s high event. He engages players on the other team who have the puck and pretty often ends up getting and losing the puck a few times. He doesn’t really avoid contact when he has the puck.

Defensive players worry more about where there man is when there are loose pucks. Playing Armia with someone who likes going after loose pucks might make him look more like the top line international player and less like the unappreciated hab he’s been the last while.

Domi might be an option. He’s not great at structure but he’s good at the individual plays.

 

[Egresch]

Stamkos is 34 and still PPG. I'd give him a front-loaded contract loaded with dummy years. Until age 40, 6 years 14-10-5-2.5-1.25-1.25 cap hit of less than 6m. He can retire within three years and his cap hit disappears. Win win win.

In year 4 he decides he can still play and contribute with his 15 points on 4th line and you are stuck with 6M AAV cap hit. No thanks.