GDT: 2024 Summer Free Agency (July 1st)

[japhi]

what big tough players did the Habs miss out on that would've been a good signing?

And further, what teams will push us around? Jackeye is one of the toughest players in the league, Anderson can hang with most heavies.

 

[HomaridII]

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.

 

[Le Tricolore]

Dubois > Kuemper Edmundson Foegele

not when you consider Dubois' contract.

but the Edmundson one is really bad too.

 

[HuGo Sham]

Kent will be making some trades in the next couple of hours / days

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Who's left?

I still think we should be looking at a stop-gap top 6 winger to play with Dach on a 1 or 2 year deal, who can latter deal for a 1st or 2nd round pick.

- Duclair
- Skinner
- Terravainen (Chicago?)
- Bertuzzi (Chicago?)
- Henrique
- Tarasenko
- vrana (?)
- Pacioretty
- Olofsson
- Zucker

Some past Habs killers on that list.

Skinner, Henrique, Tarasenko, Vrana, Pacioretty & Olofsson are the only ones left from your list.

I'd go with Henrique but he's probably getting a 5 x $5m from somebody.

Not really interested in anyone else.

 

[26Mats]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807833570276212738

Loved Yzerman as a player. But as a GM???

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

And further, what teams will push us around? Jackeye is one of the toughest players in the league, Anderson can hang with most heavies.

Anderson does not fight or protect teammates anymore.

 

[le_sean]

At one point though, for the sake of the kids...we will need some truculence on the bottom 6. We will have to address that at some point.

What’s the point of Xhekaj then? Because he’s not particularly good offensively and not much of a shutdown defenceman.

 

[morhilane]

Management wasn't going to fix the team on July 1st. They still need to find a top6F willing to sign for 2 years top or work a trade for a player with very little terms.

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.

 

[PhysicX]

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

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

not when you consider Dubois' contract.

but the Edmundson one is really bad too.

I mean they wasted great assets for Dubois
Then traded him a year later
and now they spend more money on those 3
for a backup goalie
a 4th liner
and a 6th dman

while paying more than Dubois.
That's horrendous

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807834832493228497

 

[Le Tricolore]

Loved Yzerman as a player. But as a GM???

It's all part of the Yzerplan!

But yeah, he's been a really bad GM. He'd have been fired by now if it wasn't Steve Yzerman.

 

[JackZap]

rather see some trades than picking up some old farts for 6 year terms

 

[Milhouse40]

Happy TSN mentioned the ovvious advantage city will less taxes has.
This has to be rectified in the next CBA.

4 of the last 5 cup winners are place without taxes....it's time to leveled the playing field.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Canes getting gutted. Won't be surprised if they miss the playoffs. They really don't have a strong core it was depth and cohesion pushing them.

They might just have a worse forward line than us after today depending on if necas is still moved.

They can't afford to move Necas now. They'd be a one line team. On D, they still have Slavin, Orlov, Burns & Chatfield, but they have lost a ton of depth. They're a grinding team now for sure.

 

[26Mats]

Edmundson wasnt even good for us

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.

Happy TSN mentioned the ovvious advantage city will less taxes has.
This has to be rectified in the next CBA.

4 of the last 5 cup winners are place without taxes....it's time to leveled the playing field.

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

 

[Naslundforever]

so frustrating to hear both huge free cap space and vets log jamming the roster at the same time. Also hf slooooow…

 

[red devil]

Happy TSN mentioned the ovvious advantage city will less taxes has.
This has to be rectified in the next CBA.

4 of the last 5 cup winners are place without taxes....it's time to leveled the playing field.

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

 

[OnTheRun]

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

Yes that would work, altho that would be a PlanB unless we manage to drop some of our deadwood on CBJ in the process.

 

[Gustave]

As long as McGroarty and Pinto haven’t moved, no reason for us to be acquiring a UFA.

After these two, you go back to the Zegras Necas Laine types.

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807835732502802464

 

[Treb]

Nobody wants to give bad deals. I don't want it. But not every deal signed today is a bad deal.

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.

 

[26Mats]

so frustrating to hear both huge free cap space and vets log jamming the roster at the same time. Also hf slooooow…

Next year and then two years after that are when the bad contracts come off of the books:
2025: Armia, Dvo, Allen
2027: Gallagher, Anderson

 

[Cenzo_]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807833628610637884

Damn would have liked him in MTL