GDT: 2024 Summer Free Agency (July 1st)

[sampollock]

Hate following TSN on UFA day, they are wetting their pants on figs

come on KH give this board a crash

 

[Spring in Fialta]

It’s almost as if they’d like to have cap space to re-sign Slafkovsky and Guhle.

How much do you think they'll cost? Nor have their contracts coming up this summer? More money will be freed up next year. If you're suggesting that the Habs don't have the coins to make moves this summer that's dumb as f***.

 

[le_sean]

How much do you think they'll cost? Nor have their contracts coming up this summer? More money will be freed up next year. If you're suggesting that the Habs don't have the coins to make moves this summer that's dumb as f***.

Yeah lots of reasonably priced one year deals handed out today

The only thing that’s dumb as f*** is whining about a rebuilding team not handing out bloated contracts 2 hours into free agency.

 

[Mcdonaldz]

It’s cute how these fake insiders and journalists are having each others backs to pretend they have any info lol

Oh oh David Ettidegui says habs are shifting gear on Laine… let’s pretend he knows something because he had a pic with Gally lol

 

[ohiohabsfan29]

I think the last point you make is already happening. I'm 32 years old and it really feels like people my age and younger don't give a f*** about the Canadiens and haven't given a f*** about them in a long time besides the Cup run.

Whenever I'm shooting the shit with people my age it's always about NBA/NFL/European soccer than the NHL. I've certainly had a ton more fun following the Ravens (I have no ties to Baltimore) than the Canadiens for a while now. I'm going to fly there for a game this year. Unless my nephew wants to catch a game I have little incentive to actually go to the Bell Center. And even the IRL friends I used to follow the Habs with have all fallen off when it comes to Habs talk because of a combination of they suck/they're not fun to follow and my time is more limited than it used to be so I'll do something else.

That’s total BS. Half of the people on this board have been rooting for this team to deliberately lose every game the last three years, and then telling those of us who actually root for our favorite team to win each night that we are idiots who don’t see the big picture and all that nonsense.

If you can’t find watching Suzuki and Caufield and Slaf and those guys fun to follow you’re probably right it’s probably time to find something else to watch.

Signing a bunch of plugs at 4x4 just so the team can make news today because some fans feel left out is just silly.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Yeah lots of reasonably priced one year deals handed out today

Or 2 year deals.

 

[Habby4Life]

How much do you think they'll cost? Nor have their contracts coming up this summer? More money will be freed up next year. If you're suggesting that the Habs don't have the coins to make moves this summer that's dumb as f***.

Its 2 1/2 hrs into the summer, lol.

 

[Habsfan18]

Again, I’m going to ask the people whining here:

Which UFA signings handed out today do you wish would have been signed by the Habs instead? Again, add probably 1 or 1.5 mill per due to the Quebec taxes factor.

I’m genuinely curious.

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

So who have Florida lost and added today? Hopefully after back to back cup final runs and losing some depth they take a good sized step back next season.

Good for our pick next year in case Calagary falls into the top ten

 

[GrandmaCookie]

I think the last point you make is already happening. I'm 32 years old and it really feels like people my age and younger don't give a f*** about the Canadiens and haven't given a f*** about them in a long time besides the Cup run. They def feel like an old people hobby and a habit more than anything else.

Whenever I'm shooting the shit with people my age it's always about NBA/NFL/European soccer than the NHL. I've certainly had a ton more fun following the Ravens (I have no ties to Baltimore) than the Canadiens for a while now. I'm going to fly there for a game this year. Unless my nephew wants to catch a game I have little incentive to actually go to the Bell Center. And even the IRL friends I used to follow the Habs with have all fallen off when it comes to Habs talk because of a combination of they suck/they're not fun to follow and my time is more limited than it used to be so I'll do something else.

Even older folks don't give a f*** anymore. These guys saw Stanley Cup in Montreal, they only care about playoff hockey. Most of the 40+ folks I talk to don't get the "rebuilding" mentally, think it is complete BS.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

That’s total BS. Half of the people on this board have been rooting for this team to deliberately lose every game the last three years, and then telling those of us who actually root for our favorite team to win each night that we are idiots who don’t see the big picture and all that nonsense.

If you can’t find watching Suzuki and Caufield and Slaf and those guys fun to follow you’re probably right it’s probably time to find something else to watch.

Signing a bunch of plugs at 4x4 just so the team can make news today because some fans feel left out is just silly.

I still watch the Habs and follow because I'm in the habit of doing it. I'd be lying if I don't get burnt out on them midway through the year though.

 

[CapSpace]

I'd be down to trade for Laine as long as KH can get a shit contract out of here.

 

[yianik]

Chicago also need to speed up their rebuild with Bedard entering the 2nd year of his ELC and much more cap space.

Had Bergevin not handcuffed us with Anderson, Gallagher, and Dvorak taking up a combined 16.5mil (Almost 20% of our cap space), Kent would have more room to work with and be aggressive.

Marchessault just said Montreal was his second favorite destination on RDS. Don't know how much true there is to it in this. Like what the new management is doing.

It's true. We were. We have always been and always will be every Quebecois' 2nd favorite destination.

 

[HabzSauce]

Hate following TSN on UFA day, they are wetting their pants on figs

come on KH give this board a crash

Sportsnet feed alot more neutral. Haven't heard much fig talk at all

 

[CheldishGamibno]

Most of these signings are absolutely terrible lol, it feels so good to have knowledgeable management

 

[le_sean]

Are you being purposefully daft or are you not expecting money to come off the books next summer?

Finding the money to improve and re-sign Slaf/Guhle is not remotely a problem.

Yeah I’m the one that’s daft here. Crying like a baby two hours into free agency.

 

[_habsfan9]

glad we aren't getting involved.

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

Montour, Ekman-Larsson, Lomberg, Stolarz are gone.

Also, not gone, but Reinhart season was SUCH an outlier that f he reverts back to his career average it’s as if they lose an entire 30 goal scorer as well. 67 goals haha

 

[Kents polished head]

It’s almost as if they’d like to have cap space to re-sign Slafkovsky and Guhle.

They have 20M in cap space. Armia, Dvorak and Savard are gone next summer. AND the salary cap is still bound to increase by another 4 or 5M.

That's like 35-40M in cap space almost exclusively for this.

One of those guys has had ONE good half-season and the other one is a second pair D.

This is a non-argument.

 

[JianYang]

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

ould I

Will there be credits for weather, lack of privacy, and then offsetting for greater endorsement potential? How about credits for teams in markets that have insane travel?

That's a slippery slope.

Regardless, tax is a super complex issue. Even guys on the same team with similar salaries can have completely different tax bills based on how they structure their affairs. Matthews for example is paying a very favorable tax rate despite playing in Canada.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Not sure when he's scheduled to talk, but Kent might as well talk now and go back to waiting for people to pay the price for the Habs meh dmen

 

[therocket9]

Vegas still needs a backup goalie might not have enough cap space to sign rfa Dorofeyev.

 

[Kimota]

I hope we get that the Winnipeg guy at least. They need Ds, let them have Harris.

 

[GrandmaCookie]

4pm

Not sure when he's scheduled to talk, but Kent might as well talk now and go back to waiting for people to pay the price for the Habs meh dmen

 

[le_sean]

They have 20M in cap space. Armia, Dvorak and Savard are gone next summer. AND the salary cap is still bound to increase by another 4 or 5M.

That's like 35-40M in cap space almost exclusively for this.

One of those guys has had ONE good half-season and the other one is a second pair D.

This is a non-argument.

Damn you convinced me. We should have given Edmundson an extra year and $4m per.