GDT: 2024 Summer Free Agency (July 1st)

[morhilane]

Thing is....while we do need quality there at one point, we do have quantity. Armia, Anderson, Gallagher, Evans, Pezzetta...that's all pencilled bottom 6.

Sprong is 40 pts winger who can't play defense à la Hoffman. If you were penciling him in the top 6, might as well just put Anderson there and hope he's not as unlucky as last season. But Joshua Roy will bring better defense than both and similar offense...

There aren't any real top 6 player left on the UFA market right now. Tarasenko isn't the player he was.

Also, Pezz and RHP can be waived if the team find replacements for them (whatever it's UFAs, trade or prospects). The bottom 6 isn't as locked as people think and Hughes priority (minus RFA new contracts) should be moving Anderson and Dvorak ASAP instead of waiting for "better deals".

 

[David Suzuki]

The King are pretty stupid let's trade Harris for Jordan Spence

 

[Mrb1p]

Sprong is 40 pts winger who can't play defense à la Hoffman. If you were penciling him in the top 6, might as well just put Anderson there and hope he's not as unlucky as last season. But Joshua Roy will bring better defense than both and similar offense...

There aren't any real top 6 player left on the UFA market right now. Tarasenko isn't the player he was.

Also, Pezz and RHP can be waived if the team find replacements for them (whatever it's UFAs, trade or prospects). The bottom 6 isn't as locked as people think and Hughes priority (minus RFA new contracts) should be moving Anderson and Dvorak ASAP instead of waiting for "better deals".

To me
Cole-Nick-Slaf
Roy-Dach-Newhook

Is more than fine. The real problem is the other two lines that are riddled with Evans and absolute shit. It needs to be addressed.

 

[Hannibal]

Hughes told me he wanted to add size and toughness to this lineup.

Im still waiting.

 

[morhilane]

Hughes told me he wanted to add size and toughness to this lineup.

Im still waiting.

He was talking about Laval.

They signed a single player under 6' for the Rocket (ABB) and one of the most feared enforcer of the AHL in Arserneau (who seems quite happy with his babysitter role based on the interview I saw).

 

[Hannibal]

He was talking about Laval.

They signed a single player under 6' for the Rocket (ABB) and one of the most feared enforcer of the AHL in Arserneau (who seems quite happy with his babysitter role based on the interview I saw).

Good for Laval.

But what now for MTL?

 

[morhilane]

Good for Laval.

But what now for MTL?

We got Anderson...

They might just play Condotta in the NHL instead of Pezz/RHP.

 

[Tyson]

We got Anderson...

They might just play Condotta in the NHL instead of Pezz/RHP.

I believe you make sense having Condotta on the 4th line.

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808518105573761455

 

[McGees]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808518105573761455

THATS LIKE 13 MILLION AAV IN MONTREAL MONEY

 

[The Real Timo]

To me
Cole-Nick-Slaf
Roy-Dach-Newhook

Is more than fine. The real problem is the other two lines that are riddled with Evans and absolute shit. It needs to be addressed.

Agreed... Hughes' undoing will be a failure to support his stars and upcoming talent. Bite a bullet and buy out a couple of dead weight contract. Get someone who can protect the kids. Get some occasional scoring from 3rd and 4th line. Sitting on a f***ng 20M in cap space... can afford to do all of that and some.

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808606924138492124

 

[Kimota]

Poor Wings are desperate.

 

[Ezpz]

Poor Wings are desperate.

They're rebuild got f***ed by losing every single lottery and all the depth picks busting. Hard to just build a contender without a foundation but they can't just say woops and do it again.

 

[Walksss]

I'd have signed that 2 year deal for Tarasenko. He's a good vet that just won a cup and the money doesn't really matter to us. He'd be a good Russian speaker for our new boy too.

2 years is no risk.

 

[Kents polished head]

I'd have signed that 2 year deal for Tarasenko. He's a good vet that just won a cup and the money doesn't really matter to us. He'd be a good Russian speaker for our new boy too.

2 years is no risk.

Tcccchhht

Can't say that.

Gotta stick to the script and say "Went Wughes" can't do that or else we won't be able to extend Kaiden Guhle.

 

[Fatbiggie]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808606924138492124

Damn I wish that was us

 

[morhilane]

They're rebuild got f***ed by losing every single lottery and all the depth picks busting. Hard to just build a contender without a foundation but they can't just say woops and do it again.

You don't need to win the lottery to pick good players in the top 10. When you come out of a rebuild with mostly UFAs on your line-up, it just means you failed at drafting or just made bad trades trying to accelerate the process.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808606924138492124

So much for the Red Wings rebuild, their only real drafted top talent upfront other than Larkin is Raymond.

They now have 14 players that they signed in free agency. I guess owners want playoffs now.

Other than Kane, it's a lot of average NHLers. It might be enough.

 

[Saundies]

I would have done that Tarasenko deal. Either we didn't offer it or he preferred Detroit's situation over ours.

For signings now, there is truly no one I'd be interested in anymore. Trade it is if we're going to improve.

 

[yianik]

Yes, exactly. Kovalchuk too even if short. Chiarot, Toffoli, Savard and even if I hated him, Edmundson all provided value and were good signings.

It's just a general false dillema to create that UFAs are all bad contracts. Guys like Carrier, Pesce, Bertuzzi, Roy, etc were cheap this year, there was a bunch of very stupid signings and a bunch of very good ones. Bad teams are bad at signing UFAs (either they over pay for the wrong player (Leafs) or don't sign them (us)) and good teams get good value on their signings (Canes, etc.)

Those are a few names. Notice though the contracts were all relatively short and the AAV were actually alright. We got Toffoli in a weak market I think and remember thinking what a great signing it was.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

They're rebuild got f***ed by losing every single lottery and all the depth picks busting. Hard to just build a contender without a foundation but they can't just say woops and do it again.

A lot of their contracts end in 2026, so they might just do that. Do it again, I mean.

 

[le_sean]

So much for the Red Wings rebuild, their only real drafted top talent upfront other than Larkin is Raymond.

They now have 14 players that they signed in free agency. I guess owners want playoffs now.

Other than Kane, it's a lot of average NHLers. It might be enough.

Yeah it’s the most mid team assembled. Maybe Yzerman was all just JBB working behind the scenes in Tampa.

 

[Mrb1p]

Those are a few names. Notice though the contracts were all relatively short and the AAV were actually alright. We got Toffoli in a weak market I think and remember thinking what a great signing it was.

Lots of shorter contracts were signed this year.

Yakov Trenin is a great example.

 

[Fuonki]

They're rebuild got f***ed by losing every single lottery and all the depth picks busting. Hard to just build a contender without a foundation but they can't just say woops and do it again.

You don't necessarily need to win the lottery for success even if it helps. Raymond is a much better player than Lafreniére for one, and Seider is only behind Jack Hughes in his draft class as well. But when those two are your only genuine first line players from 7 years of drafting in the top 10 maybe your amateur scouting is also to blame