GDT: 2025 NHL Trade Deadline - March 7

[Wally1112pac]

Soda won't be traded. He's earned a 1B spot with Knight for next season. You don't trade Soda to protect Mrazek's roster spot.

They have options with Mrazek. They can keep him on the roster and not play him or waive him and send him to Rockford. No one is going to trade for him or pick him up off waivers the way he is playing. I would buy him out in the off season and go with a Soda/Knight combo. Brossoit can also be bought out or sent to the AHL. I would keep him as a 3rd string however. (pending health)

 

[GIADF]

I don't see why Tampa would want Soda when they have arguably the best goalie in the league healthy and at the top of his game.

Detroit, Edmonton, and Columbus are the only playoff teams I can see maybe being interested in him.

I also doubt any return is even worth trading him for.

 

[Drumman44]

I don’t get this pining for him. He has sucked in Carolina. Imagine how bad he would be here.

 

[u2wojo]

Soda won't be traded. He's earned a 1B spot with Knight for next season. You don't trade Soda to protect Mrazek's roster spot.

They have options with Mrazek. They can keep him on the roster and not play him or waive him and send him to Rockford. No one is going to trade for him or pick him up off waivers the way he is playing. I would buy him out in the off season and go with a Soda/Knight combo. Brossoit can also be bought out or sent to the AHL. I would keep him as a 3rd string however. (pending health)

I would consider selling high on Soda for the right offer. He is turning 26 before next season and was terrible last season (and each of his other 2 season cameos in the NHL). Knight is going to be 24 and has a much better pedigree and a longer history of success at the NHL level. Goalies are voodoo so who knows how any turnout in the long haul, but Knight has never been below .90 and Soda has only been above once with each having parts of 4 NHL seasons.

That said goalies generally bring little in trade value so I am not in a hurry to flip Soda for a late 2nd or 3rd....but if he is desireable enough to someone on a package that we can get to a better pick as a sum of pieces as opposed to seperate. A 1st for both Donato and Soda is of way more interest than trading both for 2nds in seperate deals....as we are at the point of needing quality not quantity in picks. We've made enough picks the last 3 drafts and have enough stacked up the next couple that we need to turn our nose up to more 2nds/3rds and actively be looking to package 2nds to get more 1sts.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Jackets and Sens have interest in Donato

 

[Giovi]

I don’t get this pining for him. He has sucked in Carolina. Imagine how bad he would be here.

Having had a look at Rantanen without MacKinnon, I'd be wary of entering into a bidding war for him. And given that two good teams have tried and failed to get him under contract, I sure as hell wouldn't trade away anything to find out if the Hawks would have better luck.

 

[Kevin Musto]

I could be interested in moving Donato for Zack Ostapchuk + Gabriel Eliasson

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

Deal with Tampa isn't enough of a return to give up on Soderblom.
2nd deal is terrible

I would disagree, but I really liked Geekie on AZ last year. Haven't seen him much this year in TB.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

Having had a look at Rantanen without MacKinnon, I'd be wary of entering into a bidding war for him. And given that two good teams have tried and failed to get him under contract, I sure as hell wouldn't trade away anything to find out if the Hawks would have better luck.

Trying to think of someone who cost themselves more $ on next contract and the only one that came to mind was John Klingberg turning down $8m per from Dallas.