GDT: 2025 Trade Deadline | Y’all Got Anymore of Them Trades?

[Bill Peckerskull]

Marner is going to bend the Leafs over and give it to 'em raw.

They'd be better off letting Tavaers walk and using that money to sign Marner and whatever is left to get some help on D.

 

[Avs_19]

There’s a prevailing industry belief that teams were preparing to offer Rantanen a free-agent deal that would match the $14 million AAV on Leon Draisaitl’s new contract in Edmonton this summer, and it’s only logical to conclude that something similar could be out there for Marner in a rising-cap environment.

A key difference in those contracts was Marner securing a full no-movement clause when eligible in Years 5 and 6, while Rantanen accepted a nine-team no-trade list.

That put them in vastly different positions in their platform season, with Rantanen getting blindsided by a Jan. 24 trade to Carolina when the Avalanche didn’t like the direction contract talks were going. That was followed by an awkward six-week period where he was a reluctant member of the Hurricanes before Rantanen signed his life-changing third NHL deal in Dallas.

Marner, meanwhile, could sleep easy all year long while knowing that he didn’t have to negotiate at all.

Good point by Johnston that I haven't thought of enough. Mikko could've derailed the whole thing with a full NTC but that's the one thing he didn't get during those tough negotiations last time.

And yeah, Leafs are in trouble this summer.

 

[The Kingslayer]

They'd be better off letting Tavaers walk and using that money to sign Marner and whatever is left to get some help on D.

Tavares is going to take a huge paycut to play for his pajama pants team

 

[lionsDen]

Oh shit... I think I quoted your wrong post? Did you just delete one?

I probably either misspelled some shit or had a brain dead moment and didn’t complete a thought. I’m good for thise

 

[The Abusement Park]

I wonder what everyone here would say if CMac traded away Rantanen and Mittelstadt this year, and ended up with Stankhoven and a bunch of picks?

I mean it's not really the same though. Necas wasn't coming back to CAR after his contract. Necas and the FO and coach did not get along well in Carolina. Their relationship was ending. Carolina taking a shot at getting an elite player 1) in return for Necas and 2) to give them that extra boost to win a cup makes plenty of sense. It was a risk for sure and it didn't pan out, but for a team trying to get over the hump some risks would need to be made.

 

[hockeyfish]

Necas @ 6.125 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rantanen @ 12+. Knowing the cap situation next year, no brainer. Rantanen on this team would have had Malinski playing top 4 minutes and Ivan top 6.

 

[CobraAcesS]

I mean it's not really the same though. Necas wasn't coming back to CAR after his contract. Necas and the FO and coach did not get along well in Carolina. Their relationship was ending. Carolina taking a shot at getting an elite player 1) in return for Necas and 2) to give them that extra boost to win a cup makes plenty of sense. It was a risk for sure and it didn't pan out, but for a team trying to get over the hump some risks would need to be made.

I have absolute respect for the shot Carolina took.

They even almost had Marner.

Sometimes you swing and miss.

 

[lionsDen]

Is Brock gonna play mikkos spot on the PP

 

[hockeyfish]

I have absolute respect for the shot Carolina took.

They even almost had Marner.

Sometimes you swing and miss.

But they swing and missed hard. Like worse than any team has in the past 10 years. At the very least, Marchand should have been traded to that team.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I have absolute respect for the shot Carolina took.

They even almost had Marner.

Sometimes you swing and miss.

And in the end they traded Necas and Drury a 2nd and a 4th for Stankoven, 1st, 1st, 3rd, 3rd.

Obviously not ideal for a contender. But in a vacuum value wise it's really not bad. And we already knew that their team pre trade wasn't going to win a cup. Getting the chance to add a legit game breaker made all the sense in the world for them.

 

[Avs_19]

Really impressive work by C-Mac. Sure, it cost a lot and we can get into why they were in those predicaments to begin with but he navigated it well.

My only real complaints would be that last 6D spot and dumb and dumber still being on the team.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Really impressive work by C-Mac. Sure, it cost a lot and we can get into why they were in those predicaments to begin with he navigated it well.

My only real complaints would be that last 6D spot and dumb and dumber still being on the team.

I think he's got a legit shot at GM of the year.

 

[LOFIN]

Really impressive work by C-Mac. Sure, it cost a lot and we can get into why they were in those predicaments to begin with he navigated it well.

My only real complaints would be that last 6D spot and dumb and dumber still being on the team.

Imagine that a bit over a year ago we called him CNap lol

 

[The Merchant]

Imagine that a bit over a year ago we called him CNap lol

 

[hockeyfish]

And in the end they traded Necas and Drury a 2nd and a 4th for Stankoven, 1st, 1st, 3rd, 3rd.

Obviously not ideal for a contender. But in a vacuum value wise it's really not bad. And we already knew that their team pre trade wasn't going to win a cup. Getting the chance to add a legit game breaker made all the sense in the world for them.

Contention years are precious. You can not waste them. Their work this year is on par with the Avs landing Eller at the deadline. Aho and Slavin are elite players in their prime. I can appreciate their aggressiveness trying to go all in twice, but they have failed twice with it.

 

[BobRossColton]

Contention years are precious. You can not waste them. Their work this year is on par with the Avs landing Eller at the deadline. Aho and Slavin are elite players in their prime. I can appreciate their aggressiveness trying to go all in twice, but they have failed twice with it.

They might need to use a page from Tampa, and use those picks on someone with term already

 

[Zandar]

Biggest loss was top pairing D Kylington

 

[The Abusement Park]

Contention years are precious. You can not waste them. Their work this year is on par with the Avs landing Eller at the deadline. Aho and Slavin are elite players in their prime. I can appreciate their aggressiveness trying to go all in twice, but they have failed twice with it.

Not even close to similar imo. I'd rather miss out on a contention year swinging and missing on an elite player than betting it on Lars f***ing Eller.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Mackinnon
Nelson
Coyle
Drury

I still can’t believe this.

 

[BobRossColton]

Find a way to get rid of wood, and give Kivi current LOC contract.

 

[The Shermanator]

I'm in the wrong thread.

 

[LOFIN]

Mackinnon
Nelson
Coyle
Drury

I still can’t believe this.

Nice, nice

We're still losing

 

[Balthazar]

So how much money do we have to re-up Nelson next year? Assuming we keep Drouin and Lindgren at 4M AAV each and Landy isn't on the payroll. @Richard88 ?

 

[Avs425]

Find a way to move out Manson and Wood and give that money to Nelson

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Find a way to move out Manson and Wood and give that money to Nelson

Man, I do like Manson when he is healthy. It's just not very often. He is awesome player but injuries..