Speculation: 2025 Trade/Free Agency Thread (TDL is March 7th)

[quackquackquack]

Surprised LA hasn’t done anything. They might just be waving the white flag and accepting mediocrity

They traded for Kuzmenko because they realllllllllly need more wildly inconsistent players. good for them!

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Some crazy fan reactions today...I mean buying at these prices for what is probably a 5-10% chance of making the playoffs? SMH.

Yeah the prices right now on 'this years trade market' are so bad that the Ducks would set themselves back a few years if they make any big buys.
I think the Ducks would be in the playoffs had Murray sold Lindholm/Rakell when they were worth more and the Ducks would have bottomed out sooner and possibly gotten Hughes, Stutzle, Power.

 

[GunnarStahl]

Vaakanainen gets a 2 year deal at 1.55M, nice to see him get a bit of a payday

 

[quackquackquack]

Vaakanainen gets a 2 year deal at 1.55M, nice to see him get a bit of a payday

Meh - he's the definition of unremarkable. Good guy tho

 

[ZegrassyKnoll]

I really don't care as long as Z is still here.

Shhh don't jinx it

 

[Ducks DVM]

Yeah the prices right now on 'this years trade market' are so bad that the Ducks would set themselves back a few years if they make any big buys.
I think the Ducks would be in the playoffs had Murray sold Lindholm/Rakell when they were worth more and the Ducks would have bottomed out sooner and possibly gotten Hughes, Stutzle, Power.

I’ll be that guy to point out the combined zero playoff games from Stutzle and Power, and there was a zero % chance of burning it down in ‘17-18 to get Quinn Hughes, and very close to zero% chance to be lucky enough to win the lottery to get Jack, who’s been once.

We would just be differently bad.

 

[GunnarStahl]

Meh - he's the definition of unremarkable. Good guy tho

I don't disagree, steady bottom pair guy and that's probably about it. I just like to see when players, especially ones who have had a lot of setbacks and challenges in their development, earn and lock up financial security for themselves and their family. Even if it is a more modest NHL salary.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

I’ll be that guy to point out the combined zero playoff games from Stutzle and Power, and there was a zero % chance of burning it down in ‘17-18 to get Quinn Hughes, and very close to zero% chance to be lucky enough to win the lottery to get Jack, who’s been once.

We would just be differently bad.

3rd worse got the Jack Hughes pick after the lottery. Firing Carlyle that year hurt the tank a lot.
Could have moved Lindholm and Rakell at the deadline.

 

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They really did almost nothing.

 

[Ducks DVM]

3rd worse got the Jack Hughes pick after the lottery. Firing Carlyle that year hurt the tank a lot.
Could have moved Lindholm and Rakell at the deadline.

Lindholm and Rakell were in the 2nd years of their contracts at that point. No team in the league would have sold those players off instead of re-signing them after a 103 point season, and selling off core players who are nowhere near a contract extension in 2018-19 also isn’t realistic.

 

[cheesymc]

I hope there is a flurry of last-minute deals to extend this make this deadline excitement

 

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Imagine zegras to Vegas. God, imagine if getzlaf actually did end up there. Oof, awful.

 

[Boo Boo]

Imagine zegras to Vegas. God, imagine if getzlaf actually did end up there. Oof, awful.

oh joy -don’t scare us like that!

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Canes surely got the short end of the stick there, brutal. I wonder what is Carolinas identity doing these days...

 

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[Hamilton Bulldogs]

In more ways than one

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

Imagine zegras to Vegas. God, imagine if getzlaf actually did end up there. Oof, awful.

Was about to say, it’s been eerily quiet around those parts. They’ll probably beat the buzzer here soon

 

[Ducks DVM]

Because they weren’t annoying enough.

Maybe they just want to kill him in the locker room with a slap shot.

 

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Can't tell if this is insider or just looking at the clock.

 

[GunnarStahl]

VGK definitely gonna make a decent move, at least you would have to think so.

Broadcasters must hate that teams have migrated most trades to the weeks and days before deadline.

 

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