Speculation: 2026-27 Trade/FA thread - Waiting for the SCF to be over….

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Time for Pat to break the big news tomorrow......Viel signed, 2x$1.5

 

[robbieboy3686]

What a Stanley Cup final. Carolina is a wagon. Now excited to see what Verbeek cooks up this summer. Hoping for a top 4 RHD.

+1000 Lfg beeeeker!

 

[robbieboy3686]

Time for Pat to break the big news tomorrow......Viel signed, 2x$1.5

4x1.4

 

[70sSanO]

What a Stanley Cup final. Carolina is a wagon. Now excited to see what Verbeek cooks up this summer. Hoping for a top 4 RHD.

Bussi drove that wagon. The series flipped the moment he took the net.

If Carolina had Husso as a backup it would have gone the other way.

We’ve all seen it where a goalie instills confidence and a team stops playing on their heels. As Hart continued to leak goals and Bussi didn’t, Vegas lost their dominance.

John

 

[robbieboy3686]

Bussi drove that wagon. The series flipped the moment he took the net.

If Carolina had Husso as a backup it would have gone the other way.

We’ve all seen it where a goalie has batills confidence and a team stops playing on their heels. As Hart continued to leak goals and Bussi didn’t, Vegas lost their dominance.

John

I’m not to long on midget man dostal. I’m not giving him more than 1 season+ playoffs to figure it out.

 

[JAHV]

Having the bottom 4 D all be ELC or 6-7D kinda makes that irrelevant though.

So then we trade one or two of those guys for a veteran, or sign one in the offseason.

I would still sign Trouba to have one more vet D. But I would have no problem going into the season with a bunch of youth.

So I disagree that it's irrelevant. A trade like this would bring the Ducks from squeaking into the playoffs to knocking on the door of Cup contention.

 

[JAHV]

Bussi drove that wagon. The series flipped the moment he took the net.

If Carolina had Husso as a backup it would have gone the other way.

We’ve all seen it where a goalie instills confidence and a team stops playing on their heels. As Hart continued to leak goals and Bussi didn’t, Vegas lost their dominance.

John

There's no lesson to be learned there. Brandon Bussi is a 27-year-old career minor leaguer. A good one, granted, but he was on no one's radar. If you had asked people preseason to name a goaltender who would be the difference in the Cup Finals, how many names before Bussi's?

The guys currently in the Ducks organization could very well be the next Brandon Bussi.

 

[70sSanO]

All this worry about our young D. Until we know Dostal is a cup capable goalie, everything else is irrelevant.

Vegas was touted as a shut down clog the middle defense. Maybe the toughest in the playoffs. In the end it didn’t matter how good their D was.

John

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Blues scouts probably turned down the trade after casually talking to McT.
Blues Scout: Hey what is 12 + 12 ?
McT: 28

 

[70sSanO]

There's no lesson to be learned there. Brandon Bussi is a 27-year-old career minor leaguer. A good one, granted, but he was on no one's radar. If you had asked people preseason to name a goaltender who would be the difference in the Cup Finals, how many names before Bussi's?

The guys currently in the Ducks organization could very well be the next Brandon Bussi.

I agree. Or the next Victor Fasth.

But without Bussi being there at the right time, Vegas would have won. Next year Bussi might stink, who knows.

The only thing for certain is Florida has a 37 year old FA in Bobrovsky and they waived Bussi.

John

 

[Static]

Call me crazy, but I can see us trading for nurse. Vatrano going the other way makes some sense.

One of mintyukov/zel gets moved as part of that plan.

Verbeek has shown an inclination/aptitude to identify unwanted players that are still useful and fill needs for us, and acquiring them for very little.

 

[Leo2Cutter]

Call me crazy, but I can see us trading for nurse. Vatrano going the other way makes some sense.

One of mintyukov/zel gets moved as part of that plan.

Verbeek has shown an inclination/aptitude to identify unwanted players that are still useful and fill needs for us, and acquiring them for very little.

I thought about that a bit.

But doesnt help us on the right side tho. Unless you think like we move mintyukov for Parayko

I still feel like Nurse cap would be a massive turn off for us.

 

[All Mighty]

Call me crazy, but I can see us trading for nurse. Vatrano going the other way makes some sense.

One of mintyukov/zel gets moved as part of that plan.

Verbeek has shown an inclination/aptitude to identify unwanted players that are still useful and fill needs for us, and acquiring them for very little.

I see that Vatrano has a 7 team no trade list. On a completely unrelated note, there are 7 Canadian teams in the NHL.

I could see a deal like that if Nurse had 1 or 2 years left, but Verbeek has been careful about handing out term to older players.

 

[Leo2Cutter]

I see that Vatrano has a 7 team no trade list. On a completely unrelated note, there are 7 Canadian teams in the NHL.

I could see a deal like that if Nurse had 1 or 2 years left, but Verbeek has been careful about handing out term to older players.

Didn’t realize nurse was 31 already… seems crazy

 

[Masch78]

Call me crazy, but I can see us trading for nurse. Vatrano going the other way makes some sense.

One of mintyukov/zel gets moved as part of that plan.

Verbeek has shown an inclination/aptitude to identify unwanted players that are still useful and fill needs for us, and acquiring them for very little.

The main question is what we see in Nurse down the road if he is out of the Oilers org. He holds 2m less in actual money than his cap hit is. So the main questions remains, what is 7m of Nurse worth in comparison to Trouba or Carlson (who might not even be in the mix)?

 

[Hey234]

Please no Nurse. So many obvious reasons why that would be a mistake. The rumored trade is interesting. Personally, not a fan of Parayko. His age and contract make me so wary. Big fan of Thomas. Glad Verbeek is willing to go for big fish.

 

[Kalv]

Please no Nurse. So many obvious reasons why that would be a mistake. The rumored trade is interesting. Personally, not a fan of Parayko. His age and contract make me so wary. Big fan of Thomas. Glad Verbeek is willing to go for big fish.

Agree about Paraykos age. But since we already traded a first for JC, I wish we were giving it up + some add for Parayko not JC

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Alright season is over. Get to work PV

 

[Static]

I see that Vatrano has a 7 team no trade list. On a completely unrelated note, there are 7 Canadian teams in the NHL.

I could see a deal like that if Nurse had 1 or 2 years left, but Verbeek has been careful about handing out term to older players.

Of course he has trade protection

 

[Ducks DVM]

So then we trade one or two of those guys for a veteran, or sign one in the offseason.

I would still sign Trouba to have one more vet D. But I would have no problem going into the season with a bunch of youth.

So I disagree that it's irrelevant. A trade like this would bring the Ducks from squeaking into the playoffs to knocking on the door of Cup contention.

You aren’t reading my post. There’s no money to do any of that. Parayko takes the Trouba money.

 

[robbieboy3686]

All this worry about our young D. Until we know Dostal is a cup capable goalie, everything else is irrelevant.

Vegas was touted as a shut down clog the middle defense. Maybe the toughest in the playoffs. In the end it didn’t matter how good their D was.

John

+1000 if dostal is a euro fraud, we aren’t doing shit no matter who we sign or trade for

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Agree about Paraykos age. But since we already traded a first for JC, I wish we were giving it up + some add for Parayko not JC

If JC becomes a true rental, then then the first round pick was an expensive price to pay.

If the Ducks do want to trade for an NHL established, then they have a plethora of youth D at their disposal and three 2nd round picks in 2027. The more talented NHL established Verbeek wants, regardless of side, then the higher quality youth d or two will be sent out. For example, if the best top-4D made available for trade is an LD, then Verbeek could be sending Minty as the main piece. (Yeah, not having that 1st round pick is costly b/c we have to pony up better assets for better talent in return.)

The other route is for Verbeek to run the youth group in the bottom-6 and Minty as the acting top-4 NHL established d-man. The problem with that is we will probably running a rotation again for youth D because Hinds and Luneau are vying for NHL playing time. Luneau is the only youth D listed below that is waiver exempt. Which could mean Moore is put into another RD and RW4 rotation like last season.

Youth LD

• Minty
• Zell
• Hinds

Youth RD

• Helleson
• Moore
• Luneau

 

[gilfaizon]

I have to believe our 2027 1st is also in play, especially with 3 2nd rounders and us expecting to be a competitive team next season.

 

[Leo2Cutter]

I have to believe our 2027 1st is also in play, especially with 3 2nd rounders and us expecting to be a competitive team next season.

Agreed....
4 2nds and a 1st to our disposal

Expendable young assets like Helleson McTavish and zellweger

Should be an interesting offseason for us

I do hope any moves that PV makes are more long term

 

[Leonardo87]

Certain fans here will be in shambles

Trade was prob
Thomas, Parayko, Binnington

Carolina drafted their key guys like Aho, Slavin, Jarvis and etc. but they also made big trades to get them to winning a cup. Can't just rely on the draft. Tampa, Florida, and etc. All the same.

Not sure who is considered the Ducks core, but it's those 5 or 6 guys, and support around them, and will need to make those trades or sign FA's to get them that support.