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

[Ducks DVM]

I never understood the rhetoric, originating from his interviews i guess, that Carlson was as good as gone. I always interpreted it as him really enjoying it here.

There was a lot of “they” vs “we” in those interviews.

There’s also exponentially less travel on the east coast, likely matters more the older you get.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

I'll take a longshot here and say his family (wife and kids) are enjoying it here and putting undue pressure to stay. He may cave and take the Beeker's deal because squeezing out the last dollar for a guy who is already wealthy isn't worth disappointing his family. And I do believe he liked playing here.

 

[Static]

I honestly haven’t followed him at all to know what this means.

It was a big media story of will he/won't he sign with montreal to join them down the stretch. That he decided to stay in school was surprising and noteworthy

 

[Static]

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

Nurse only makes sense if we deal one of our young LD, which I suspect is the case.

If we're dealing one of our young LD, it's likely for an upgrade somewhere else on the roster which means we'll be adding assets in whatever that deal winds up being. I don't think it makes sense to trade even more assets for Nurse when we could plug in a UFA as a stop-gap until Solberg is ready.

On another note, I'm not seeing the logic in prioritizing acquiring another goalie. Husso is fine as a backup. Give him more starts so Dostal is fresh for the playoffs. Pursuing Hellebuyck sounds ridiculous to me.

 

[Static]

If we're dealing one of our young LD, it's likely for an upgrade somewhere else on the roster which means we'll be adding assets in whatever that deal winds up being. I don't think it makes sense to trade even more assets for Nurse when we could plug in a UFA as a stop-gap until Solberg is ready.

On another note, I'm not seeing the logic in prioritizing acquiring another goalie. Husso is fine as a backup. Give him more starts so Dostal is fresh for the playoffs. Pursuing Hellebuyck sounds ridiculous to me.

Nurse won't cost much more than money to acquire, that's kind of the point in trading for him.

 

[Unholy]

Spence would be a really nice add. McTavish has some links to the Sens as well

RD is a big question mark right now. If Trouba stays would still need at least one more Top 4. Luneau fights for a spot and maybe sticks. Gudas should not be considered to be back in a Top 4 role. If Trouba decides not to return or they can't find a good price, then two is needed.

Decent chance it's Trouba and Parayko?

 

[Leonardo87]

Yuck

Trouba was bad at defense but still nicely over 50 for offense, nurse, despite playing on a team with the 2 of the best offensive players in the world, shows just how little of that offense was due to him as opposed to feeding McDavid and Draisaitl.

Not interested unless someone eats about half of that cap hit.

That was Trouba’s card when he was with the Rangers, and why he was pushed out of NY. Look at the date, it’s 2024.

 

[robbieboy3686]

Spence would be a really nice add. McTavish has some links to the Sens as well

RD is a big question mark right now. If Trouba stays would still need at least one more Top 4. Luneau fights for a spot and maybe sticks. Gudas should not be considered to be back in a Top 4 role. If Trouba decides not to return or they can't find a good price, then two is needed.

Decent chance it's Trouba and Parayko?

Spence is small right? Hard pass

 

[DavidBL]

You can say the same about Carlson. Trouba at least spent a season here building a life for himself and his wife. Verbeek gonna sign the wrong guy because he gave up a 1st for him ugh

Thats assuming both are wiling to stay at prices that make sense for us. Ill be honest. Im starting to think that neither will be back

 

[Unholy]

Spence is small right? Hard pass

Bigger than Zell. I don't want to be allergic to players that can actually play defense

Edit: slightly taller, slightly less wt

 

[DavidBL]

That was Trouba’s card when he was with the Rangers, and why he was pushed out of NY. Look at the date, it’s 2024.

I suppose the argument would be that Trouba was able to play better once he left so why couldn't Nurse. Except im not sure Nurse has any history if being better than that current player card.

 

[robbieboy3686]

Bigger than Zell. I don't want to be allergic to players that can actually play defense

Edit: slightly taller, slightly less wt

Hard pass. The beeker and I and @Dirk316 are unfortunately allergic to undersized/and or vanilla players. We have a lot in the cupboard to play with as far as trade pieces. My guess, Colton parayko/connor Murphy/kesserling all on the beekers radar.

 

[Unholy]

Hard pass. The beeker and I and @Dirk316 are unfortunately allergic to undersized/and or vanilla players. We have a lot in the cupboard to play with as far as trade pieces. My guess, Colton parayko/connor Murphy/kesserling all on the beekers radar.

Well hopefully you aren't as bad as one of those people lol

 

[DavidBL]

I wonder if we could get Gavrikov from NY. There is speculation that he's unhappy that NY traded Panarin.