Rumor: 2026 Free Agent Frenzy

[dahrougem2]

Holy shit it's worse than I thought lmao they just gave 4.25M to a 4th liner

 

[The Pwnerer]

Avs scouting department finally finds a 2nd round gem!

 

[AvsWraith]

So, Marchment is gonna get 5.5 - 6M.

 

[The AntiBob]

$250k away from Drury.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

$17,000,000 and a 10 team no-trade clause.

Good for you, Greersy.

Insane.

 

[Balthazar]

Holy shit it's worse than I thought lmao they just gave 4.25M to a 4th liner

A winger, too. I was expecting that though.

 

[Foppa2118]

I didn't realize Greer had 17 goals last year. Good for him.

Kelly's really gonna be telling everyone he's underpaid now.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Hahahaha what an absurd offseason so far

 

[Balthazar]

Agents are really forcing NMCs down the NHL’s throat now. It’ll be interesting to see what the NHLPA gets at the next CBA in exchange for allowing the league to fix this mess.

 

[The AntiBob]

Yeah Kelly's contract looks ridiculous now, and it can be compared since his new contract kicks in this season

 

[shadow1]

Bednar was/is too concerned with winning every single regular season game that he is unwilling to let a goalie work out his issues and find some consistency.

Wedgewood was great all regular season, no doubt about it. However, I said for months and months that we would never win a Stanley Cup with Wedgewood as the starter. I got hammered for that by @shadow1 and others showing me stats why Wedgewood has been the best goalie since prime Hasek.

We needed to give Blackwood a month of starts to work out his issues. The best version of Blackwood is far better than the best version of Wedgewood. Our coach was never willing to do that; winning every game and winning the President’s Trophy is what mattered to him.

Time has proven you were right about Wedgewood. But I'm also not convinced Blackwood's issues were load management related. His first 15 games were amazing (13-1-1, .924), and then he suffered his second lower body injury of the season and missed the first half of January. It was all downhill from there (10-9-1, .899). We desperately need Blackwood to have a healthy offseason.

 

[shadow1]

JFC Verbeek has no clue how to negotiate. He runs his own players out of town and gives out insane contracts.

Don't forget this is the same guy who gave Frank "9 points" Vatrano the Bobby Bonilla contract. The dude gets 900K for 10 years straight starting in 2035.

 

[missionAvs]

f*** that Greer contract is bananas lol.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Is Greer truly that worse than Drury and Dickinwife?

What makes his contract any more terrible.

Very different types of players so hard to evaluate against each other.

 

[shadow1]

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Yeah let's sign Ferraro.

 

[Bender]

I like the idea that at some point in these negotiations the Greer camp was offered FOUR million per year and they were like "close but not enough"...

Hahahahahaha what a dumb f***tard laserbeek is

 

[LOFIN]

Time has proven you were right about Wedgewood. But I'm also not convinced Blackwood's issues were load management related. His first 15 games were amazing (13-1-1, .924), and then he suffered his second lower body injury of the season and missed the first half of January. It was all downhill from there (10-9-1, .899). We desperately need Blackwood to have a healthy offseason.

Thing is, it's all we can cling to. There is no realistic path to get a better goalie. We need to make do with what we have. And arguably, we didn't get the best out of our duo last year, despite winning the Jennings.

 

[Balthazar]

The Montreal media were speculating about Greer's next contract, and someone even suggested last week that the Habs offer give him a 5M x 5 deal. That’s why I’m not surprised it came in at 4.25M x 4.

 

[EdAVSfan]

Is Greer truly that worse than Drury and Dickinwife?

What makes his contract any more terrible.

Very different types of players so hard to evaluate against each other.

The difference here is Drury has had multiple seasons playing the same way.

Greer has had 1 season that sticks out. Nearly double what he’s ever done in points.

Does he continue to be a 30 point player or revert back to a 15 point player?

 

[Anders Cain]

I don't really think GMs do this to one another.

I mean, look at how f***ing cutthroat Vegas is. Teams are still happily making deals with them.

I think it was an ea NHL joke that was missed here ....lol

 

[AvsWraith]

Ducks don't care, they have a shit load of cap space. And with no big UFAs available, there's not much to do.

 

[Balthazar]

The difference here is Drury has had multiple seasons playing the same way.

Greer has had 1 season that sticks out. Nearly double what he’s ever done in points.

Does he continue to be a 30 point player or revert back to a 15 point player?

He was also good for the Panthers in the playoffs IIRC. Not scoring goals but impactful.

 

[Balthazar]

Ducks don't care. They have a shit load of cap space, and with no big UFAs available. There's not much to do.

Verbeek wants to build a team that’s a pain in the ass to play against. That much is clear.

 

[The AntiBob]

So, tomorrow is going have some wild contracts..

 

[AvsWraith]

Verbeek wants to build a team that’s a pain in the ass to play against. That much is clear.

They just went through a playoff series with Vegas and saw what having guys like Kolezar and McNabb, just hitting people every shift, can do.