Around the NHL 2024-25 regular season Part II

[Emperoreddy]

I'm not opposed to a blockbuster but the top 6 isn't really the issue for us.

Won't be sexy trades, but smart ones to bolster our bottom 6 could do just as much good for us as a blockbuster does for someone else.

It's all about finding some scoring depth and then waiting to see if the players do the job

 

[Devils731]

chicago only getting a 3rd round pick is nasty work lol

If that’s all they’re getting then they got screwed. The cap space they’re apparently keeping is worth more than that.

 

[Mgd31]

All Chicago got was a 3rd round pick lol?

 

[MasterofGrond]

Should have at least held for a second and third

 

[dgibb10]

Damn, looks like Colorado forgot to hit the magic "with extension" button to triple Rantanen's value

 

[jkrdevil]

They are still going to have Freddie Andersen (or a Freddie Andersen equivalent) in net

 

[Marv4Life]

It's your move, Fitz.

 

[Rhodes 81]

Honestly even if they don't keep Rantanen, getting out of the Kotkaniemi contract is a pretty large plus value for Carolina

 

[TrufleShufle]

 

[njdevil26]

Frank deleted his tweet since Kotkoniemi isn't involved. Frank is somethin else.

 

[Emperoreddy]

It's Jack Drury, not Kotkenami

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Frank deleted his tweet since Kotkoniemi isn't involved. Frank is somethin else.

he stinks and he is a whiny piss-baby to boot

 

[MadDevil]

So Chicago moves Hall and retains on Rantanen...and all they get is a 3rd?

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

I don’t think this makes Carolina that much scarier. Better obviously, but they still subtracted one of their only high level talents and top point getter to make the deal.

 

[Oneiro]

Doesn't seem to be fully disclosed yet.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

lmao

 

[Emperoreddy]

I don’t think this makes Carolina that much scarier. Better obviously, but they still subtracted one of their only high level talents and top point getter to make the deal.

Their center situation seems questionable.

 

[Emperoreddy]

lmao

Sure, Frank

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I would imagine CAR is going to play Rantanen at center, but he is not nearly a effective there

 

[Saugus]

Chicago got hosed for sure. Hall alone could probably fetch a second from a desperate bubble team at the deadline. To get only a third and have to eat salary on top of it is just ridiculous.

 

[dgibb10]

So Chicago moves Hall and retains on Rantanen...and all they get is a 3rd?

Is a 6 million dollar taylor hall supposed to be a positive asset? He was net 0 when sent to Chi in the first place and since then he has gotten older, injured multiple times, and hasn't done that well?

If they simply retained 50% on hall at the deadline would they have gotten more than a 3rd? I doubt it.

Basically they, in a slightly more complicated way, traded a 50% retained hall (rants real money is 750k a year more so at about 40% of the year left it costs them an extra 150k in real money doing it this way)

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

some stupid ass team would have paid a 3rd for Hall at the deadline

Blackhawks suck

 

[Oneiro]

I don't think the deal is fully out there yet, I'd be very surprised if that's all Chicago got.

 

[dgibb10]

Chicago got hosed for sure. Hall alone could probably fetch a second from a desperate bubble team at the deadline. To get only a third and have to eat salary on top of it is just ridiculous.

They would not have gotten a 2nd for hall at the deadline.

If they could have, they almost certainly would have. Clearly they have been shopping hall, clearly they knew what his price point was.

they didn't retain on hall. instead they retained on someone else, for a difference of about 150k

 

[Emperoreddy]

Chicago really has to be getting something more because currently it's a putrid return