GDT: FA Frenzy time ladies and gents (for everyone else that is)

[Lucky Lindy]

Here we go.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Florida letting Marchmant go and not being able to sign Giroux... oof, going all in does have its dangers

the price to move bad contracts is sky high. Philly and Florida feeling the repercussions of it.

 

[Brock Anton]

Better than Petry, I guess.

 

[Svechhammer]

Here we go.

Lets go, boys!

 

[Borsig]

Here we go.

Sigh. It's gonna be 6-6.5 million. You watch.

 

[mikeyfan]

SN is reporting the rumor has Nazem Kadri to the Rangers 7 years 7 million.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

c;mon let Meier be a part of the deal

 

[Borsig]

SN is reporting the rumor has Nazem Kadri to the Rangers 7 years 7 million.

THAT is an overpayment, and how the F can they afford Tro after that?

 

[Svechhammer]

SN is reporting the rumor has Nazem Kadri to the Rangers 7 years 7 million.

And they want Tro?

Holy Cap Hell, Batman

 

[cptjeff]

Sigh. It's gonna be 6-6.5 million. You watch.

So, 33% cheaper than Hamilton for a better player, albeit one on the decline? I'd still be very happy with that.

 

[chaz4hockey]

I'm not crowing about it. I'm giving a general overview about what the Canes did last offseason, as far as timeline is concerned. My opinion is neutral about Kotkaniemi except about the fact that I believe that it was a futures move and not a right-now move, and that many are jumping the gun too quickly about whether the move is good or bad.

agree...my view is that he is a 3rd line Staal replacement starting next year.

Staal retires, goes elsewhere or is 4th line C for us.

 

[cptjeff]

SN is reporting the rumor has Nazem Kadri to the Rangers 7 years 7 million.

And that is why I was never on the Kadri train. That's a lotta money and a lotta term.

 

[Borsig]

So, 33% cheaper than Hamilton for a better player, albiet one on the decline? I'd still be very happy with that.

The contract goes until he's 40. He's pretty slow and is likely to get burned by fast teams like... you know...

 

[ndp]

I for one would be pretty stoked on Burns, dude is a minute eater one of the most fit players in the league and takes his training very seriously. He's a shot blocking machine and would probabaly look pretty good beside of Slavin.

 

[chaz4hockey]

SN is reporting the rumor has Nazem Kadri to the Rangers 7 years 7 million.

we all laughed at Brooks' article but if this happens then the last laugh is his (and makes Rags Division favorites).

And that is why I was never on the Kadri train. That's a lotta money and a lotta term.

And they want Tro?

Holy Cap Hell, Batman

How could they afford Tro after Kadri?

 

[mikeyfan]

THAT is an overpayment, and how the F can they afford Tro after that?

They couldn’t Tro may have been a backup plan.

 

[cptjeff]

The contract goes until he's 40. He's pretty slow and is likely to get burned by fast teams like... you know...

He looks slow in huge part because he's playing 26 minutes a game. Workload matters. Bring that down to 20, and I think you'll be surprised. And players can be slower without getting burnt if they know not to get caught, and Burns isn't exactly an idiot defensively.

 

[Borsig]

I don't want to pay more than 4 for Burns. Even that is a lot for a contract that takes him to 40.

 

[Machinehead]

It's Trocheck OR Kadri, not both.

 

[Svechhammer]

As I said last night....

Kadri and Trouba with the Rangers. We need a big hitter that plays over the edge or our stars are gonna get run nightly against them

 

[ndp]

That's a little rich for Kadri, but he's the better player than Tro.

 

[DaveG]

It's Trocheck OR Kadri, not both.

I'd imagine so. Because there's cap shenanigans and then there's whatever the hell would be required to pull THAT off

 

[cptjeff]

I don't want to pay more than 4 for Burns. Even that is a lot for a contract that takes him to 40.

I think that's a fair take, and I suspect that'll be what's happening, depending on if we take a little less retention to get rid of Gardiner's contract or something along those lines.

 

[Borsig]

Where does that leave for Tro? I'm sure somehwhere.

As I said last night....

Kadri and Trouba with the Rangers. We need a big hitter that plays over the edge or our stars are gonna get run nightly against them

So, nothing new?

 

[Machinehead]

I'd imagine so. Because there's cap shenanigans and then there's whatever the hell would be required to pull THAT off

I have suggested that we just ignore the cap and see if the league actually does anything about it