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

[FreshSeabass]

idk if she has any insider info but sounds like we arent out on nino yet

 

[Borsig]

so we basically just went from:

Jarvis - Aho - Teravainen
Svech - Tro - Necas
Nino - Staal - Fast
Domi - Koko - Marty/Lorentz

Slavin - TDA
Skjei - Pesce
Cole - Smith/Bear

to

Jarvis - Aho - Teravainen
Svech - Koko - Necas
Marchment - Staal - Fast
Marty - Drury - Noesen/prospect

Slavin - Burns
Skjei - Pesce
Gardner - Bear/Chatfield/Keane

aside from the downgrade at 2C that's not as bad as this offseason could have been by any means.

Your 3rd pair is going to get eaten alive.

Can't we just send Gards to Chicago on a conditioning stint and forget about him?

 

[hblueridgegal]

 

[FreshSeabass]

 

[Lempo]

I'd like keeping Nino.

 

[Borsig]

Nino does not deserve a raise. I'd keep him, but at 3rd line wing value only.

 

[Brock Anton]

That one is fine, but good god I still can’t rationalize that Sergachev deal.

 

[Svechhammer]

 

[DaveG]

Regarding the defense, I could see them trying to go this to begin the year

Slavin-Pesce
Skjei-Burns
Gardiner-Bear/Chat

Also still thinking we try to swing a trade for a 2C to allow KK to play 4C next year and Drury to ease in on the wing.

Yeah I could see that at C. Not sure that Skjei-Burns would be a good fit though, because holy god that pairing would be a turnover machine.

 

[Svechhammer]

Yeah I could see that at C. Not sure that Skjei-Burns would be a good fit though, because holy god that pairing would be a turnover machine.

Freddie is gonna earn that Jennings next year, dammit!

 

[FreshSeabass]

ok our local media sucks lol no one knows anything

 

[Chrispy]

Your 3rd pair is going to get eaten alive.

Can't we just send Gards to Chicago on a conditioning stint and forget about him?

They can, but burying him in Chicago only clears ~$1M of the cap hit.

Gives them enough to replace Gardiner with an ELC, but not much else.

 

[Wolfpuck]

wow

BIG money

 

[FreshSeabass]

 

[Lucky Lindy]

Lol, 8 years to him too?

 

[hblueridgegal]

Whose turn is it for surgery?

 

[Borsig]

Man we need a real finisher. Ughhh

 

[Brock Anton]

We need to fill the Hawks trade quota, so with all this Gardiner and Chicago talk, let’s just send his ass to the Hawks!

 

[Svechhammer]

Lol, 8 years to him too?

Tampa, not content with f***ing their cap in the short term, is apparently hell bent on f***ing it long term, too

 

[Lempo]

Tampa like their group.

 

[Wolfpuck]

The Bolts are handing out 8 year contracts like candy. Makes sense given their recent success I suppose.

 

[Brock Anton]

Whose turn is it for surgery?

Stamkos

 

[NotOpie]

That's like $65 million on 8 players.

 

[Ole Gil]

Man we need a real finisher. Ughhh

They need the two guys they pay to be real finishers to start finishing when there's a goalie in net. (aho/svech)

 

[spockBokk]

So…Hadyn Fleury back for $1M, get Bear around $2M-$2.4M and rock:

Slavin-Burns
Skjei-Pesce
Fleury-Bear
Gardiner (?)-Chatfield