Speculation: Flooded goalie Market this summer?

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Ducks are in the middle of a rebuild; unless new GM Verbeek can pull off some miracle moves to shore up the skating core & hires a new coach not named Dallas Eakins, I could see him being up for a trade to a team a lot closer to contention.

should be a really interesting summer in Anaheim!

if he does hit the market Edmonton and Toronto should be all over him

 

[PostBradMalone]

The interesting situations to me are SEA, STL, and WPG:

-The Kraken really stepped in it by handling their goalie choices like they did. Maybe they thought they could trade one or both guys later for picks, but Grubauer just had a very poor year and has a very big ticket deal that not a lot of teams can absorb without retention/camp dumps, so what’s the upshot there? Driedger is cheaper, yes, but has performed worse so the same dilemma exists. Still, I bet we see one of them moved after July 1 to a team that strikes out elsewhere in FA/trade.

-St. Louis obviously really wants to retain Husso, but the only way to do that is to move Binnington. Again, however, who is going to give up positive assets for him? That’s a long contract for someone with a single season of performance backing it up, and 2018 is only getting further back in the rear view.

-Winnipeg is at a crossroads, but should they decide to rebuild/retool, Helle will probably be their most valuable player with 2 years of control or less starting this summer. If Chevy is smart, he will see what other teams are willing to offer at the Draft- it could be a huge return that helps them exponentially speed up their overhaul.

On top of that, I saw Sharks fans talking about maybe moving Adin Hill, who has some interesting upside. That’s another name you can add to the list of goalies maybe on the move, so yeah, it does seem like a lot.

 

[Accelleratii]

let's take a look at which teams potentially in on the goalie market

Anaheim, Arizona, Buffalo, Chicago, Colorado, Detroit, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto, Washington

And available goalies...

Fleury, Kuemper, Koskinen, Greiss, Korpisalo, Georgiev, Holtby, Samsonov, Campbell and maybe Gibson and Blackwood.

Of the goalies mentioned, about half could be trusted to start ~40+games and some wont even make it to market. This is not a flooded goalie market, it's just a whole lotta 1B options available. Moving on.

 

[PullHard]

I have my eye on Geregeive with the NYR

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

That list is...uh...

Any good goalies in European leagues available?

 

[FrankMTL]

when I look at the goalie market this summer, I'm wondering if this might be the most flooded goalie market we have ever seen?

in free agency the top 3 are Kempeur, Fluery and Campbell but the trade market is where things get interesting.

you got Blackwood in NJ

you probably got Gibson with the Ducks

you got Geregeive with the NYR

you might have Varlamov with the NYI

you probably got Reimer in SJ

Marazek is absolutely on the block in Toronto

I wonder what happens with Murray in Ottawa? will he get bought out?

I wonder about Ned in Detroit, does Yzerman see him as the guy?

to me this could be the most flooded goalie market we have ever seen I can't remember a time when potenally half the league could change goalies and I didn't even mention Price in Montreal, what happens with him? he hasn't played at all this year but montreal is in total rebuild.

and not only that but it appears that that there may be more goalies on the market than teams looking for goalies.

Toronto and Edmonton come to mind, MAYBE Vegas depending on Lehner and NJ if they do trade Blackwood but not many more

this could be a wild off season for goalies

Geregeive is the best, I hope the Habs somehow land him.

 

[ManByng]

Koskinen is a UFA and if he doesn’t re-sign in Edmonton or go back to Europe, he’d make a decent backup for a starter on a contender if you don’t play him more than about 30 games a season. Also the Blues will indeed try to dump Billington this off season and go with Husso if they can.

And let’s not forget the fine play of Swayman and Ullmark in Boston! Ullmark is $5 mil+ per year and Swayman is cheap so I figure one of those two could be gone this off season?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Geregeive is the best, I hope the Habs somehow land him.

I don't think he's the guy

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Koskinen is a UFA and if he doesn’t re-sign in Edmonton or go back to Europe, he’d make a decent backup for a starter on a contender if you don’t play him more than about 30 games a season. Also the Blues will indeed try to dump Billington this off season and go with Husso if they can.

And let’s not forget the fine play of Swayman and Ullmark in Boston! Ullmark is $5 mil+ per year and Swayman is cheap so I figure one of those two could be gone this off season?

I knew I was forgetting somebody, I meant to add Ullmark to this list

 

[Heldig]

The interesting situations to me are SEA, STL, and WPG:



-Winnipeg is at a crossroads, but should they decide to rebuild/retool, Helle will probably be their most valuable player with 2 years of control or less starting this summer. If Chevy is smart, he will see what other teams are willing to offer at the Draft- it could be a huge return that helps them exponentially speed up their overhaul.

I brought this up a bit ago and got grilled badly by fellow Jets fans.

I think it is a possibility. Of course, they have to have a goalie come back in the trade (or another trade or a UFA).

 

[frederixx]

I don't think he's the guy

Doubt they want THE guy. They probably really want to go all in for Bedard.

 

[captainpaxil]

That list is...uh...

Any good goalies in European leagues available?

Fedotov coming off an Olympic silver medal and great khl season should be coming to the flyers this off season. We have our guy in Hart so it's basically a showcase for eventual trade. I'm sure they'd trade his rights if someone wanted to get on the action early.

 

[Mr Positive]

Those 2nd tier targets are very high quality for a 2nd tier target imo, and there are a lot of them. They are the type that might outperform their reputation, or bomb

Although by the draft even, the list will shrink.

 

[Gruyeriev]

As an Avs fan, if we don’t sign Kuemper that is a whole lot of meh. Maybe Gibson IF he becomes available.

 

[periferal]

when I look at the goalie market this summer, I'm wondering if this might be the most flooded goalie market we have ever seen?

in free agency the top 3 are Kempeur, Fluery and Campbell but the trade market is where things get interesting.

you got Blackwood in NJ

you probably got Gibson with the Ducks

you got Geregeive with the NYR

you might have Varlamov with the NYI

you probably got Reimer in SJ

Marazek is absolutely on the block in Toronto

I wonder what happens with Murray in Ottawa? will he get bought out?

I wonder about Ned in Detroit, does Yzerman see him as the guy?

to me this could be the most flooded goalie market we have ever seen I can't remember a time when potenally half the league could change goalies and I didn't even mention Price in Montreal, what happens with him? he hasn't played at all this year but montreal is in total rebuild.

and not only that but it appears that that there may be more goalies on the market than teams looking for goalies.

Toronto and Edmonton come to mind, MAYBE Vegas depending on Lehner and NJ if they do trade Blackwood but not many more

this could be a wild off season for goalies

Geregeive.

 

[Fjordy]

Geregeive

 

[seafoam]

Pretty sure NYI is keeping Varlamov at least until the start of next season.

It sounds like they could have moved him this deadline if they wanted to.

 

[ManofSteel55]

when I look at the goalie market this summer, I'm wondering if this might be the most flooded goalie market we have ever seen?

in free agency the top 3 are Kempeur, Fluery and Campbell but the trade market is where things get interesting.

you got Blackwood in NJ

you probably got Gibson with the Ducks

you got Geregeive with the NYR

you might have Varlamov with the NYI

you probably got Reimer in SJ

Marazek is absolutely on the block in Toronto

I wonder what happens with Murray in Ottawa? will he get bought out?

I wonder about Ned in Detroit, does Yzerman see him as the guy?

to me this could be the most flooded goalie market we have ever seen I can't remember a time when potenally half the league could change goalies and I didn't even mention Price in Montreal, what happens with him? he hasn't played at all this year but montreal is in total rebuild.

and not only that but it appears that that there may be more goalies on the market than teams looking for goalies.

Toronto and Edmonton come to mind, MAYBE Vegas depending on Lehner and NJ if they do trade Blackwood but not many more

this could be a wild off season for goalies

Lots of meh goalies. Lots of meh teams looking for goalies. Some pretty good teams looking for goalies.

Every team losing a goalie will need a new one, except maybe St Louis.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Fedotov coming off an Olympic silver medal and great khl season should be coming to the flyers this off season. We have our guy in Hart so it's basically a showcase for eventual trade. I'm sure they'd trade his rights if someone wanted to get on the action early.

Jesus, that’s one huge goalie!

 

[t0nedeff]

when I look at the goalie market this summer, I'm wondering if this might be the most flooded goalie market we have ever seen?

in free agency the top 3 are Kempeur, Fluery and Campbell but the trade market is where things get interesting.

you got Blackwood in NJ

you probably got Gibson with the Ducks

you got Geregeive with the NYR

you might have Varlamov with the NYI

you probably got Reimer in SJ

Marazek is absolutely on the block in Toronto

I wonder what happens with Murray in Ottawa? will he get bought out?

I wonder about Ned in Detroit, does Yzerman see him as the guy?

to me this could be the most flooded goalie market we have ever seen I can't remember a time when potenally half the league could change goalies and I didn't even mention Price in Montreal, what happens with him? he hasn't played at all this year but montreal is in total rebuild.

and not only that but it appears that that there may be more goalies on the market than teams looking for goalies.

Toronto and Edmonton come to mind, MAYBE Vegas depending on Lehner and NJ if they do trade Blackwood but not many more

this could be a wild off season for goalies

Mrazek might be on the block but nobody is picking up an often injured sub 900 goalie for another 2 years at almost 4 million.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Mrazek might be on the block but nobody is picking up an often injured sub 900 goalie for another 2 years at almost 4 million.

he will be somewhere next year and I don't think it will be Toronto, unless he is flown to Robidas Island

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Fleury either remains in Minnesota or goes to Pittsburgh. Maybe we might even see him sign a dumb contract elsewhere.
Kuemper might come to an agreement to stay in Colorado after realizing it'll be as good as it gets there for him. I could see 6 x $3.5M AAV. Otherwise, he signs overpay elsewhere.
Campbell stays in Toronto
Nedeljkovic stays in Detroit
Blackwood traded, I see maybe Blackwood++ for Gibson
Murray likely remains in Ottawa
Mrazek probably is place in the AHL
Reimer signs as a cheap backup in like Tampa or the Rangers.
Georgiev signs for big bucks in the KHL
Jones probably signs with a team desperate for a back-up.
Varlamov likely stays with the Islanders.
Gibson likely stays in Anaheim, but I think New Jersey might just be the team to trade for him.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

The interesting situations to me are SEA, STL, and WPG:

-The Kraken really stepped in it by handling their goalie choices like they did. Maybe they thought they could trade one or both guys later for picks, but Grubauer just had a very poor year and has a very big ticket deal that not a lot of teams can absorb without retention/camp dumps, so what’s the upshot there? Driedger is cheaper, yes, but has performed worse so the same dilemma exists. Still, I bet we see one of them moved after July 1 to a team that strikes out elsewhere in FA/trade.

-St. Louis obviously really wants to retain Husso, but the only way to do that is to move Binnington. Again, however, who is going to give up positive assets for him? That’s a long contract for someone with a single season of performance backing it up, and 2018 is only getting further back in the rear view.

-Winnipeg is at a crossroads, but should they decide to rebuild/retool, Helle will probably be their most valuable player with 2 years of control or less starting this summer. If Chevy is smart, he will see what other teams are willing to offer at the Draft- it could be a huge return that helps them exponentially speed up their overhaul.

On top of that, I saw Sharks fans talking about maybe moving Adin Hill, who has some interesting upside. That’s another name you can add to the list of goalies maybe on the move, so yeah, it does seem like a lot.

I think Winnipeg is about a year away from making that move but I'd give them a call for sure, although I don't see them wanting to help out the Oilers

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Fleury either remains in Minnesota or goes to Pittsburgh. Maybe we might even see him sign a dumb contract elsewhere.
Kuemper might come to an agreement to stay in Colorado after realizing it'll be as good as it gets there for him. I could see 6 x $3.5M AAV. Otherwise, he signs overpay elsewhere.
Campbell stays in Toronto
Nedeljkovic stays in Detroit
Blackwood traded, I see maybe Blackwood++ for Gibson
Murray likely remains in Ottawa
Mrazek probably is place in the AHL
Reimer signs as a cheap backup in like Tampa or the Rangers.
Georgiev signs for big bucks in the KHL
Jones probably signs with a team desperate for a back-up.
Varlamov likely stays with the Islanders.
Gibson likely stays in Anaheim, but I think New Jersey might just be the team to trade for him.

I'm not convinced Campbell is staying, but even if he does Toronto is in the goalie market, because regardless of if Campbell stays or not, Marazek can't.

Marazek cannot be brought back under any circumstances, he is injured and even when he is healthy he is awful.

 

[RangerBoy]

The interesting situations to me are SEA, STL, and WPG:

-The Kraken really stepped in it by handling their goalie choices like they did. Maybe they thought they could trade one or both guys later for picks, but Grubauer just had a very poor year and has a very big ticket deal that not a lot of teams can absorb without retention/camp dumps, so what’s the upshot there? Driedger is cheaper, yes, but has performed worse so the same dilemma exists. Still, I bet we see one of them moved after July 1 to a team that strikes out elsewhere in FA/trade.

-St. Louis obviously really wants to retain Husso, but the only way to do that is to move Binnington. Again, however, who is going to give up positive assets for him? That’s a long contract for someone with a single season of performance backing it up, and 2018 is only getting further back in the rear view.

-Winnipeg is at a crossroads, but should they decide to rebuild/retool, Helle will probably be their most valuable player with 2 years of control or less starting this summer. If Chevy is smart, he will see what other teams are willing to offer at the Draft- it could be a huge return that helps them exponentially speed up their overhaul.

On top of that, I saw Sharks fans talking about maybe moving Adin Hill, who has some interesting upside. That’s another name you can add to the list of goalies maybe on the move, so yeah, it does seem like a lot.

Winnipeg should keep their core group together and hire a new coach with a different philosophy from Maurice/Lowry. Schiefele, Wheeler and Hellebuyck contract expire in two seasons. Management can make significant changes in two seasons.