GDT: Free Agency 2019

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Also time to put RB on the watch?

 

[ZiGOODejad]

I’m just waiting for the league to start complaining because every free agent signs in NY bs comments

 

[bl02]

Look it--Panarin comes in and Kreider will go out--we should get a 1st + for him. And if we want to keep Kreider we can always move others like Namestnikov, Strome or even Buchnevich. We also have Kakko and Kravtsov coming in and still have all of Chytil, Anderssson, Howden etc. None of the young have moved and we're going to feed our rebuild with the return from Kreider or whoever. Mika gets to play with a legit 1st liner as well.

By the way--we should get rid of Brendan Smith pronto. And if there is a taker for Shattenkirk anywhere move him along too.

We will be lucky to get a taker for Names. Smith and Shatty's money are here to stay unfortunately. Thank goodness its only two more years for both of them. Not sure how i feel about giving 11.5 to one player but in two years Hank, Shatty, Smith, Staal money all gone. Thats what over 20 million gone?

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Shannon just said on NHL network that Panarin had decided he wanted to play in NY for a year now

Looks like he was always coming

 

[RangerLifer]

Look it--Panarin comes in and Kreider will go out--we should get a 1st + for him. And if we want to keep Kreider we can always move others like Namestnikov, Strome or even Buchnevich. We also have Kakko and Kravtsov coming in and still have all of Chytil, Anderssson, Howden etc. None of the young have moved and we're going to feed our rebuild with the return from Kreider or whoever. Mika gets to play with a legit 1st liner as well.

By the way--we should get rid of Brendan Smith pronto. And if there is a taker for Shattenkirk anywhere move him along too.

We can't move C's now.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

11.6M sound and feels good/low, whatever. Do we know how many years? Pls let it be 5.

 

[NYR Viper]

Hayes + Zuccarello contracts add up to more than Panarin. Who would you rather have?

 

[Black Aces]

11.6 AAV

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Also time to put RB on the watch?

I found RB...

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

Shannon just said on NHL network that Panarin had decided he wanted to play in NY for a year now

Looks like he was always coming

He was always just driving up the price. The deal would have been done much sooner if he wasn't coming here

 

[Bob Richards]

I know 11.5 wouldn't be massively different from 12 but for whatever reason it looks visually more appealing to me lol

I have deemed 11.5 was acceptable but 11.6 might as well be 111.6

I deal in extremes

 

[Kovalev27]

Ya @Kovalev27 was on the ****ing money throughout this whole ordeal.

In hindsight it’s pretty impressive

Thanks buddy. Took a lot of heat for it but said this was the end result that was coming all along down for getting him for less money.

 

[broadwayblue]

11.6M sound and feels good/low, whatever. Do we know how many years? Pls let it be 5.

It's certainly going to be 7.

 

[Irishguy42]

$11.65M AAV

 

[Thirty One]

Hayes + Zuccarello contracts add up to more than Panarin. Who would you rather have?

Panarin. A thousand times Panarin.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Goner. If even for a bottom-six guy and a 2nd.

Lol hes getting a better return than that.

 

[RangerLifer]

Shannon just said on NHL network that Panarin had decided he wanted to play in NY for a year now

Looks like he was always coming

I hope they diplomatically lowballed him then. No way was he going to any other team.

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[DanielBrassard]

Shannon just said on NHL network that Panarin had decided he wanted to play in NY for a year now

Looks like he was always coming

But I was told we weren't in last night, it was CBJ FLA Islanders

 

[chosen]

Gaborik

Gaborik fell apart. It could happen again, but that was unusual. Gaborik had already been around for 8 seasons. Panarin only has 4.

Anything can backfire, but I also think Panarin is a better player.

In a lot of Columbus's playoff games, I thought he was the best player on the ice for either team.

 

[ZiGOODejad]

Panarin and Zib is going to just be insanity

 

[Uglybstrd]

Shannon just said on NHL network that Panarin had decided he wanted to play in NY for a year now

Looks like he was always coming

If thats the case he played his hand beautiful

 

[Raspewtin]

Hayes + Zuccarello contracts add up to more than Panarin. Who would you rather have?

Panarin and I wouldn't think twice.

It is legitimately not close

 

[Thirty One]

Lol hes getting a better return than that.

Yeah, some teams are going to strike out and will be desperate asf.

 

[dapowl]

$11.65M AAV

Panaring for the Cap ceiling, nice

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Gaborik fell apart. It could happen again, but that was unusual. Gaborik had already been around for 8 seasons. Panarin only has 4.

Anything can backfire, but I also think Panarin is a better player.

In a lot of Columbus's playoff games, I thought he was the best player on the ice for either team.

And Gaborik had already has numerous injuries in his past.

We basically just signed healthy Gaborik. This isn’t Richards/Drury/Gomez