Proposal: Free agency edition Trade Rumours/Proposals [MOD - Stay on Topic] 5
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Playing in the Swiss league with Zurich alongside former Senator Derek Grant and Leafs legend Denny Malgin. They won the league championship last season.
Brannstrom would be an excellent add for them.
And let’s no feel sorry for Branny. In Europe he’ll make a few hundred grand per year, get to live in a beautiful city, and only have to play a couple times per week. It’s a great life!
BonHoonLayneCornell
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Pretty safe bet imo. It's either this or carve out an AHL career with maybe the odd spot duty in the NHL.
Imagine Proudest Day as a GM Guy traded a near point per game Cup winner for a guy ultimately dumped twice preseason, destined for Europe or the AHL.....and Proud boy somehow got another job in hockey.
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BonHoonLayneCornell
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Most knew he was always out to lunch while a small minority seemed to believe it was all the work of a mad genius that would all pay off down the line. I'm glad we don't have to live in fantasy land here anymore as if the last regime wasn't a total joke.
frightenedinmatenum2
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My post pretty clearly described a player with no value.
I was pointing out that teams do sometimes value players more after they clear, but his 1 way deal makes it less likely he is moved.
What I see happening with him is that a team will have a streak of injuries and give up a 6th or 7th for him because they need someone who has played in the NHL. That's pretty much the minimum for that type of D.
The reason we couldn't get a late pick for him last year was likely his cap hit. Otherwise, we probably could have gotten a 6th or 7th.
Colorado giving him 1-way money shows that there was a certain level of interest in him. Otherwise, he would have been in PTO territory.
I was pointing out that teams do sometimes value players more after they clear, but his 1 way deal makes it less likely he is moved.
What I see happening with him is that a team will have a streak of injuries and give up a 6th or 7th for him because they need someone who has played in the NHL. That's pretty much the minimum for that type of D.
The reason we couldn't get a late pick for him last year was likely his cap hit. Otherwise, we probably could have gotten a 6th or 7th.
Colorado giving him 1-way money shows that there was a certain level of interest in him. Otherwise, he would have been in PTO territory.
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brannstrom had a bad camp and its own fault.
but he played top 4 minutes for us and did it admiringly. often times looking better than an 8 million dollar chabot. and everyone who played with brannstrom also played better.
i really hope when injuries hit our injury prone d corp we have someone who was as effective as brannstrom was in that role. because that could be the difference between playoffs or not.
right now we have jbd, hamonic, and a rookie kleven which is awful insulation.
but he played top 4 minutes for us and did it admiringly. often times looking better than an 8 million dollar chabot. and everyone who played with brannstrom also played better.
i really hope when injuries hit our injury prone d corp we have someone who was as effective as brannstrom was in that role. because that could be the difference between playoffs or not.
right now we have jbd, hamonic, and a rookie kleven which is awful insulation.
frightenedinmatenum2
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Him vs Chabot is not an apples to apples comparison. Play Brannstrom 25-28 minutes a game and Chabot 15-18 and people would be roasting Brannstrom and saying Chabot is much better. You have to consider the role.
You also have to be careful with the idea that D play better with such and such butter pairing puck mover. Usually what happens is that when a top 4 D is paired with that player, they have more favorable deployment for those shifts, so people misinterpret better advanced stats as being caused by the D partner, when in reality is is the deployment.
In terms of Colorado, they were able to get Kylington after signing Brannstrom, and generally had competition for D spots.
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What the heck were you watching last year?
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dumbdick
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I'm upset we didn't take Brandon Bussi.
I think we're gonna regret that decision.
I would have signed Bussi and waived Forsberg. If someone runs into injury trouble mid season trade forsberg, possibly with a tiny bit of retention (provided we have slots).
There's always a chance we need to move Ullmark if he won't re-up. Having another promising youngish goalie to join Leevi and Mads would have felt better.
I think we're gonna regret that decision.
I would have signed Bussi and waived Forsberg. If someone runs into injury trouble mid season trade forsberg, possibly with a tiny bit of retention (provided we have slots).
There's always a chance we need to move Ullmark if he won't re-up. Having another promising youngish goalie to join Leevi and Mads would have felt better.
He is not 0 value; however, he definitely is not highly valued (i.e., worth picking up off waivers (would have to added to roster) nor traded for at this time).
BonHoonLayneCornell
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Not to mention the $2M he made in his last season with the Senators. He probably has made more $$$ in his short career than any of us posters have made to date.
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check out that zub-brannstrom pairing playing top 4 when chabot went down.
look at the brannstrom-holden pairing.
its the same thing for the last couple of years.
brannstrom was one of our best depth players, and when he had to step up, he did it successfully.
frightenedinmatenum2
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The Ullmark trade is looking ridiculous right now.
I know that people wanted to be nice and give Korpisalo a shot in Boston before calling the trade, but it's almost looking like we got Ullmark for free as a throw in.
I know that people wanted to be nice and give Korpisalo a shot in Boston before calling the trade, but it's almost looking like we got Ullmark for free as a throw in.
And yet no NHL team wants him on their roster… tells you something up the value of the “expected goals” numbers…
bert
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He's clearly not worth it. 31 teams passed on him. The sooner this board comes to grips with it the better.
Best depth player on a bad team that no one else wants. Now he's in the AHL. Good teams don't have players like him.
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