Proposal: Free agency edition Trade Rumours/Proposals [MOD - Stay on Topic] 5

[Micklebot]

Well, yes a key injury or two to top players can change things. But, that’s so random, I can’t even begin to consider it at least right now.

I would expect it to happen to any particular team but I do expect it to happen to some teams. Whether it's a team ahead of us in the predicted standings or not, that's the question.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Sakic knows a deal when he sees one.

Decent bottom pairing D for 900k is a no brainer

Meh. Too small to be a 3rd pairing D, not skilled enough to be a top 4. Good luck to him though.

 

[Big Muddy]

Idk... that seems like a lot of ex sens... That can't be cap compliant, can it?

LOL. Ooops - meant affinity.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Meh. Too small to be a 3rd pairing D, not skilled enough to be a top 4. Good luck to him though.

Same size as Girard, who won a Cup in the “big dmen only” playoffs.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Same size as Girard, who won a Cup in the “big dmen only” playoffs.

Well, good luck to him then. Was being replaced by Kleven anyway.

 

[BondraTime]

Same size as Girard, who won a Cup in the “big dmen only” playoffs.

Just wait till you see them next too each other; going to be about a 2 inch difference; Girard was out of the playoffs with a broken sturnum in the the first game of the 2nd round (you don't need to be big for the playoffs, just a counterpoint)

 

[CallSaul]

Same size as Girard, who won a Cup in the “big dmen only” playoffs.

Girard only played in 7 playoff games the year Colorado won the cup (he got injured), and ended up being the only defenseman they had with a minus rating.

Their cup winning bottom 3 consisted of slow big boys Josh Manson, Erik Johnson and Jack Johnson.

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

Same size as Girard, who won a Cup in the “big dmen only” playoffs.

Girard didn’t play during their cup run.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Well, good luck to him then. Was being replaced by Kleven anyway.

Branny has always been better on the right side. It shouldn’t have been one or the other.

 

[Icelevel]

Branny signs for 1 year 900K in Colorado.

Great for him. Wish him and Parker luck. Good guys.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Girard only played in 7 playoff games the year Colorado won the cup (he got injured), and ended up being the only defenseman they had with a minus rating.

Fair enough.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Branny signs for 1 year 900K in Colorado.

Appropriate salary.

 

[TheNewEra]

a bunch of solid depth still available in the FA market

sucks we are capped out

 

[SpezDispenser]

Branny has always been better on the right side. It shouldn’t have been one or the other.

I just don't think he fit in with any plans we had. Nor does JBD IMO, but at least he has some size. Nor does Hamonic, but he'll ride the pine and be a cheerleader to the youth.

 

[Micklebot]

Same size as Girard, who won a Cup in the “big dmen only” playoffs.

Wasn't girard out injured for the cup run? He played 7 games then broke his sternum if I recall.

edit: sorry, someone beat me to it.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Damn a bunch of pros decided to sign brannstrom. Y’all think you know better than them?

 

[GCK]

Great for him. Wish him and Parker luck. Good guys.

Branny was one of my all time favourite players to meet. And he is a legit 5’ 7”

 

[CallSaul]

Damn a bunch of pros decided to sign brannstrom. Y’all think you know better than them?

For 1 year at 900k. He's a guy who might end up sitting in the press box, and his salary is commensurate with that.

Isn't that what most people here thought he was?

 

[Golden_Jet]

Damn a bunch of pros decided to sign brannstrom. Y’all think you know better than them?

Wasn’t signing here for 900k, when his QO was around 2.2

 

[DrEasy]

At $1M/yr, Branny would have been good protection for when Chabot gets hurt.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

At $1M/yr, Branny would have been good protection for when Chabot gets hurt.

I'm sure we would have signed him for 900k a year, but that likely wasn't an option for us.

We were in a situation where we had to qualify him and risk paying him 2M+ through him accepting the offer or going to arbitration.

He had no incentive to entertain signing with us as a pending UFA on 1 year deal. His career clearly is not blossoming here. If he is going to get six figures from somewhere, it might as well be somewhere where he will have different opportunities than he had here.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Sakic knows a deal when he sees one.

Decent bottom pairing D for 900k is a no brainer

For Kelly and Brannstrom those AAVs would likely have worked here too.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Branny was one of my all time favourite players to meet. And he is a legit 5’ 7”

A legit 5'7" in today's world is an illegitimate 5'10".

5'7" is 5'4" or 5'5". 5'5" is 5'3". Once you get down to 5'3" there is no point in lying anymore, but still.

An illegitimate 5'10" is a legitimate 5'7".

We live in a pyramid of lies when it comes to height. Even if you think he is a legit 5'7", your perception of 5'7" might actually be of 5'5".

I should know, I'm 5'10". I hate dating apps.

 

[HSF]

damn looks like a bunch of pros signed Branny

900k is a solid deal for him

 

[Bileur]

A legit 5'7" in today's world is 5'10".

5'7" is 5'4" or 5'5".

An illegitimate 5'10" is a legitimate 5'7".

We live in a pyramid of lies when it comes to height. Even if you think he is a legit 5'7", your perception of 5'7" might actually be of 5'5".

I should know, I'm 5'10". I hate dating apps.

I always find it funny when some NBA profiles specify “legit X height without shoes”.

Who the heck is measuring with shoes?

Bileur is an interesting NBA prospect standing at a towering 8’2 (with stilts).