GDT: Free Agency Frenzy July 1st @ 12pm ET (Apparently it's not 12pm)

[17futurecap]

Ron Francis, not good.

 

[New York RKY]

Dang I would have wanted Stephenson but not at that contract.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

If dodging bullets means standing pat with a roster that overachieved, then sure

Save the money - its only gonna disappear in one year from now for Shestyorkins new contract

Sort of like the Devils hopes and dreams when Jack Hughes inevitably lands on another extended IR stay right?

 

[Filip Chytil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807828089965367691

Vegas needs a RW there

 

[Luger]

Tarasenko at 2x4? Any interest?

Obviously. That's barely above the minimum and he can still play on the second line. But would he sign a 2x2 contract?

 

[AirGut]

I genuinely cannot believe Drury was working on a deal with Jonathan f***ing Drouin this morning just for him to stay in COL.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Duclair reunion would be a decent move

Maybe at the deadline as a fallback option. Otherwise, no thanks.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Duclair
Roslovic
Wheeler
Paccioretty
Tarasenko
Skinner
Zadina



One of these guys will be the RW for Krieder and Zibanejad

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Them not doing anything as of now suggests to me that the reports on Shestyorkin are true, he’s got them by the balls and they know it lol

 

[Takeahnase]

Tarasenko at 2x4? Any interest?

Absolutely for a 2 time Cup winner who was much better than Kane for us and fit well in Florida for their run.

 

[MrAlmost]

Man some of these terms are crazy.

 

[alkurtz]

Still waiting to see if anything develops on the trade front.

I think Drury was ready to pounce on anything he believed to be financially worthwhile. He obviously thought none of the players out there was worth the price paid.

These boards continually are the source of amusement: guaranteed, if we had signed any of the top UFAs, it would not be long before many (most) here would be moaning and groaning about diminished production from players 30 and above, and the albatross their contracts had become.

At this juncture, next year's team doesn't look as good as last year's, but face it, none of us expected the team to do as well as it did. As much as some players underachieved, as a group, they overachieved. If we don't do anything, we can sign our younger players and be ready to be a player at the trade deadline.

But, let's see what falls trade-wise over the next few hours or days.

 

[Boris Zubov]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807828089965367691

Vegas needs a RW there

Kakko for Theodore. Who says no!

 

[n8]

If a guy like Skjei gets 7 mill for 7, then guys like Lafreniere or Miller are gonna want a lot more too. Increase in cap doesn't help with next contracts it only helps with one's we currently have signed. The cap going up is helpful for the Panarin, Zibanejad, Kreider, trochek, Fox contracts, anything else going forward will increase with the cap.

It blows my mind that the delta between Skjei and Sam Reinhart is less than $2M. While that just says more about the discount Sam gave the Cats it does still say a lot about how much Skjei got.

Well if Joey Anderson's cap is the same as Trouba, maybe I've been wrong this whole time for complaining

 

[Circus86]

Duclair
Roslovic
Wheeler
Paccioretty
Tarasenko
Skinner
Zadina



One of these guys will be the RW for Krieder and Zibanejad

Its like looking at the menu of a scottish restaurant. Not much in it and nothing you'd want.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Drury gonna dunk on all you mf's when he announces he traded Kakko(retained) for Ryan Reeves

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I don't know which deal I hate more.Stephenson or Lindholm. Those are in contention for the worst of the day.

HM to Montour as well.

 

[17futurecap]

 

[zlev]

honestly if we're going to continue with the deeply flawed D core then we might as well just give Igor the $13mil because that's our only chance at winning anything anyway

 

[NikC]

Disastrous trade deadline which likely cost us a Cup, and now a disastrous Free Agency. Confidence in Drury is gone. Fireable.

well... maybe signing a UFA, was contingent on moving Trouba. You can have the cart before the horse. I'm not absolving Drury, because this season/next are going to make or break this current team.

There were some players, that I don't understand we weren't in on? The Caps made moves and the NYR can't?

It's still early in the day, but again, the big move for the Rangers may just be moving on from Goodrow and Trouba.. signing a bum and stopgap or 2... and throwing money at Igor

 

[Cuckoo4Kakko]

Can we remind ourselves that Drury said he wanted to get younger. You don't do that through UFA.

Yeah. You do that by trading 80% of your draft picks every year.

 

[nyr2k2]

Sometimes you need to take a step back before you can take a step forward.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

Not a play driver, cant pass or skate, doesnt play physical or well defensively. Got it.

 

[NYR Viper]

Hathaway extended in Philly, 2 more years @ $2.4m per season

Dumba to Dallas, so they have (4) d-men now

 

[Filip Chytil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807829834908983542