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

[will1066]

Sharks gave Wennberg 2.5 X 2 - I guess that's ok for a 3C with no offensive ability.

Edit: Oh shit! It's 2 X 5!

Yeah, it's 5M AAV

 

[Filip Chytil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807862067644489893

 

[Matt Rentfree]

isnt it 5M aav?

Yeah - my bad - just edited my post.

 

[Circus86]

And that's why we aren't spending today. Laf gets at least that for next year.

This. Also laf might get more depending on how the season goes. 8x8 + we need room for whatever Igor gets.

That's Troubas and Breads cap hit. No, Bread won't be here after next summer unless we trade Igor.

 

[Mike in Houston]

LOL! Wennberg.

 

[Filip Chytil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807865759030268398

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807865657486197174

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Slafkovsky extended 8x7.6

look at that, you can extend young talent BEFORE they break out completely.

(this is the deal smart fans wanted to give Laf last offseason)

instead, our fans love most to trade our young talent at their lowest value for peanuts

You would have been livid if they gave Laf that contract last offseason.

 

[rangers1314]

Before anyone asks….no

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807862067644489893

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807865759030268398

 

[effen]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807863732841992632

I will never understand 8 year deals out of the ELC.

$23M for Slaf, Suzuki, and Caufield until the end of time. That's a very nice 2nd line.

 

[TominNC]

There's still time to kick the tires on Lundkvist and Andersson. 1-year, $900,000 contracts sound good?

remember when they were well loved prospects?

 

[NYR Viper]

 

[AirGut]

Wennberg is getting 5M for a Game 3 OT goal

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Why is Jacob Trouba still here?

And why is Drury pissing me the f*** off?

 

[Tob]

Maybe we can get Jeff "Ya Sam, the word around the league is he's a bit of a diva and a bitch" Skinner for a CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP deal if he wants to get the NYR experience after making $1.65B with the Sabres

 

[noncents]

You would have been livid if they gave Laf that contract last offseason.

i was specifically advocating for a long term extension for laf last offseason

 

[Filip Chytil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807866730120630296

 

[GAGLine]

Is anyone else surprised Drury didn't sign 2 d-men, even as depth guys, today? Even if Jones is to play every night, they don't have NHL depth

The offseason is far from over. Still options out there.

I will never understand 8 year deals out of the ELC.

$23M for Slaf, Suzuki, and Caufield until the end of time. That's a very nice 2nd line.

The alternative is to sign him to a bridge, which won't be cheap either, and then pay him even more two years later.

 

[Profet]

i was specifically advocating for a long term extension for laf last offseason

That's great... but why would Laf have signed a deal after such a poor season?

 

[will1066]

I will never understand 8 year deals out of the ELC.

$23M for Slaf, Suzuki, and Caufield until the end of time. That's a very nice 2nd line.

I think it's mostly they're scared to give them even bigger contracts if they smash would-be bridge deals. But you'd have to have a whole ton of confidence in them to be giving out max term straight after ELCs.

 

[effen]

You would have been livid if they gave Laf that contract last offseason.

There's never surplus value in these things. You're hoping to get a good cap hit years 4-7 years down the line instead of just definitely getting a great cap hit the next couple years of their bridge.

Any detractors should ask Ottawa how awesome those Chabot and Norris extensions are working for them.

 

[LionsHeart]

What Drury reads to get ready for Free Agency.

 

[will1066]

remember when they were well loved prospects?

Seems like yesterday

 

[effen]

I think it's mostly they're scared to give them even bigger contracts if they smash would-be bridge deals. But you'd have to have a whole ton of confidence in them to be giving out max term straight after ELCs.

I'd love to give someone a huge contract out of a bridge deal, that means they played awesome.

 

[Filip Chytil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807868276027928576