GDT: Free Agency Frenzy (July 1st @ 12pm ET)

[trick9]

Let the stupidity begin. (Not from us, please)

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[Ovechkins Wodka]

LFG

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Reinhart back to Florida on an 8-year deal. Financial terms not disclosed yet.

 

[trick9]

Reinhart back to Florida on an 8-year deal. Financial terms not disclosed yet.

What could go wrong?

 

[Langway]

 

[twabby]

Let's take a live look at teams around the NHL today:

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

What could go wrong?

Crazy career for that dude. Showed a ton of promise in Buffalo but kept getting bumped between center and wing and between the top and bottom six. Still managed to produce 20+ goals in fix of six full seasons in Buffalo but got unceremoniously traded to Florida after signing a 1-year deal to return to Buffalo. Signs a modest 3-year deal with Florida then scores 30 goals in back to back seasons before exploding for 57 this year and scoring the GWG in the Stanley Cup Final, and now he’s signing a contract for generational money.

Side note: being a Sabres and Bills fan might be the worst thing in pro sports.

 

[trick9]

D market filled with landmines, but several of them seem to have picked their teams already so bullet dodged.

Brett Pesce (does he get 5+ years?) Yikes.

Christopher Tanev (Woof, how many years?).

Nikita Zadorov (Please, please, please be an Metropolitan team that pays him).

I like Montour, Skjei and Walker but each of them will be 30 when their contracts start, and you'd assume they get term. A lot of it. Interesting to see.

Matt Roy is a great D too but just how high does that contract climb to?

Alex Carrier, Justin Schultz and Mat Grzelczyk are each pretty solid D's that are getting no buzz around them. They could be great contracts.

Good ol' Erik Gustafsson. Does he still crack 1m AAV? Will likely be a great signing for someone, hope it's not the Rangers.

Brodie, Shattenkirk, Giordano, Martinez, do they still get contracts? Or retirement?

 

[hb13xchamps]

Merry July 1stmas

 

[Langway]

Carrier re-signed. If the Caps do anything in UFA it probably ought to be one of Montour, Skjei, Walker or Roy. And then maybe a Beck replacement. They're at 37 contracts plus another 5 RFAs so I wouldn't expect too many organizational signings.

Kylington could be a solid value/upside play. Ekman-Larsson showed pretty well in the playoffs, albeit in more of a depth role. Gostisbehere could perhaps be a fit if they're in the market for more of a point producer (and if his market is relatively soft). That's mainly it barring a trade I think.

 

[Marshall]

ESPN+ will carry TSN's free agency coverage at 11am.

 

[MW6]

I’m not saying it’s the right play for the Caps right now, but I dreamt of a OEL-Carlson pairing back in the “Phoenix-days”. Is it too late, perhaps? But I still think they’d make the sum greater then the parts.

I also wouldn’t mind making a play for Viktor Arvidsson on a short term contract.

 

[marcel snapshot]

What could go wrong?

I mean, he's probably worth it if he keeps shooting at a 24.5% clip, amirite?

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Who ever heard of making questionable FA contract extensions after winning your 1st cup?

 

[Random schmoe]

Reinhart apparently getting $8.625M AAV for 8 years.

Getting to the same total on a 7 year deal would have had an AAV of $9.857M.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807739324667994120

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Reinhart apparently getting $8.625M AAV for 8 years.

Getting to the same total on a 7 year deal would have had an AAV of $9.857M.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807739324667994120

Thats a discount for the Panthers it seems. Thats close to PLDs contract

 

[Random schmoe]

Thats a discount for the Panthers it seems. Thats close to PLDs contract

Cap hit % is pretty damn close to the PLD deal, yeah. (Like .1% lower for Reinhart.)

But considering that until this season their career numbers were pretty damn close to each other, it's probably a good comparable. He seems not to have charged them too much for the career outlier year (so far) that was 2023-24.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Seems like a good deal for them both. Stays in FLA and on that Barkov line.

Cap hit % is pretty damn close to the PLD deal, yeah. (Like .1% lower for Reinhart.)

But considering that until this season their career numbers were pretty damn close to each other, it's probably a good comparable. He seems not to have charged them too much for the career outlier year (so far) that was 2023-24.

 

[pman25]

Yakov Trenin to fill one of the Beck/NAK winger spots seems good. I wonder how pricey he gets though but pretty solid defensive impacts and kills penalties

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

For our 4th line I would like to build it from within and use the cap space on bigger fish. Like many posters have suggested we got players over cooking in Hershey. I would like to see Frank, Sutter, and Trineyev all battle it out to play with Dowd on the checking line.

 

[pman25]

I’d be okay filling one of the spots with a guy like Trenin but other than that, yes internal promotions for the 4th line is probably best. But I imagine they will only leave one spot open. I also have a bit less faith in the Hershey guys. Maybe Sutter or Frank, but Frank doesn’t seem like a 4th line defensive PKer type but I’ll let the Hershey Heads speak to that

Trenin would be a smart bet. His defensive impacts are strong and immediately becomes our best defensive forward once the Dowd contract expires. Still young to where you could give him a four year deal ala Hathaway. But I could easily see him getting a little too much $$$

 

[hb13xchamps]

I’d be okay filling one of the spots with a guy like Trenin but other than that, yes internal promotions for the 4th line is probably best. But I imagine they will only leave one spot open. I also have a bit less faith in the Hershey guys. Maybe Sutter or Frank, but Frank doesn’t seem like a 4th line defensive PKer type but I’ll let the Hershey Heads speak to that

Trenin would be a smart bet. His defensive impacts are strong and immediately becomes our best defensive forward once the Dowd contract expires. Still young to where you could give him a four year deal ala Hathaway. But I could easily see him getting a little too much $$$

Your PK guys are Sutter, Trineyev and Rybinski. Sutter and Rybinski gives you more versatility as they can both play wing and center. I know GMBM specifically mentioned Trineyev as an internal option but Rybinski had a helluva playoff run. All three would give some financial flexibility

 

[Silky mitts]

Dropped the Caps Capfriendly into Excel and did a snip, would suggest doing unless someone has something better

 

[strungout]

When does capfriendly go dark? No other sites on the horizon?

 

[Kalopsia]

Thats a discount for the Panthers it seems. Thats close to PLDs contract

The projection I saw online called for 8x11.3M, so that's a pretty massive discount. Lucky bastards.