GDT: Free agency madness, brought to you by the letter G

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Absolutely zero interest in Burns. Way overpaid.

He's making basically 5 mil cash next 3 years. They retain a bit more and it's as good a contract as any that we will find for a legit top 4 D.

He's 37... but he just scored 50+ points as a defender playing 26 minutes. He will no question still provide top 4 play by end of his contract, imo.

Burns is a different breed. Only concern I see is him not being a fit. We need more of a stabilizer there, imo. Can't go wrong with Burns, and I believe we have legit interest because we were in on Deangelo as well.

 

[atmx093]

I'd prefer Weegar + Giroux, but Burns ain't bad if we only take him on for maybe 2 years.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Look at his age and remaining salary. The player himself? Sure. But there are consequences and casualties to bring in Burns long term, especially when he most likely doesn't live up to his contract over next few years.

Assuming we aren't going be spending right at the cap for the next 3 years, Burn's real cost to the team is 4.33M a year in salary.

There's no way he justifies his 8M cap hit but he could definitely be worth 4.33M.

 

[PlayOn]

It’s nice seeing players willing to come here or being traded and seeming genuinely happy about it. Just goes to show what happens when you build a strong team and don’t have wildly unstable ownership.

 

[Sens Vader]

The difference in Burns is he would be the cheapest to acquire (in assets) and they can take back Zaitsev

vs Chychrun and Weegar

Anyone would be amazing though so lets see

 

[Laphroaig]

As someone who's always on the lookout for alien activity It's pretty clear to me that Pierre Dorion has been taken over by a body snatcher. I'll hold off searching for the pods until after we've landed a top pairing RD.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

I don't know if you were around for backdoorpass?

That was a troll who said he had sources. A real ass.

Didn’t he end up being Bryan Murray’s nephew or something?

 

[kellmuff96]

Father time is undefeated and Burns (and that cap hit) are going to age like milk in the sun. No thanks.

We need to keep some cap flexibility for the inevitable Stutzle monster and then Sanderson.

 

[BondraTime]

I don't know if you were around for backdoorpass?

That was a troll who said he had sources. A real ass.

He was a scout for the Sens wasn’t he, or ended up becoming one. Had familial relations with the Sens.

Impossible to know that the Sens wanted Anoloski without info.

 

[PatrickEaves]

Assuming we aren't going be spending right at the cap for the next 3 years, Burn's real cost to the team is 4.33M a year in salary.

There's no way he justifies his 8M cap hit but he could definitely be worth 4.33M.

The first 2 years dont' really matter. I don't think we're going to hit the cap then. That last year might be iffy just because all our big RFA's are coming up then.

 

[Silencio]

The rest of the NHL to Dorion

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Can I have a rundown of the defensemen we've been linked to seriously? At work and no time to read through 7 pages lol.

 

[West Coast Eagles]

13 mil real money remaining

SJS can easily retain some cap, and take Zaitsev back

Any top 4 man is gonna be roughly 5m per year+

Yep. $4.33M per year in real dollars for the rest of the contract. Less real dollars than Chychrun over the same time frame.

 

[Sens Vader]

Can I have a rundown of the defensemen we've been linked to seriously? At work and no time to read through 7 pages lol.

Weegar Chychrun Burns Marino and Klingberg

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

I don't know if you were around for backdoorpass?

That was a troll who said he had sources. A real ass.

He broke many things. Also had the spelling/vocab of a 2nd grader. Unsure if intentional to hide identity lol.

 

[edguy]

13 mil real money remaining

SJS can easily retain some cap, and take Zaitsev back

Any top 4 man is gonna be roughly 5m per year+

Is he still going to be a top 4 dman at 40 years old? Right when we want to win cups? I doubt it.

Spend the assets and get a guy who fits our core better. Weegar/Marino/Chychrun.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

I feel like we're the Miami Heat when everyone decided to go there all at once.

 

[kellmuff96]

and unless it's a pure salary dump from SJ's perspective, what is Burns going to cost? We're running out of things to trade that arent good prospects

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Didn’t he end up being Bryan Murray’s nephew or something?

I think he said he was related to a scout?

But he was a liar so who knows?

 

[Silencio]

Weegar Chychrun Burns Marino and Klingberg

f*** it, let's get all of them.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

I don't know if you were around for backdoorpass?

That was a troll who said he had sources. A real ass.

Pretty sure he was a legit insider.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Weegar Chychrun Burns Marino and Klingberg

Those are the names we've seen mentioned but I'm wondering if there's been anymore reports since yesterday that indicate we're close on someone.

 

[PatrickEaves]

and unless it's a pure salary dump from SJ's perspective, what is Burns going to cost? We're running out of things to trade that arent good prospects

I'm pretty certain that one or both of JBD and/or Thompson are gone in any trade for a top-4 defenseman.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Burns is still a recognizable name, maybe that's what they're going for.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

I think he said he was related to a scout?

But he was a liar so who knows?

If memory serves the scuttlebutt around that time was that he was related to Bob Lowes... possibly his son?