GDT: Free Agent Frenzy

[LongTimeDRWF]

Berggren rejected one of their offers, which is fine, but that's why I'm not pencilling him into the lineup.


Totally reasonable.

So did Joey V last year, since he is not gone yet, I suspect SY will let him stick around for a low hit 1 year,1 way prove it deal.

I think the rumor was deal he turned down was a 2-year, 2-way one.

 

[SoupNazi]

Just looking straight stats wise... 8x7 for Seider?

Yes, yes, please God yes.

 

[Hen Kolland]

I'd give him one more shot and if it doesn't work out you can move on. While he has an entirely different skill set, he replaces Rasmussen as the big bodied winger.

But Rasmussen is under contract and plays a role that the team places a lot of value on. Soderblom struggled to generate consistent offense in the AHL and is a defensive liability. His "one more shot" is in Grand Rapids this year, as in: "prove that we should give you a contract" because if he has another year like this past one, he's probably headed back to Sweden.

 

[Run the Jewels]

Offer him $4M like you've got penciled in for Skinner and he'd sign in a heartbeat.

I realize we are not going to get any further here, but Skinner is a guy who can score 30 goals. We need goal scorers.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I remember Askarov was very fragile under pressure. If we trade for him I hope he changed that. But then again with our roster assembly I don't see any pressure coming...

Why trade for Askarov when Cossa is about equal or even better than him?

I realize we are not going to get any further here, but Skinner is a guy who can score 30 goals. We need goal scorers.

Dude…

Detroit was near the bottom of the league defensively. Skinner is possibly the worst defensive forward in the NHL. Let him go to Toronto and extend that no playoff streak.

 

[redwings8831]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807779610928591029

 

[Run the Jewels]

But Rasmussen is under contract and plays a role that the team places a lot of value on. Soderblom struggled to generate consistent offense in the AHL and is a defensive liability. His "one more shot" is in Grand Rapids this year, as in: "prove that we should give you a contract" because if he has another year like this past one, he's probably headed back to Sweden.

Reasonable minds can disagree and I only added Soderblom to the roster to have 13 skaters. I've just never been sold on Rasmussen and it feels like he's maxed out his development. So I got a needed asset, although to be fair it sounds like Nashville's asking price means we wouldn't be likely to acquire him.

So this is less about me being sold on Soderblom and more about making a trade that @Petes2424 suggested in another thread.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807779610928591029

That’s realgud. I’d have paid more to get him in Detroit.

 

[jkutswings]

New Jersey is definitely loading up.

It would be a crying shame if Markstrom ended up being yet another dumpster fire behind all those good players, and they still missed the playoffs.

 

[norrisnick]

If Slavin is $6.3 and Pesce is $5.5M here's hoping that lines up Roy at 6x$5M...

 

[Frk It]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807779610928591029

f*** off, why couldn’t we have done this..

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

I do think that Slavin is a really good Seider comp. He's not an Adam Fox, Cale Makar, or Quinn Hughes.

 

[SoupNazi]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807782477831795076

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

Omfg that Tanev deal.

 

[SoupNazi]

Omfg that Tanev deal.

LoLeafs

 

[DamonDRW]

Why trade for Askarov when Cossa is about equal or even better than him?

Absolutely no reason as Cossa might indeed be better.

 

[lhsgolf19]

a 6 year deal for a 34 year old Defenseman?

 

[ricky0034]

does Toronto not know he's 34 or something?

 

[datsyukfan]

Looks like leaf’s are getting OEL as well

 

[Run the Jewels]

Why trade for Askarov when Cossa is about equal or even better than him?



Dude…

Detroit was near the bottom of the league defensively. Skinner is possibly the worst defensive forward in the NHL. Let him go to Toronto and extend that no playoff streak.

We have plenty of two-way forwards and I have upgraded our defense and goaltending. The one thing we are missing is goal scorers. Adding Stamkos and Skinner addresses the lack of goal scoring. Larkin, Ray, DeBrincat, Kane, Skinner and Stamkos are all capable of scoring 30 goals.

 

[ricky0034]

oh god apparently Tanev has a full NMC for all 6 years of that contract too

 

[SoupNazi]

does Toronto not know he's 34 or something?

Shanahan read about him on Wikipedia and swore the age said 24, and figured he was getting a bargain.

 

[jkutswings]

a 6 year deal for a 34 year old Defenseman?

I heard Berube wanted more dogs playing for him. Didn't know Toronto would then hand out contracts in dog years.

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

Looks like leaf’s are getting OEL as well

For 3yrs x 4million.

 

[Hen Kolland]

Commodore hinting Stamkos to Nashville