GDT: Free Agent Frenzy

[Hugh Mongusbig]

Where are we gonna make up the 100 points lost from our guys who hit FA?

You don't think Raymond can hit 170 points next year?!?

 

[tabness]

just getting caught up on the news... f lol

guess i need to change this picture

to be honest tough to match the term Nashville was giving for Stammer also sad how much cheaper Tampa could have kept him at lol

 

[lhsgolf19]

Where are we gonna make up the 100 points lost from our guys who hit FA?

I thought you want us to lose, why are you complaining?

 

[TCNorthstars]

Why is Holl still on this team?!??!

Because he is still under contract....

 

[Ricelund]

I thought the Roy deal was alright, considering the cap hit and his age. I think Boston and Washington are taking some massive risks. Washington in particular reminds me of us towards the end of our run.

Washington this year reminds me of the year Chicago attempted to "reload" with Fleury, Jones, Tyler Johnson, etc.

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

This is the same feeling I had with Holland though. Like, I get not making any of the individual moves because they're crazy... but at the end of the day, you have to add. Especially if you're losing Ghost and Perron and Sprong and all sorts of other guys. You have to add something, because you're not just going to call up five rookies and call it a day.

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

This is the same feeling I had with Holland though. Like, I get not making any of the individual moves because they're crazy... but at the end of the day, you have to add. Especially if you're losing Ghost and Perron and Sprong and all sorts of other guys. You have to add something, because you're not just going to call up five rookies and call it a day.

Trades still a possibility perhaps.

 

[stillwater]

Yeah, especially considering it's ALREADY an hour and a half into Free Agency season.

An hour and a half, JC people!

 

[ShanahanMan]

I thought you want us to lose, why are you complaining?

Huh? No I just want consistency. If you stand pat during FA, you’re basically implying you’re gonna fill the all the holes on the roster with kids, therefore admitting it’s another rebuilding year and no plans to make the playoffs. But then at the same time, why bother signing Kane then? If we don’t plan to make the playoffs, should have just let him walk and aim for a high pick with the kids playing. Hard to see what Steve is trying to do here.

 

[Hen Kolland]

If we were signing any of these deals this board would be going ballistic.

Don't get carried away, look at what we are sitting with on our roster as of today.

DeBrincat-Larkin-Raymond
Ras-Compher-Kane
Fabbri-Copp-Veleno

Chiarot-Seider
Edvinsson-Petry
Maatta-Ted Lasso
Holl

Talbot
Husso
Lyon

I mean you have to call up Johansson and at least 3 of Berggren, Danielson, Kasper, Mazur, Soderblom (I guess) just to fill out a roster today, and if you do, you have gotten legitimately worse year over year. Now I know that more deals will be agreed to and we will have some more players come in, but also, who is out there that significantly improves the talent level of the roster?

It feels like we are setting up to make trades because we can't legitimately be moving forward with this roster and the bodies still available in free agency.

 

[RedWingzz]

what is going on..

is Steve napping???

were way worse than last season lol...I really hope the media asks him the tough questions. Yzerman does not know what he's doing

 

[saska sault]

I know everyone's looking at how much offense we are losing if we don't bring back Ghost, Sprong, etc... scoring was never an issue for the most part. Maybe addition by subtraction in a few ways. We need to keep the puck out of the net also, more than improve or maintain the same level of offense.

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

These signings feel an awful lot like 2016. Glad Steve isn't dishing out 7 year deals for 32 year olds.

 

[ShanahanMan]

Gotta feel for Larks. At this rate, he’s gonna retire before we reach the playoffs again.

 

[RedWingzz]

Don't get carried away, look at what we are sitting with on our roster as of today.

DeBrincat-Larkin-Raymond
Ras-Compher-Kane
Fabbri-Copp-Veleno

Chiarot-Seider
Edvinsson-Petry
Maatta-Ted Lasso
Holl

Talbot
Husso
Lyon

I mean you have to call up Johansson and at least 3 of Berggren, Danielson, Kasper, Mazur, Soderblom (I guess) just to fill out a roster today, and if you do, you have gotten legitimately worse year over year. Now I know that more deals will be agreed to and we will have some more players come in, but also, who is out there that significantly improves the talent level of the roster?

It feels like we are setting up to make trades because we can't legitimately be moving forward with this roster and the bodies still available in free agency.

that roster is closer to the lottery than to the playoffs...this is depressing

 

[DamonDRW]

Doing nothing ?

Yes. Any sane GM should stay away from this "frenzy".

 

[Perfect Human]

Where are we gonna make up the 100 points lost from our guys who hit FA?

25 more games from Kane = 25 points
Progress from Raymond = 10 points
Berggren assume more than 0.5 ppg = 42 points (had 6 last year in 12 games so call it 36 more points over a while season)
Simon Edvinsson = 30 points (2 last year, 28 points)

I believe that alone is 99 points.

 

[Winger98]

Duclair May be the last decent option left up front

Joe Pavelski on a one year deal wouldn't be a bad thing. If we're just looking for offense, Tarasenko and Skinner.

This is the same feeling I had with Holland though. Like, I get not making any of the individual moves because they're crazy... but at the end of the day, you have to add. Especially if you're losing Ghost and Perron and Sprong and all sorts of other guys. You have to add something, because you're not just going to call up five rookies and call it a day.

Honestly, Ghost is the only one of that group that I look at and think, "yeah, we might miss the offense" but his D was awful. Replacing Perron and Sprong with kids, though, I think we come out on the positive side of that trade.

I wouldn't bet against Ed replacing the bulk of Ghost's offense and providing better defensive play, either.

It's also still a long summer with a lot of moves to be made.

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

These signings feel an awful lot like 2016. Glad Steve isn't dishing out 7 year deals for 32 year olds.

I mean, yes. But it's incumbent on him working the phones. This does call into question the wisdom of the Walman salary dump if you were going to turn your nose up at every contract out there.

 

[Perfect Human]

Hopping on the Tarasekno bandwagon. Lets start to bring back russian players in detroit

 

[TCNorthstars]

Don't get carried away, look at what we are sitting with on our roster as of today.

DeBrincat-Larkin-Raymond
Ras-Compher-Kane
Fabbri-Copp-Veleno

Chiarot-Seider
Edvinsson-Petry
Maatta-Ted Lasso
Holl

Talbot
Husso
Lyon

I mean you have to call up Johansson and at least 3 of Berggren, Danielson, Kasper, Mazur, Soderblom (I guess) just to fill out a roster today, and if you do, you have gotten legitimately worse year over year. Now I know that more deals will be agreed to and we will have some more players come in, but also, who is out there that significantly improves the talent level of the roster?

It feels like we are setting up to make trades because we can't legitimately be moving forward with this roster and the bodies still available in free agency.

Yzerman is kind of damned if you do damned if you don't at this point. Ya'll are either whining that he is doing noting, but if he signed 99% of any of these deals you would be whining that he paid too much and that contract is going to suck in a couple of years.

 

[RedWingzz]

I know everyone's looking at how much offense we are losing if we don't bring back Ghost, Sprong, etc... scoring was never an issue for the most part. Maybe addition by subtraction in a few ways. We need to keep the puck out of the net also, more than improve or maintain the same level of offense.

but our D is worse now than it was last year...

Justin Holl and Petry are on our roster lol...surely thats how we'll keep the puck out of our net??

 

[izlez]

If we don't add somebody else, who do we think is on PP2? Edvinsson? Johansson?

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Who are these bum defenders lol.

Who the hell is Sheldon Dries and why is he getting two years.

Edit: Dumb me he's a winger and AHL to boot, panic averted.

 

[RedWingzz]

If we don't add somebody else, who do we think is on PP2? Edvinsson? Johansson?

Seider. The real question is who is on PP1?