GDT: Free Agent Frenzy

[Pavels Dog]

Does everyone hate prospects? Ghost at 3 years would have been bad. 1 year sure, 2 years I could live with.

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

Fischer back at 1,25m for one year.

 

[GreytWun]

Ghost was probably asking for 4+ million. Once Detroit was out then Ghost had to take what was left. He was terrible defensively so no big loss.

 

[RRhoads]

Fischer signed.
One year @ 1.125

Love it

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Fischer signed.
One year @ 1.125

Love it

I’d rather have the roster spot.

 

[Run the Jewels]

Running it back with Fischer.

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

Whatever they signed for... And one penny
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Nashville bid like Bruce Wayne.

Yzerman: Stamkos 5m x 2

Trotz: That's a lot of money, Stevie.... for you.

Stamkos 8m x 4.

 

[DanielMarois]

So far the only deal I would have wanted Detroit to match is Teravainen.

 

[tabness]

Nashville bid like Bruce Wayne.

Yzerman: Stamkos 5m x 2

Trotz: That's a lot of money, Stevie.... for you.

Stamkos 8m x 4.

yeah I mean who you think JBB learned the hardass playing hardball shtick from? I can totally see Yzerman just going a bit higher than Tampa's offer lol

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

I'm irritated at the Slaf contract.

If I'm Ray, I'm pointing to his 7.6 and saying "let's start here"

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

I'm irritated at the Slaf contract.

If I'm Ray, I'm pointing to his 7.6 and saying "let's start here"

Oh no. I'm pointing at it and saying "let's start a million higher than this." And then maybe I accept down to 8.0 or 8.1.

 

[datsyukfan]

Still wondering who exactly is gonna be that other top 6 forward. Still have 0 coverage in case any of our top 6 goes down especially Larkin and the d-core has like 9 guys but we are still 2 top 4 d short. Awful

 

[Ed Ned and Leddy]

Well Yzerman can be amazing at his job. But if players don't wanna sign, what can he do? Assuming he didn't try and lowball offers of course.

I hear you, and I feel like I'm pretty sober about the difficulties of drawing certain players to Detroit. At some point though a GM has to be accountable for the talent on the roster. I can make peace with whatever carousel of Lyon/Husso, Talbot, and Campbell we rotate at goalie this year, although I don't love it. Barring a major trade, the forward core looks largely the same, with maybe Berggren replacing Sprong (fine) and maybe another UFA taking Perron's role. I can make peace with that too, although I think we're in deep, deep trouble if Larking misses games or if Kane isn't a superhero this year.

The blue line is tougher to justify imo. We continue to shuffle the deck on guys who should be playing 4-6 minutes. A Trouba deal would help if that gets over the line. The left side is still pretty rough. I respect the difficulty of the position that Yzerman was placed in, but at some point I do think he has to put his stamp on a move that materially improves the team (and I'd like to see that on the blue line).

 

[RED WINGS STOMP]

Ray at 7.6 for 8?

Yes please. Hope his agent wants the same deal. Probably isn't that dumb.

 

[Tatar Shots]

I'm irritated at the Slaf contract.

If I'm Ray, I'm pointing to his 7.6 and saying "let's start here"

And that's fine. We then point to Stutzle at 8.35 and meet somewhere in the middle. I'm plenty happy with 8X8 for Raymond.

 

[RedHawkDown]

Lots of bad contracts signed today.

 

[lhsgolf19]

For people that follow our prospects: Our 2020 7th Rounder

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807863159375684078

 

[brett89]

heard alex pietrangelo is being shopped

 

[Run the Jewels]

For people that follow our prospects: Our 2020 7th Rounder

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807863159375684078

Yeah they had 300k in cap space so they are shopping from the NHL UFA dollar menu,

 

[Henkka]

Fischer signed.
One year @ 1.125

Love it

That's the waiver limit salary. You can bury him to AHL without any caphit penalty.

That's like a ZERO RISK deal.

 

[Euro Twins]

heard alex pietrangelo is being shopped

No thanks. Not for 3 @8.8

 

[lomekian]

If Compher is our f***ing 2nd line C, we are a lottery team.

He was our 2nd line C this year and we missed the playoffs on a tie-breaker despite having abysmal goaltending for the last 2 months

 

[Run the Jewels]

heard alex pietrangelo is being shopped

Seems to be some question on how legit the source is, maybe more speculation than anything tangible. Plus he's got a NMC for the duration of that contract. Sounds like a tricky bit of business there.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Still wondering who exactly is gonna be that other top 6 forward. Still have 0 coverage in case any of our top 6 goes down especially Larkin and the d-core has like 9 guys but we are still 2 top 4 d short. Awful

What is the point of prospects

 

[datsyukfan]

What is the point of prospects

What prospect is gonna play in the top 6 and succeed next year?