GDT: Let the Free Agency Madness begin

[CanesUltimate11]

I heard Peter Karmanos is pretty close.











In a 180 degree sort of way of close.

I mean there are a limited number of guys who have owned NHL teams so they can be considered fairly close

 

[Lempo]

With the rumors of Aho's contract being a slight discount and there also "still being some work to do", I wonder if Aho told the org: "Make some changes, make us better, and I will take a small haircut. But if you just run it back again, I want to get PAAAIIIIDDDDD."

Donny doing his best to make Aho proud this offseason.

This is a though that I have been wondering. There's A, the sum he absolutely needs to get, there's B, the sum he plausibly should get, and there's B-A, the difference that Aho would be ok with if the team used it to sign a competitive roster instead of paying it to him.

 

[AD Skinner]

And then there’s B-A Baracus

 

[Lempo]

And then there’s B-A Baracus

I feel bad for any nincompoop who forgets that.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Hi friends. I asked @Surrounded By Ahos this yesterday, but he totally blew me off, so I am asking this in here.

You know Dundon? Is there another one out there? I'm actually dead serious. And desperate.

In my defense I am a moron and forgot to respond.

No Cap, I don’t know any billionaires. If I did I would probably be chilling on their mega yacht in the Ionian Sea right now instead of checking hf on my lunch break.

 

[Derailed75]

And then there’s B-A Baracus

Pitying some fools right there

 

[Svechhammer]

In my defense I am a moron and forgot to respond.

No Cap, I don’t know any billionaires. If I did I would probably be chilling on their mega yacht in the Ionian Sea right now instead of checking hf on my lunch break.

Wtf are you doing, get back to work, drone

 

[moses malone 12]

Has anyone seen this?

I hope this isn't true, because the Canes would get hosed in this deal

Rumor: Pesce, Jarvis #1, #2 for Erik Karlsson…​

Carolina really wants to get this done and San Jose really can’t do better…The Hawks would take on some of the Cap hit…
Source: Eklund
Discuss this Rumor

Eklund is a f*ckin goof. he's misses by a mile on trades and says "hey dont blame me I only post rumors" total assclown.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

The Canes need to send the Rangers a prospect and a #1 for Trocheck. Then the Rangers can resign Tarasenko with that money and the Canes solve the center problem.

Not interested. I'd rather upgrade on wing than bring Trocheck back. I liked him when he was here, but
1) not taking on 6 more years for him at his age
2) he wasn't the answer when he was here before. He wasn't the problem, but he wasn't the answer.

EDIT: Also, he has a full NMC right now, so he signed in NY because he wanted to be there.

 

[SlavinAway]

Seravelli on Threads now - Frank Seravalli (@dfofrankseravalli) on Threads

"Some hockey news to pass along. Sounds like #Oilers are in a bit of a holding pattern with their two RFAs. May not be able to fully execute new bridge deal for Evan Bouchard until Ryan McLeod file is completed. McLeod, of course, filed for arbitration on Wednesday. Bouchard doesn’t have arbitration rights. There’s only so much cap space left to dole out."

With Tank seemingly out let's get back to offersheet discussions.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I would still offer sheet Lafreniere. Rangers are within 6 million of the ceiling. Would they guarantee Scanlin or Pajuniemi more guaranteed money on their next deal if they file for arbitration so they had some buyout protection for an offer sheet?

could we flip TDA in the Karlsson deal? cuz Karlsson, Burns, Coghlan and TDA are 2 too many Righty PP guys.

 

[Svechhammer]

I would still offer sheet Lafreniere. Rangers are within 6 million of the ceiling. Would they guarantee Scanlin or Pajuniemi more guaranteed money on their next deal if they file for arbitration so they had some buyout protection for an offer sheet?

could we flip TDA in the Karlsson deal? cuz Karlsson, Burns, Coghlan and TDA are 2 too many Righty PP guys.

Coghlan is a 7th defender for the season. We signed him as a quality reserve, not an everyday player

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Coghlan is a 7th defender for the season. We signed him as a quality reserve, not an everyday player

i understand what Coghlan is but we would still need an extra shutdown defender too with that lineup.

 

[FlyingSquirrels]

i understand what Coghlan is but we would still need an extra shutdown defender too with that lineup.

Not if you're scoring 5 goals a game you wouldn't. If we get Karlsson and Tank, I bet we'd do exactly that.
Dundon would love the entertainment value of 5-4 games every night. Rod not so much!

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Not if you're scoring 5 goals a game you wouldn't. If we get Karlsson and Tank, I bet we'd do exactly that.
Dundon would love the entertainment value of 5-4 games every night. Rod not so much!

i think Dundon is passed the creating entertainment to sell tickets phase. We are in the trying to win a cup phase. It will be hard to do if we struggle with defense in the playoffs.

 

[spockBokk]

Has anything been reported on when the prospect camp is this year?

Only think I’ve seen is that they were maybe inviting Nadea’s brother, but nothing on timing.

 

[SlavinAway]

I would still offer sheet Lafreniere. Rangers are within 6 million of the ceiling. Would they guarantee Scanlin or Pajuniemi more guaranteed money on their next deal if they file for arbitration so they had some buyout protection for an offer sheet?

could we flip TDA in the Karlsson deal? cuz Karlsson, Burns, Coghlan and TDA are 2 too many Righty PP guys.

If we get Karlsson then sure go after Laf; but otherwise I think Bouchard is the better target. Would give us a more likely 1RD Burns replacement than counting on Morrow to be able to fill that role.

Use Pesce/Skjei to target another forward in that scenario.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

If we get Karlsson then sure go after Laf; but otherwise I think Bouchard is the better target. Would give us a more likely 1RD Burns replacement than counting on Morrow to be able to fill that role.

Use Pesce/Skjei to target another forward in that scenario.

i think Edmonton has enough O.S protection right now. The have 5.5 mil in space plus McLeod going to arbitration to allow them to buy out Campbell or another player if need be.

 

[SlavinAway]

i think Edmonton has enough O.S protection right now. The have 5.5 mil in space plus McLeod going to arbitration to allow them to buy out Campbell or another player if need be.

Could be the case. I think the offer would have to be well into the 1/2/3 compensation tier to work. Looking like McLeod will probably end up on a bridge deal somewhere around $2m. That would account for 12 forwards. They'd have to replace Campbell somehow; maybe DeSmith at $1.8m.

I think they could make it work but if we went 1x8.5ish they'd also have to move Foegele (and probably get bent in a trade) and bring in another league min forward.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Could be the case. I think the offer would have to be well into the 1/2/3 compensation tier to work. Looking like McLeod will probably end up on a bridge deal somewhere around $2m. That would account for 12 forwards. They'd have to replace Campbell somehow; maybe DeSmith at $1.8m.

I think they could make it work but if we went 1x8.5ish they'd also have to move Foegele (and probably get bent in a trade) and bring in another league min forward.

I like Bouchard and the thought of weakening the Oilers too is OK.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Sure has been boring since Jul 1st.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Sure has been boring since Jul 1st.

Yep. Tyler Bertuzzi and a whole lot of nothing.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Sure has been boring since Jul 1st.

It seems like the trade market is waiting for the Karlsson and Cat deals to go through.

With 75% of the hockey insiders on the summer hiatus now, the trades may get announced before any one knows about it possibly happening.

 

[SlavinAway]

It seems like the trade market is waiting for the Karlsson and Cat deals to go through.

Will be funny if the holdup is the TDA trade.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Will be funny if the holdup is the TDA trade.

I have an odd feeling he is included in the Karlsson deal with DW mentioning we are still negotiating with Skjei. I don’t see us sitting Chatfield and why have 2 depth RHS pp guys? If Skjei was being traded too, i could see a TDA staying.
We wanted TDA until SJ became serious about retaining money to make a EK move happen. So to keep from burning bridges we’ll take the TDA deal still and then flip to SJ. SJ doesn’t mind because his cap hit will be low enough at the deadline he could be worth a good asset.