GDT: NHL Free Agent Frenzy 2024

[henchman21]

I don't think Drouin can get 6+... but he could get that Teravainen deal.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807798062825238814

 

[henchman21]

And that 5,75 for Mitts is not bad at all. Starting to look just fine.

The entire issue with that deal is the term.

 

[Alex Jones]

That is brutal.

 

[The Merchant]

Hey CMac,

 

[LOFIN]

OEL to leafs

OEL and Tanev actually sound like good gets for the Leafs.

...If this was 2014

 

[Murzu]

The entire issue with that deal is the term.

I bet it adding term would had been extremely expensive. Cap is going up like crazy in the next few years.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807798574702379508

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807798746635211258

 

[GirardSpinorama]

I'm still pissed we didn't get Kovacevic...766k for a reliable bottom pairing RD

Ya same.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Is Nashville going to sign everyone? I thought that was Toronto’s job

 

[jabubenice]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807798574702379508

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807798746635211258

preds not f***ing around

 

[Murzu]

Is Nashville going to sign everyone? I thought that was Toronto’s job

I thought it was Devils's job!

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

It's quiet.

Too quiet.

Precisely as CMac & Sleepy Joe like it.

 

[Pokecheque]

Looks like Chicago got Terravainen, I thought for sure he'd land in Seattle, Seemed like an ideal fit for them,

Seems like forever ago the Hawks threw him at the Canes as part of the Bryan Bickell salary dump and Bickell not long after had to medically retire due to Multiple Sclerosis.

 

[henchman21]

I bet it adding term would had been extremely expensive. Cap is going up like crazy in the next few years.

The deal signals the long-term ask was around 7. But the 3 years is the entire issue with the contract. If the AAV was closer to 5, it would be a lot better. Or if the AAV was 6.5 but the term was 5 or 6 years, it would be a lot better. The Avs got a poor mix of the two. He's a fantastic player and worth 5.75m, just the structure is off.

 

[Balthazar]

Man 5 X 5 for Monahan is bad

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Central is going to be a bloodbath next year. Avs/Stars/Jets all getting worse, Utah/Preds/Hawks all getting better.

 

[AslanRH]

Nashville going to start winning offseasons like Dallas used to?

 

[LOFIN]

 

[Alex Jones]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807798574702379508

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807798746635211258

Does not bother me one bit. Teams that build through FA have a long history of not turning out well.

 

[Balthazar]

this is bad too

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807799550637228063

 

[Alex Jones]

Nashville going to start winning offseasons like Dallas used to?

Turns out that winning Free Agency rarely if ever leads to winning titles.

 

[jabubenice]

hahahah wtf!!! $8 million/4 yrs for stamkos per yr

 

[GirardSpinorama]

The deal signals the long-term ask was around 7. But the 3 years is the entire issue with the contract. If the AAV was closer to 5, it would be a lot better. Or if the AAV was 6.5 but the term was 5 or 6 years, it would be a lot better. The Avs got a poor mix of the two. He's a fantastic player and worth 5.75m, just the structure is off.

Close to 5 would be too big of an ask. Mitts had arbitration rights. Why wouldnt he get close to 5 in arbitration.

 

[Avs9296]

The deal signals the long-term ask was around 7. But the 3 years is the entire issue with the contract. If the AAV was closer to 5, it would be a lot better. Or if the AAV was 6.5 but the term was 5 or 6 years, it would be a lot better. The Avs got a poor mix of the two. He's a fantastic player and worth 5.75m, just the structure is off.

Takes 2 parties to sign a contract. Obviously this is where they landed. You're giving ideal case scenarios in the Avs favor but you can't force Mitts to sign it.

Plus realistically our window if pretty much closed on 3 years, so better to keep his AAV down in those 3 years then go more term and more money.