GDT: NHL Free Agent Frenzy 2024

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807204977783546328

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807215560947544313

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807214482222968967

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5604428/2024/06/29/nhl-draft-trades-free-agency-rumblings?source=user-shared-article

P.S. I will make this live tomorrow night.

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[Cypher]

Kiwi, JMFJ, Caleb, and Prosvetov all back at 800k is all I'm expecting from the Avs.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807215799930622277

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807217131592753346

 

[Mighty Makar]

Utah could be decent next season.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

No chance Kroenke approved CNap and his band of nerds staying in Vegas for a few more days.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807217677007487170

 

[TheForsbergShow]

Yikes tanev for 6 years at age 34. They better hope its for like 2 mill max a year . Leafs always so desperate for dmen instead of trading a guy like marner

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807222473743606116

 

[Balthazar]

Yikes tanev for 6 years at age 34. They better hope its for like 2 mill max a year . Leafs always so desperate for dmen instead of trading a guy like marner

They are hoping for LTIR after 2-3 years

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

They are hoping for LTIR after 2-3 years

Hoping, or planning on?

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807221517203161382

 

[The Merchant]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807221517203161382

Selling off cap space to replace a 34 y/o Stamkos with a 29 y/o Guentzel is some pretty shrewd business from Tampa. Their aggressiveness has been impressive.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Selling off cap space to replace a 34 y/o Stamkos with a 29 y/o Guentzel is some pretty shrewd business from Tampa. Their aggressiveness has been impressive.

Probably what you have to do when you realize the team isn't good enough anymore. Ruthless business.

 

[niwotsblessing]

Hoping, or planning on?

It would be a shame if something happened to him.

 

[BrickNHL]

Selling off cap space to replace a 34 y/o Stamkos with a 29 y/o Guentzel is some pretty shrewd business from Tampa. Their aggressiveness has been impressive.

Can they afford to bring back Stamkos and get Guentzel? Or only Guentzel?

 

[dahrougem2]

No chance Kroenke approved CNap and his band of nerds staying in Vegas for a few more days.

No chance that band of nerds even had an ounce of fun in Vegas.

Probably all heading to Denver University to book a student study room for July 1st.

 

[Avs_19]

Selling off cap space to replace a 34 y/o Stamkos with a 29 y/o Guentzel is some pretty shrewd business from Tampa. Their aggressiveness has been impressive.

Taking on a 35 yr old McDonagh at $6.75M/yr to help put them in more of a cap mess was less shrewd.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Kiwi, JMFJ, Caleb, and Prosvetov all back at 800k is all I'm expecting from the Avs.

I mean... They have to do more then that. If that's all they did we'd be looking at:


They also actually do have more cap space then just these moves.

 

[Balthazar]

That kinda sucks for the Flyers

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807101968118317096

 

[MacKaRant]

Yikes tanev for 6 years at age 34. They better hope its for like 2 mill max a year . Leafs always so desperate for dmen instead of trading a guy like marner

I think they are desperate to trade Marner, but he has said he will invoke his no-trade clause

Hoping, or planning on?

To me, it has to be planning, right? In a couple years, Tanev will be kicking back and joining Matt Murray and John Klingberg on Robidas Island

 

[Cypher]

I mean... They have to do more then that. If that's all they did we'd be looking at:


They also actually do have more cap space then just these moves.

Do they though? Obviously this is worst case scenario, but it's plausible this is the team come mid-November.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Do they though? Obviously this is worst case scenario, but it's plausible this is the team come mid-November.

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It's the Avs, by mid-November Landy may still not have played a game, Nuke will be on another trip to the Players Assistance Program, Cale's leg will have fallen off and MacKinnon will be pouting so hard that the NHL suspends him for half the season for representing the league negatively. Rantanen will not have played a game, but will count as a cap hit as he's building a Finnish sauna for the Avs.

 

[the_fan]

Do they though? Obviously this is worst case scenario, but it's plausible this is the team come mid-November.

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We’re not winning shit with Colton and Wagner at 3 and 4C

 

[RoyIsALegend]

We’re not winning shit with Colton and Wagner at 3 and 4C

Expect holes and weak spots in the lineup until the trade deadline.

It’s the reality of our cap situation.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Do they though? Obviously this is worst case scenario, but it's plausible this is the team come mid-November.

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Nichushkin will not be a $6.125M cap hit next year. He'll be $5M, maybe even less.

So they'll have some room to upgrade.