GDT: NHL Free Agent Frenzy 2024

[AvalancheSpeedsters]

Just trade Moose96 (snif) and get it over with .

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

Yeah, I gotta say, I’m not interested in giving Colton away in this market.

Just keep the guy, if there’s no hockey deals to be made. That contract doesn’t look bad at all right now.

 

[PAZ]

Trotz last year: we’re going to retool the right way.

Trotz this year: SIGN ALL THE FREE AGENTS

 

[The Pwnerer]

If all we did today was resign Drouin today, I'd be more then happy.

 

[Ararana]

Avs should seriously consider bringing back Jbara and Gardner when free agency officially opens.

 

[BaconNater]

Wonder if the Avs make up for the lack of excitement today by showing the fans a video of Mikko training hard this off-season

 

[jabubenice]

those stamkos numbers though... my f***ing goodness

 

[henchman21]

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.

The trade value of Mitts at ~1m more for the final 2 seasons is worth more than letting him walk.

 

[Avs9296]

Avs should seriously consider bringing back Jbara and Gardner when free agency officially opens.

You'd probably get more players to sign here.

 

[Murzu]

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.

Maybe for five years I can see the ask being around 7, maybe a touch more. I feel like years 4, 5, 6 and maybe even 7 would have been extremely expensive.

Let's see if the Avs re-sign him after his deal is done.

 

[Alex Jones]

this is bad too

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

If you can put play drivers around him this can work. Stammer has never really been a play driver or much more than a trigger man with sneaky good passing...I don't really hate it, if you can put the right guys around him.

 

[Ararana]

Nashville is going to be a problem next year.

 

[LOFIN]

I hate this f***ing site

 

[henchman21]

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

I think he'd get around 5.25m in arbitration. In that case the Avs would have selected 2 year and had a 5.25m for 2 year deal instead.

 

[jaisen73]

If Nashville gives Stammer 8mil on anything more than 2 years they're insane. He's still a solid player but this is the downswing part of his HOF career.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807800833008136407

 

[Balthazar]

Trotz last year: we’re going to retool the right way.

Trotz this year: SIGN ALL THE FREE AGENTS

Should have traded for Marner instead when he had the cap space to do it

Grandpas Stamkos and Marchessault are very unlikely to live up to those contracts.

 

[UncleRisto]

Nashville is going to be a problem next year.

Nah.

 

[The Pwnerer]

Preds basically swapped Ryjo/Duchene for Stamkos/ROR. Now that's what I call a good GM.

 

[henchman21]

Stammer is a negative player 5v5 now, but he can still pop near 20g on the PP. That has some good value (not $8m though). Curious to see how Nashville will deploy him.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807801578746732695

 

[LOFIN]

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Nashville collecting all the 34 year olds.

 

[hockeyfish]

15 minutes until teams can start talking to players. Should start to hear some news shortly after that...

 

[UncleRisto]

Preds basically swapped Ryjo/Duchene for Stamkos/ROR. Now that's what I call a good GM.

That's the same, just in a different year.