GDT: NHL Free Agent Frenzy 2024

[hockeyfish]

Looks like that might be it. Although IIRC, the Barrie/Kadri trade happened an hour after their post frenzy presser.

 

[AslanRH]

I'm rooting for Malinski to take a leap.
there were tiny flashes there

 

[arun]

Landy f***ing better be back this training camp.

 

[LOFIN]

Looks like that might be it. Although IIRC, the Barrie/Kadri trade happened an hour after their post frenzy presser.

I'm just interested what (if anything) we hear on Mikko and Nuke. Probably not anything interesting.

 

[Frenchy]

Get married , have kids

YES YES ! i didnt want to reply but when i saw his comment , my brain went into overdrive

I knew that one of you would reply

 

[Avs_19]

Damn.

 

[dahrougem2]

I think a number of players are on the table.

I wouldn’t rule out Lehkonen/Nichushkin in deals where a NHL ready prospect is coming back. Colton/Wood more likely.

My hope is that it’s not a straight cash out situation with only picks coming back. I’d like cheap depth coming our way, or good NHL ready prospects.

You tell Jared Bednar that Artturi Lehkonen is a cap casualty.

 

[Richard88]

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Landeskog - Mittelstadt - Nichushkin
Wood - Colton - Lehkonen
Kelly - xxxx - O'Connor
xxx

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
DeHaan - xxx

That leaves 1.112m unused. Add ~1.125m for Nichushkin's pro-rated caphit (not including skater's cap who takes his spot until November) and you have $2.237m, which divided by three players is $745k, $30k x3 (total ~$90k) short of a 21 man roster.

And Malinski, Behrens, and Kovalenko make $850k-$900k which would make it even tighter. Clearly a cap-opening move will be needed by the time Nichushkin comes back. Maybe something happens today, of maybe CMac will take a calculated gamble and resolve this in November if/when Landeskog and Nichushkin actually do return.

 

[Balthazar]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807908491316941140

 

[avalanche_country]

Double gross on skinner

 

[Balthazar]

f***

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807909645958119884

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807909060747870459

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807909645958119884

 

[hockeyfish]

Meltdown in 3...2....1....

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I don't understand the Edmonton part. Are the Avs a perennial dweller? They're the ones with a Stanley Cup. We know how rare it is for teams to get back there after having been there the previous season.

The Avs aren’t that team anymore. They’re contenders. They won a cup 3 seasons ago. People consider them competitive. But the sweetheart deals will go through better teams before they go through the Avs.

 

[LOFIN]

f***ing bs

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Oh well, we weren’t going to be able to afford 3 mill

 

[dahrougem2]

Seems like it's nothing under 3M for the Duchene/Skinner types.

Money still talks for those guys.

 

[BobRossColton]

So Sprong or Barabanov?

 

[LOFIN]

I know even 3 mil might have been too rich for us (in fact it would be unless we trade someone out).

But it sickens me that he chose Edmonton. There were probably plenty of other options for him. But I guess he's smart going to re-up his value next to McDavid.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Oh well, $3M was realistically out of our range honestly.

 

[Perratrooper]

It’s prorated because he’ll miss close to 20% of the season’s days while on suspension.

But no, even with that, we’re over the cap with a healthy team.

Forwards with Nuke pro-rated (12):
$55,950,000

Defense (6):
$27,400,000

Goalies (2)
$4,240,000

Total:
$87,590,000

Cap space
$410K.

 

[Ararana]

Skinner announcement within 10 minutes of the MacFarland announcement. Sounds like the Avs lost and signed Kelly/Rosen

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I can’t believe skinner still got 3M lol. I mean yeah dude get your money but Jesus you’ve made like 100M and never played a playoff game and now you get to go play with Mcdavid. I thought he’d do a 1x1 or something.

 

[Avs_19]

That's too bad. I would've liked him but the Avs couldn't afford it unless they moved someone. I guess David Jones is staying as the 3C for now.

 

[LOFIN]

Skinner announcement within 10 minutes of the MacFarland announcement. Sounds like the Avs lost and signed Kelly/Rosen

Like someone else here said, they still made the Kadri trade well after their presser few years ago