GDT: NHL Free Agent Frenzy 2024

[The Abusement Park]

If it was a 1 or 2 year term, there'd probably be some interested teams.

The truth is nobody wants to commit themselves into $12,500,000 and half a decade of term for a potentially 4th line player.

Potentially?

 

[Linds]

Potentially?

I mean some days he's decent on the 3rd line, depends who he plays with. Him and LOC like to crash a burn and it actually is effective when they are both forcing turnovers on the forecheck

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

- Trade Colton for a cheap RHD

- Play Ritchie at 3C

- Acquire a scoring wing at the deadline.

- Ascend to greatness

It’s not the hard.

 

[Balthazar]

- Trade Colton for a cheap RHD

It’s not the hard.

It's really hard since Colton's full NTC kicked in July 1st. He's not getting traded.

 

[Cypher]

- Trade Colton for a cheap RHD

- Play Ritchie at 3C

- Acquire a scoring wing at the deadline.

- Ascend to greatness

It’s not the hard.

- Colton has a NTC now
- Ritchie isn't ready
- Avs will only have cap space for a 4th line PK-er

People need to accept the fact this will be the Avs line-up come opening night.

Drouin - Mack - Lehky
Colton - Mitts - Moose
Wood - Wagner - LOC
Kelly - Kova - Kiwi

Toews - Makar
G - Manson
CDH - Branstrom
McJesus - Malinski

Georgie
Juice

And when Nuke comes back mid-November

Drouin - Mack - Lehky
Nuke - Mitts - Moose
Wood - Colton - LOC
Kiwi - Wagner - Kova
Parker

Toews - Makar
G - Manson
CDH - Branstrom
McJesus - Malinski

Georgie
Juice

And Landeskog doesn't play till playoffs at the earliest.

 

[dahrougem2]

- Colton has a NTC now
- Ritchie isn't ready
- Avs will only have cap space for a 4th line PK-er

People need to accept the fact this will be the Avs line-up come opening night.

Drouin - Mack - Lehky
Colton - Mitts - Moose
Wood - Wagner - LOC
Kelly - Kova - Kiwi

Toews - Makar
G - Manson
CDH - Branstrom
McJesus - Malinski

Georgie
Juice

And when Nuke comes back mid-November

Drouin - Mack - Lehky
Nuke - Mitts - Moose
Wood - Colton - LOC
Kiwi - Wagner - Kova
Parker

Toews - Makar
G - Manson
CDH - Branstrom
McJesus - Malinski

Georgie
Juice

And Landeskog doesn't play till playoffs at the earliest.

Well, no, it's not a fact that Landeskog won't play until playoffs at the earliest. Not a fact at all lol.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

How many people here would have been happy if Tampa won in 2022 just so that Landeskog wouldn't have got to raise the cup. I feel like the number is more than zero.

 

[BrickNHL]

How many people here would have been happy if Tampa won in 2022 just so that Landeskog wouldn't have got to raise the cup. I feel like the number is more than zero.

We all know the one person for sure

 

[Raucherhusten]

How many people here would have been happy if Tampa won in 2022 just so that Landeskog wouldn't have got to raise the cup. I feel like the number is more than zero.

If this game 6 turns out to be his last game ever, man, WHAT A F*CKING GREAT WAY TO END YOUR CAREER!

 

[AllAboutAvs]

If this game 6 turns out to be his last game ever, man, WHAT A F*CKING GREAT WAY TO END YOUR CAREER!

Yeah that is pretty good for a 3rd line grinder.

 

[Balthazar]

If this game 6 turns out to be his last game ever, man, WHAT A F*CKING GREAT WAY TO END YOUR CAREER!

You know what? It would have been greater to just go full Shea Weber, unofficially retire and let the team have a new captain and the cap space instead of hijacking the team with a possible return over multiple seasons.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

And Landeskog doesn't play till playoffs at the earliest.

If this were true, the Avs absolutely would have spent his cap space this summer. Just like they did last summer when they knew he was done for the season.


The fact they didn't spend his money makes it pretty clear they're expecting him back before the playoffs. Quite frankly I'd bet money that he's back before Nichushkin.

 

[dahrougem2]

You know what? It would have been greater to just go full Shea Weber, unofficially retire and let the team have a new captain and the cap space instead of hijacking the team with a possible return over multiple seasons.

Landeskog never imagined it would take 2 seasons. Come on, now.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

You know what? It would have been greater to just go full Shea Weber, unofficially retire and let the team have a new captain and the cap space instead of hijacking the team with a possible return over multiple seasons.

I blame the team doctors who couldnt offer any good advice. Just rehab for a season and then do surgery LOL.

 

[LOFIN]

Landeskog never imagined it would take 2 seasons. Come on, now.

Not to mention that Weber was 36 when he pulled his LTIRetirement. Landeskog will turn 32 in November.

 

[Cypher]

You know what? It would have been greater to just go full Shea Weber, unofficially retire and let the team have a new captain and the cap space instead of hijacking the team with a possible return over multiple seasons.

Love Landeskog and hope he makes a return, but this has to be the last year of "maybe I play, maybe I don't". Sure it's tough for him, but having a 7mil maybe cap hit is ruining the prime years of Mack/Mikko/Makar and cup chances for all the other players who come and go.

 

[Raucherhusten]

You know what? It would have been greater to just go full Shea Weber, unofficially retire and let the team have a new captain and the cap space instead of hijacking the team with a possible return over multiple seasons.

Maybe. But i'm not there yet.

 

[Cypher]

If this were true, the Avs absolutely would have spent his cap space this summer. Just like they did last summer when they knew he was done for the season.


The fact they didn't spend his money makes it pretty clear they're expecting him back before the playoffs. Quite frankly I'd bet money that he's back before Nichushkin.

I would take that bet in a nano second (being back before Nuke)

 

[AllAboutAvs]

I blame the team doctors who couldnt offer any good advice. Just rehab for a season and then do surgery LOL.

The team doctors were just a bit confused. They thought he had to do the rehab BEFORE the surgery. Easy mistake to make.

 

[tucker3434]

I'd be stunned if the front office isn't expecting Landy to at least attempt a return in October. If he isn't close to even attempting a return, this offseason should've been handled differently.

 

[Forceberg]

Landeskog never imagined it would take 2 seasons. Come on, now.

For the team and its fans, his situation is slowly becoming no better than Nuke's.
Landeskog needs to know if and when he plays or he needs to go the LTIR route.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

If this game 6 turns out to be his last game ever, man, WHAT A F*CKING GREAT WAY TO END YOUR CAREER!

But some people here would be even happier if Landeskog's career had ended and he HADN'T won the cup in game 6.

In their picture perfect world the Avs lose game 6. Landeskog announces his injury and immediate retirement and is stripped of the C. Real leader and captain Bowen Byram leads the Avs to the cup in game 7 and as the cup is presented Byram signs an 18 year contract and has the Avs logo tattooed onto his chest. While he pisses on a 92 jersey.

 

[hockeyfish]

But some people here would be even happier if Landeskog's career had ended and he HADN'T won the cup in game 6.

In their picture perfect world the Avs lose game 6. Landeskog announces his injury and immediate retirement and is stripped of the C. Real leader and captain Bowen Byram leads the Avs to the cup in game 7 and as the cup is presented Byram signs an 18 year contract and has the Avs logo tattooed onto his chest. While he pisses on a 92 jersey.

 

[BobRossColton]

So a Canes fan immediately nixed Mikko for Morrow+Necas.

 

[BobRossColton]