GDT: Off-season/July 1st Free Agent frenzy thread-Is Joey Crabb still available?

[pantherbot]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808516500422054139

Was hoping for a lower AAV but about what I was expecting when the contract didn't get signed right away.

 

[Chaos2k7]

Only $1mil

Hence Judge, same setup as last season, or Knight beats out Judge, and there is no difference either way.

 

[IceManCat]

Losing Ekblad would blow our d-corp and our Cup chances for next year. I get that hes slow and all but he is an elite defender and a sought after commodity considering he plays the right side. You have to look at moving several other players first before taking a catastrophic hit to the defense.

 

[Chaos2k7]

I think he gets paid full money doesnt He?

Full Money, but still waiver exempt for this season

 

[Pink Panther]

Nice to get the contract settled to know what we're working with cap wise, mainly for next off-season.

I pay attention to the cap a lot in the off-season and just before October. I don't worry to much about being ~1M off in July, no biggie. These league minimum guys and ELC guys are flexible enough to move people up and down as needed (assuming no waiver poaching, looking at you Mike Reilly). But I get anxious for teams like Washington that are already 4M+ over the cap with LTIR lol.

I think even starting the year with 22 on the roster is fine, the truth is that someone always gets hurt and a call up is needed.

 

[Gentle Man]

Poor Tank. I know he wants to stay but I also know he's worth more than 5 dollars

 

[BeezKnees]

It'll be really interesting to see what happens with Ekblad. We need that cap space for Verhaeghe and/or Bennett next year. But like, how do we replace Ek longterm? Do we hope Bob retires after this year?

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

It'll be really interesting to see what happens with Ekblad. We need that cap space for Verhaeghe and/or Bennett next year. But like, how do we replace Ek longterm? Do we hope Bob retires after this year?

Verhaeghe was already rumored to be working on an extension. I think Lundell's deal pretty much rules out a Bennett extension.

 

[Chino Oscar]

How? I thought he had like 5.7 million left before Lundy’s contract?

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Puckpedia has Florida as 88k over because they have Florida as carrying a full 23 man roster. I would personally rather Knight and only carry 13 forwards and 7dmen but if they really want 14 forwards, both work:

Option 1 with Knight, this would be 600k under the cap and Florida would have 1 extra dman and 1 extra forward:

option 2 with Judge and Entwhistle as a 14th forward, this is 200k under the cap:

 

[Pink Panther]

Trade Ek. Keep Tarasenko.

EZ.

... and play Tank on D in his spot

 

[HockeyRulez]

The Lundell contract is too much aav. I like him as much as the next guy but come on

 

[IceManCat]

It'll be really interesting to see what happens with Ekblad. We need that cap space for Verhaeghe and/or Bennett next year. But like, how do we replace Ek longterm? Do we hope Bob retires after this year?

There is no indication of Bob slowing down anytime soon, also we have seen in recent years goalies continue to play well into their mid 30's even Quick playing well last year in his late 30's. This to me signals the possibility of moving on from Spencer Knight. We could always acquire another goalie via trade. Askarov right now is available for the right price and he was just as highly touted as Knight was coming into his draft. I would have to say with 15 million dollars + locked up in goaltending this is the specific position that should be looked at to open up cap.

 

[pantherbot]

It'll be really interesting to see what happens with Ekblad. We need that cap space for Verhaeghe and/or Bennett next year. But like, how do we replace Ek longterm? Do we hope Bob retires after this year?

We have options, lots of cap still available for 25/26. Depends on how much Benny is looking for in next contract. If he's in the $7-8M range and Ek or replacement is $5M, that's very doable.

 

[305Pantera]

Happy we were able to work something out with Lundy! A little higher than I'd hope for, but got a few more years than I was expecting as well. As others have mentioned, this will be a great deal moving forward.

Really hope that we can work something out with Benny too! Seeing him skate the puck right up the middle into the offensive zone is a thing of beauty!!! He finishes his checks and can throw hands if needed, definitely want him around for a while as well and believe he should be considered a major part of our "core."

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

I like the Lundell contract. I think it's going to age very, very well, especially if the Cap continues to rise, which even as a skeptic, I expect that it will do.

 

[pantherbot]

The Lundell contract is too much aav. I like him as much as the next guy but come on

Not really, it's about as I expected. 30-40 points in the regular season on the 3rd line, performed well in playoffs, buying UFA years.

 

[BabyBennettov]

Yeah. I'd think Zito and his mgmt team has to be thinking about how realistic their chances are winning the Cup in the next season are or should they keep shuffling the deck even more to be better prepared to fight in the long term.

Love Eky… Unlike you…

But I do think that this is the move to make to keep our window open as wide as possible !

Zito has already brought back the whole left-side of our D, and they all are some of our unsung heroes: Forsling, Mikkola, Kulikov.

If you move Aaron, yes it means we would change half our D, but it also means we can basically run and keep our top-9 as it is for the near future AND long-term !

I feel we should do it… And I think Zito knows too !

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

The Lundell contract is too much aav. I like him as much as the next guy but come on

If they keep him as a 3C then it's a bad contract. If he score +60pts then it's a good deal.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

The Lundell contract is too much aav. I like him as much as the next guy but come on

Buys out 2 UFA years. It's pretty fair

 

[violaswallet]

Love Eky… Unlike you…

But I do think that this is the move to make to keep our window open as wide as possible !

Zito has already brought back the whole left-side of our D, and they all are some of our unsung heroes: Forsling, Mikkola, Kulikov.

If you move Aaron, yes it means we would change half our D, but it also means we can basically run and keep our top-9 as it is for the near future AND long-term !

I feel we should do it… And I think Zito knows too !

We're going to compete for the next fourish, decline a bit, and then move from the Barkov Cats to the Lundell Cats.

15 is going to the rafters next to 16 after his own time captaining the Ps to a cup

 

[iam76]

This is a great contract. He needs to keep progressing but the gang is together..

 

[batting1k]

Sources are telling me 6 yrs, $5m per for Lundell

 

[floridada]

 

[Idiot Stick]

Sources are telling me 6 yrs, $5m per for Lundell

true if huge