Speculation: Potential TDL adds we can get?

[KW]

If anyone wants a deeper-dive, the Athletic has just released players cards for skaters across all divisions. Here's the link for the Atlantic:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6048291/2025/01/15/nhl-player-cards-atlantic/

I had a quick look at our team and obviously, we're not where we were last year in terms of our individual player stats. Really hoping the guys can turn it around in the second half of the season... What's interesting is that individual players are still generating surplus market value compared to their current contracts, albeit mostly living down to those contracts rather than vastly out-performing them as they did last year. The only exception being Ekblad with a current market value of $5.7m. Here are the cards for him and Bennett:

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If these were police mugshots, based on the pictures alone, you’d wonder what the hell this Ekblad guy did to get booked, but you wouldn’t wonder at all about Bennett.

 

[Ghoste]

Hearing Lindgren’s name tossed around.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

i know cap.. but i would love this guy with us... Oliver Bjorkstrand Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

He would be the ultimate pickup for our top-6 going into the playoffs. Salivating at the idea of acquiring him but I see no reason as to why Seattle would move him.

 

[KW]

Zito is such a sneaky bastard he’ll probably go get Taylor Hall and Ristolainen both or something like that

 

[Felidae]

It probably won't happen, but maybe acquiring Klingberg would help the team?

Play him on the 2nd or maybe even 3rd pair EV to mask his defensive deficiencies, but replace him with Ekblad on the 1st PP Unit, which would maybe allow Ekblad to eat more minutes in EV or the PK.

Idk, just throwing it out there. There isn't exactly many dman options available.

Can only hope the Andersson rumour is true.. but it's Pagnotta, and the flames have expressed they have no desire to move him, so there's that.

 

[zeroG]

doesn't sound like anyone believes klingberg will be of any service. filipovic suggests jake walman as a potential target.

i don't think we're going to add the biggest name so someone like this guy probably makes sense.

they discuss our current state on the pod and i mostly agree. i think the guys who carry the team are looking forward to the 4 nations face off and just want to get through these games with energy to spare for that. i bet we'll see a little lull after that, too but at some point in feb/march, i expect the commitment to our game to step back up.