Speculation: Roster Building Thread LIV: Free Agency Hasn't Even Started

[Avery16]

You could also trade them for draft picks or prospects and then sign a vet or two.

So let’s take some people who know the team and the system and move them, sign older and slower players that don’t know the team or the system, at a premium. Yep, that sounds smart to me.

But in all seriousness, Fast Names Strome likely to not move until TDL. That’s when the market will be there for them.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Ceci sucks too but they're getting rid of a ton of term even if Ceci will end up making more in the short term.

 

[Thirty One]

Ceci sucks too but they're getting rid of a ton of term even if Ceci will end up making more in the short term.

Probably picking up Ceci in hopes he'll draw an offer sheet

 

[effen]

Ceci sucks too but they're getting rid of a ton of term even if Ceci will end up making more in the short term.

They can just not qualify Ceci and walk away, no?

 

[Kovalev27]

Wow why doesn't nobody recognize that AP is elite talent. A talent you hope your own top 3 pick will become someday. Never are those players not taken care of by their teams and go to ufa..except if you are the isles..

Look at all the last ufa classes. 2017 top ufa was shatty ha... 2nd to 3rd pairing defender . Stamos was rumored but never came to ufa.

Because teams are smart and lock up their elite talent no matter the cost (13-15% of cap) And if somebody compares 5 or 10 year old contracts to today I don't know how you budget your daily needs. I guess you will get everything for the same prices like 10 years ago

Nobody recognizes it? Lol

 

[Thirty One]

They can just not qualify Ceci and walk away, no?

Think he's already been qualified.

 

[Kovalev27]

You want 5, and ideally 6 Cs IMO so I think there's room for Boyle.

Size would be nice, team got bodied pretty hard last year at times.

Umm Nieves is like the 7th that’s already here....

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

They can just not qualify Ceci and walk away, no?

True, but Dubas has been pretty adamant on getting a D back for Zaitsev.

 

[Thirty One]

Umm Nieves is like the 7th that’s already here....

Think Boyle brings a lot more to this potentially very young roster than Nieves.

 

[Ghost of jas]

How can you say they’re not all in when they’re going to offer 10 plus mil a year to a guy? That’s all in. Will they go nuts and pay way more than they should? No. But that to me is all in. There no other guy out there they’d pay like that. That’s all in!

How is not going to be the top offer ‘going all in’?

 

[Ken Lund]

So let’s take some people who know the team and the system and move them, sign older and slower players that don’t know the team or the system, at a premium. Yep, that sounds smart to me.

But in all seriousness, Fast Names Strome likely to not move until TDL. That’s when the market will be there for them.

If you're trying to squeeze every point out of this team that you can then you might want to keep that continuity.
What I would do is decide what return I want on those players and if I found a match for all of them and had to then find vets to fill in spots in the lineup later fine.

 

[dapowl]

Nobody recognizes it? Lol

Some people seem not to. I can understand some with all recent NYR ufas ...

 

[effen]

Umm Nieves is like the 7th that’s already here....

Zib, Strome (obvious downturn candidate), Howden, Andersson, Chytil, Nieves

Andersson and Chytil have no real track record of being able to play C, Nieves is the epitome of Just A Guy. Literally none of them have any sort of physical presence outside of Zib. Still room for Boyle IMO.

 

[Bob Richards]

Think Boyle brings a lot more to this potentially very young roster than Nieves.

When Ryan Strome is your 2nd line center, there is probably some wiggle room for additional centers

 

[NYR Viper]

Ceci May have told the Sens he would only sign a 1 year deal bringing him directly to UFA. In which case, it’s a similar situation to Trouba, albeit he’s not anywhere near the same caliber of player.

 

[Do you want ants]

Quick, offer up Boo and Gropp for Nylander while they’re in mood to make terrible decisions.

 

[Raspewtin]

Cody Ceci is horrible. Does nothing well at all

 

[Tawnos]

Cody Ceci is horrible. Does nothing well at all

From that point of view, though, this makes sense since Zaitsev has negative value.

 

[SA16]

@Ola

 

[Leetch3]

I see zero reason to sign another veteran center. We haven’t even gotten rid of namestnikov yet who’s more than capable of being a 4th C.

Mika Chytil Strome Howden Lias all centers. None rookies (other than Lias) let them friggen play.

Lias has played 49 games he isn’t a rookie either...we certainly don’t need a 4c

 

[Zibanejbread]

RIP Ola

 

[Leetch3]

Nobody recognizes it? Lol

He said nobody doesn’t which means everyone does

 

[Thirty One]

@Ola

Ahh, now the Zuccarello rumor makes sense. They are loading up.

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

So do the Leafs even need to trade Nylander now? They freed up $11MM trading Zaitsev and Marleau.

 

[effen]

So do the Leafs even need to trade Nylander now? They freed up $11MM trading Zaitsev and Marleau.

Ceci makes as much as Zaitsev. So, probably.