GDT: The 2022 NHL Free Agent Frenzy | July 13th, 2022 | 12:00 PM EST

[ThunderRoad]

Than god its not Boston

Or in our division. Western Conference would have been preferable, Sneaky P.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Yikes. The playoff pay bump is real today.

Happy for Pally though. He deserves a bag.

 

[Stammertime91]

Lmao alright good luck in jersey Drej.

I thought maybe 6M for him but if that's what he was approaching JBB with then alright. That's crazy.

 

[Venzio X]

Lmao alright good luck in jersey Drej.

I thought maybe 6M for him but if that's what he was approaching JBB with then alright. That's crazy.

Its fake account

 

[Stammertime91]

Its fake account

Ok. I was like wut..

 

[ThunderRoad]

Imagine he got paid this much

Is this confirmed that's what the AAV is?

 

[Point21]

Is this confirmed that's what the AAV is?

no lol, just a fake account, but i wouldnt be shocked someone paid this much

 

[Stammertime91]

Watch it be higher lmao

 

[Stammertime91]

5x6M per Chris Johnston.

Damn.

 

[ccman68]

yeah no way we could ever match that

 

[These Are The Days]

McDonagh died for this and Killorn remains for it. Dammit man. This retool is gonna suck balls isn't it?

 

[Coopers Gum]

6 mil? Come on. I find it hard to believe Palat wouldn’t have stayed for 8 years, 5 mil. More power to him, but serg is overpaid by over a mil, and that could have gone to a player we know is always going to be solid.

 

[SKNJD9]

Coming in peace guys, I like the deal for the Devils I think his experience will go a long help teaching guys like Jack, Nico, Mercer etc etc how to win.

How do you see his body holding up ? I figure we probably signed him a yr too long but thats the price you pay in UFA

 

[ccman68]

6 mil? Come on. I find it hard to believe Palat wouldn’t have stayed for 8 years, 5 mil. More power to him, but serg is overpaid by over a mil, and that could have gone to a player we know is always going to be solid.

8 years for a 31 year old sounds amazing. while jbb is overpaying players he is at least choosing guys who will be useful for us for years to come so it’s not as bad

 

[Stammertime91]

McDonagh died for this and Killorn remains for it. Dammit man. This retool is gonna suck balls isn't it?

Gonna? It already is. One ball is already inserted. The other one goes in when $ergachev is an 8.5M player.

 

[Sky04]

8 years for a 31 year old sounds amazing. while jbb is overpaying players he is at least choosing guys who will be useful for us for years to come so it’s not as bad

No kidding, what a stupid contract that'd be. 5 years is not tooo bad, they clearly want the youth though. Cirelli is definitely not worth more, we have 2 centers in front of him and another one right behind him, he was very expendable.

 

[Coopers Gum]

8 years for a 31 year old sounds amazing. while jbb is overpaying players he is at least choosing guys who will be useful for us for years to come so it’s not as bad

You can’t mortgage proven talent “just because” there are younger players. That’s silly. Especially when we are trying to still compete for a cup. As mentioned by both the teams captain and it’s gm. This roster rn is going to have a very difficult time making it past rounds 1 and 2.

 

[ThunderRoad]

6 mil? Come on. I find it hard to believe Palat wouldn’t have stayed for 8 years, 5 mil. More power to him, but serg is overpaid by over a mil, and that could have gone to a player we know is always going to be solid.

I have a hard time believing Palat wouldn't have stayed for 5 mil for 5 years, may have even caved to 4. This only reinforces BriseBois really didn't want him to.

 

[JTBF81]

Yeah, little doubt that Palat would've stayed if the offer from Tampa was 5.5x5. Yes, it would've made things difficult next Summer(even more difficult than they already will be), but had JBB not backed up a brinks truck to a, at best, 7 million aav dman, it would've made things easier. Colton likely would've been lost(which may happen anyway), but seeing the deal he took makes it very hard to believe term or $ was a huge issue, just that JBB had no real intent to keep him. It's unfortunate, and players like Cirelli, Hagel, Colton and whomever gets the call from Syracuse, in addition to Names, are going to have very good years to help replace him.

 

[BOLTFAN]

Rough offseason. McDonagh, Palat and Rutta out, Cole, Myers and Namestnikov in. Huge step back.

 

[Sky04]

You can’t mortgage proven talent “just because” there are younger players. That’s silly. Especially when we are trying to still compete for a cup. As mentioned by both the teams captain and it’s gm. This roster rn is going to have a very difficult time making it past rounds 1 and 2.

Toronto and Florida also got worse while the bottom teams in the Atlantic got better, the point spread will be a lot smaller this season.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Updated cast-off team

Palat - Miller - Marchessault
Verhaeghe - Johnson - Joseph
Coleman - Gourde - Goodrow
Katchouk - Paquette - Raddysh

McDonagh - Shattenkirk
Stralman - Rutta
Koekkoek - Savard
Schenn

Domingue
Ingram

 

[The Gongshow]

I'd say Ottawa and Carolina got much better in the East. Ottawa could push for a WC spot.

While Toronto is taking a risk goalie wise, should still be top of the Atlantic. Florida lost some depth and is still a tire fire on Defense, but should be able to get a playoff spot as well.

Boston always seems to hang around, as does Washington.

Rangers will be the same. Playoffs, most likely a 2nd round appearance as well

 

[Flat Ronnie]

Optimistic take:

Cirelli and Bogo get back by Christmas and we roll into the trade deadline looking for a bump going into the playoffs.

Who do we target?

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Optimistic take:

Cirelli and Bogo get back by Christmas and we roll into the trade deadline looking for a bump going into the playoffs.

Who do we target?

Nothing. Not worth spending more futures this year. Going nowhere with that depth