Speculation: The next 10 days

[aj8000]

No Meyers is better than Trouba, and a Chesterfield signs Trouba to a 1 year deal and sits him on the right side where he's comfy.

That is actually kind of funny

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Trouba will be traded. I have a feeling it will be the Bruins because Sweeney just can't help himself.

Krug + 2nd round pick in 2017

Just can't see Sweeney trading Krug after resigning him. $4 years $21 million is better then say 4 years $24 million in which Trouba is most likely to ask for.

 

[Rebels57]

Just can't see Sweeney trading Krug after resigning him. $4 years $21 million is better then say 4 years $24 million in which Trouba is most likely to ask for.

Trouba could be a top-pairing defensemen in Boston. Krug is ideally a 2nd pairing defensemen. The difference is worth the $3 million.

 

[GoJetsGo55]

One would expect a trouba trade in the near future, but curious, from an outside fan, could this turn in to a drouin situation? The price isn't there so they just let him sit at home till he decides to play? I don't see them getting a similar left shot d until teams get a bit into the season and see what they have, as has been said before I would gladly do a nurse yak swap from an edm pov

If Trouba won't sign, and we cannot find a suitable trade, then I fully expect him to sit for the year.

As for Nurse + Yak......nahhhhhhhhhh

 

[aj8000]

If Trouba won't sign, and we cannot find a suitable trade, then I fully expect him to sit for the year.

As for Nurse + Yak......nahhhhhhhhhh

He will not sit for a year, if he does he ends up with a show me contract afterwards.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

J. Jokinen
2017 2nd round pick
2018 3rd round pick (becomes a 2nd if FLA gets to 2017 ECF)
1 of C. Brickley/L. Shaw/K. Rau



C. Fowler
A. Cogliano


Ducks POV: Frees up $3million for Ducks to sign Lindholm and Rakell, gives a chance for one of the younger D-prospects like Theodore or Montour to make the team. Jokinen is a top 6LW and would probably repeat another 60pt year playing on a top line with Getz and/or Perry.

Panthers POV: Florida has the cap space, Fowler solidifies their top 4 defense giving Matheson time to develop. Cogliano and McCann could fight for that top 6 LW spot this year.

Fowler = Jokinen + 2018 conditional 3rd
Cogliano = 2017 2nd + prospect


Before Ducks fans rip my head off, YOU guys are the ones that are in cap problems and need the help. I think the value is fairly close but open to counter offers.

 

[robbieboy3686]

J. Jokinen
2017 2nd round pick
2018 3rd round pick (becomes a 2nd if FLA gets to 2017 ECF)
1 of C. Brickley/L. Shaw/K. Rau



C. Fowler
A. Cogliano


Ducks POV: Frees up $3million for Ducks to sign Lindholm and Rakell, gives a chance for one of the younger D-prospects like Theodore or Montour to make the team. Jokinen is a top 6LW and would probably repeat another 60pt year playing on a top line with Getz and/or Perry.

Panthers POV: Florida has the cap space, Fowler solidifies their top 4 defense giving Matheson time to develop. Cogliano and McCann could fight for that top 6 LW spot this year.

Fowler = Jokinen + 2018 conditional 3rd
Cogliano = 2017 2nd + prospect


Before Ducks fans rip my head off, YOU guys are the ones that are in cap problems and need the help. I think the value is fairly close but open to counter offers.

Done

 

[91Fedorov]

J. Jokinen
2017 2nd round pick
2018 3rd round pick (becomes a 2nd if FLA gets to 2017 ECF)
1 of C. Brickley/L. Shaw/K. Rau



C. Fowler
A. Cogliano


Ducks POV: Frees up $3million for Ducks to sign Lindholm and Rakell, gives a chance for one of the younger D-prospects like Theodore or Montour to make the team. Jokinen is a top 6LW and would probably repeat another 60pt year playing on a top line with Getz and/or Perry.

Panthers POV: Florida has the cap space, Fowler solidifies their top 4 defense giving Matheson time to develop. Cogliano and McCann could fight for that top 6 LW spot this year.

Fowler = Jokinen + 2018 conditional 3rd
Cogliano = 2017 2nd + prospect


Before Ducks fans rip my head off, YOU guys are the ones that are in cap problems and need the help. I think the value is fairly close but open to counter offers.

Way too many moving parts. There is no need for us to trade Cogs. Jokinen is also too old to be the right value for Fowler.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Done

Hardly consider it done, No way is Anaheim moving Cogs. And a 33 year old LW for Fowler making the exact same thing isn't happening. Anaheim already needs a top 6 LW and trading Cogs they would need another so this wouldn't happen.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Way too many moving parts. There is no need for us to trade Cogs. Jokinen is also too old to be the right value for Fowler.

Hardly consider it done, No way is Anaheim moving Cogs. And a 33 year old LW for Fowler making the exact same thing isn't happening. Anaheim already needs a top 6 LW and trading Cogs they would need another so this wouldn't happen.

I know Jokinen isn't 25 anymore but he's a proven player, can play special teams and improves your top 6.

Sign Lindholm and Rakell and you probably have around $2.5-$3million in space to use one of the picks we sent you + one of yours for Reider from Arizona who replaces Cogs.

 

[TwiztedHeat]

Would absolutely do a deal around Brodin and Trouba if Trouba could be signed for less than or equal to Spurgeon.

 

[Hutz]

Why would we sign Trouba to a 1 year contract?

Once that year is up, he goes to arbitration on his next contract, gets another 1 year deal, and hits UFA status exceptionally early.

Wouldn't he still be an RFA? He's played 3 seasons and he's only 22 so he still has 4 years before he's eligible for UFA status, no? What am I missing here?

Edit: Not that I'm advocating this strategy.

 

[Balthazar]

Fowler = Jokinen + 2018 conditional 3rd

 

[phlocky]

Still lots to be solved before the season starts, and some of this may go into the season, but two teams look like they have to make trades to sign their players (Anaheim/Tampa Bay) and the list of RFA's yet to sign includes...

F- Johnny Gaudreau- Calgary
F- Richard Rakell- Anaheim
F- Tobias Rieder- Arizona
F- Nikita Kucherov- Tampa Bay
D- Jacob Trouba- Winnipeg
D- Hampus Lindholm- Anaheim
D- Rasmus Ristolainen- Buffalo

So three questions:
1. Which team (if any) makes a trade?

2. Which (if any) guys get signed in the next 10 days?

3. Which (if any) of the above players get traded?

Well, you can take Rieder off that list, he just signed

 

[Redline]

All but 1 or 2 should be signed by opening day or within a few days of it.
Don't know about trades as they mostly seem geared toward shedding cap and this isn't the best time of year for that. GM's and the accounting departments will find a creative way to make things work.

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

Chesterfield's (seriously who uses that word?) can't sign players to contracts ya goofball.

Who the **** wouldn't want to be signed by this!

Dibs on the right side!

No way is Trouba going to sign a 1 year deal, That's just not happening period. And with Buff and Myers ahead of Trouba. The only way Trouba would be playing his natural right side is if Trouba was on the bottom pairing and that's not happening.

Why would we sign Trouba to a 1 year contract?

Once that year is up, he goes to arbitration on his next contract, gets another 1 year deal, and hits UFA status exceptionally early.

Huh?

Clearly my comment was way over the heads of a few people. It means let the ****er sit.

 

[johna2626]

Way too many moving parts. There is no need for us to trade Cogs. Jokinen is also too old to be the right value for Fowler.

I wouldn't get my hopes up on getting proper value for Fowler. They really need to make space for Lindholm and Rakell, and not many teams have a ton of space

 

[johna2626]

All but 1 or 2 should be signed by opening day or within a few days of it.
Don't know about trades as they mostly seem geared toward shedding cap and this isn't the best time of year for that. GM's and the accounting departments will find a creative way to make things work.

To me, it looks like the Lightning, Flames, and Ducks need to shed cap. So there should be some trades

 

[SmokeyDuck]

JVR for Fowler + Stoner + conditional First 2017 (If Stoner plays less than 44 games for the Leafs it's a first, if more it slides to next season where the same conditions are applicable. If he plays more than 44 games that season it slides to a 3rd round pick 2018/9)

Ducks move cap space to sign Lindholm, and shift Salary to fill their biggest need.

Leafs get a top pairing guy and this makes either Fowler or Gardiner available to try and upgrade the right side.

Wtf, no lol!!!!! Maybe something around Fowler for JVR. Stoner only has 2 years left, so we could eat a little cap and send him out with a lesser prospect like Noesen or Petterson. Stoner actually aint bad, hes a just overpaid by a million.

 

[dkollidas]

I wouldn't get my hopes up on getting proper value for Fowler. They really need to make space for Lindholm and Rakell, and not many teams have a ton of space

Which is why I think they make an attempt to package Larsson/Pettersson/(less likely) Montour with Stoner/Bieksa for a cheap ELC 3rd or 4th line forward.

Anaheim realizes their strength is their defense. If they have a top-7 of Lindholm-Manson,
Fowler-Despres, Theodore-Vatanen and Bieksa as a #7 with Montour as their #8 and Holzer as their #9, teams will have a tough time against that defense, and opponents will have a tough time matching that transition game. If they can roll with Rakell-Getzlaf-Perry, Cogliano-Kesler-Silfverberg, Ritchie-Vermette-Raymond, and then a "Carlyle special" of 4th line bangers would be their version of taking another shot at a cup run.