GDT: Trade and Free agent Rumours thread | Chayka off-season edition

[Divine]

Hilarious after all the trash Sens fans were talking in the Auston Matthews report that their captain is the first one who requested out

 

[kb]

Lmao the leafs fans laughing at sens for this trade make no sense. We fking lost the princess marner for absolutely nothing. At least sens got 3 first rounders and 2nd for this bum ..... good job on sens to trade off that

Are you relevant?

Nope.

 

[ULF_55]

Knies (LW - 23/24 in Oct)
for
Byram (LD - 25yr)

Knies replaces Tuch, Byram replaces Rielly. Hate to trade Knies within the division but in this case I would make that exception.

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Byram Raddysh
OEL Tanev
Andrae McCabe
Danford

Make it Power and I'm in.

 

[Divine]

Well, this makes the playoffs a bit easier next season as the WC2 team just traded their captain for picks that won't be on the team for a few years (if ever)

 

[DuklaNation]

It was an open secret he wanted to go to Florida. Sometimes people lie. Stop posting, oh, he said this 4 months ago. It's BS.

 

[BallardEra]

 

[rumman]

Regardless of their on ice impact, Brady has the reputation of a star, which is going to inflate his value by quite a bit



The history of Knies vs Marner throws a pretty big wrench into that idea

Marner wasn’t honest like the Chuk brothers, at least they were up front about not wanting to play in their respective Canadian cities.

 

[Menzinger]

Those pick protections are the icing on the cake. What a flop by the Sens. Not even a '26 2nd either lol

I always thought this was so weird and stupid the captain of your team to do this podcast in this fashion. People hated it here around here. No surprised it turned out the way it did. No idea why the Sens let him do it.

The league won't investigate for tampering but they probably should.

 

[Americanadian]

Knies (LW - 23/24 in Oct)
for
Byram (LD - 25yr)

Knies replaces Tuch, Byram replaces Rielly. Hate to trade Knies within the division but in this case I would make that exception.

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Byram Raddysh
OEL Tanev
Andrae McCabe
Danford

Both are very overrated but Knies is more useful and isn't due for a new contract anytime soon.

 

[Cynical]

Hilarious after all the trash Sens fans were talking in the Auston Matthews report that their captain is the first one who requested out

Players constantly asking to be traded to American teams is not hilarious. This is terrible for Canadian teams. At this stage people need to understand that all Canadian teams are pretty screwed. Matthews is gone after this contract most likely

 

[Americanadian]

The league won't investigate for tampering but they probably should.

How do you investigate brothers for tampering?

 

[Divine]

Players constantly asking to be traded to American teams is not hilarious. This is terrible for Canadian teams. At this stage people need to understand that all Canadian teams are pretty screwed. Matthews is gone after this contract most likely

The Sens are on like their 4th captain in a row that requested a trade. Players just don't want to be in Ottawa - the worst kept secret in the league.

Matthews actually re-signed as a UFA. Brady didn't. Hughes didn't. Matthew didn't. They all wanted out before their RFA deal ended.

 

[budzz]

Does make you wonder if that guy got 3 firsts and a second what would Matthews get?? Lol. Irrelevant i hope, and I hope he realizes if he stays he will go down as the top scorer in leaf History hope that means something.

 

[Americanadian]

Players constantly asking to be traded to American teams is not hilarious. This is terrible for Canadian teams. At this stage people need to understand that all Canadian teams are pretty screwed. Matthews is gone after this contract most likely

It's not just Canadian teams. I live in Michigan and the Wings can't even get local players to stay. There's ~25 teams that will be left behind.

 

[weems]

Both are very overrated but Knies is more useful and isn't due for a new contract anytime soon.

Could you further elaborate on Knies being overrated?

It's pretty fascinating the divide on this player between the two sides.

 

[sxvnert]

Make it Power and I'm in.

Byram gets the edge in offence and skating. Only downside with Byram is his agent: Darren Ferris

 

[ToDavid]

Knies (LW - 23/24 in Oct)
for
Byram (LD - 25yr)

Knies replaces Tuch, Byram replaces Rielly. Hate to trade Knies within the division but in this case I would make that exception.

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Byram Raddysh
OEL Tanev
Andrae McCabe
Danford

Overrated player and a Darren Ferris client a year out from UFA, no thanks.

 

[Americanadian]

Could you further elaborate on Knies being overrated?

It's pretty fascinating the divide on this player between the two sides.

People in this forum regularly call him a unicorn. That is how overrated he is.

Edit: he is a good player but he's not a unicorn, he's just Timo Meier.

 

[sxvnert]

Those pick protections are the icing on the cake. What a flop by the Sens. Not even a '26 2nd either lol



The league won't investigate for tampering but they probably should.

Its florida so no luck.

 

[Pinkcat]

I was told that there has never been any issue with Matthews, and that he has not given the team any indication that he wants to leave.

Thanks for sharing the info from sources, much appreciated.

 

[weems]

People in this forum regularly call him a unicorn. That is how overrated he is.

What do the advanced stats say about him?

 

[SprDaVE]

Players constantly asking to be traded to American teams is not hilarious. This is terrible for Canadian teams. At this stage people need to understand that all Canadian teams are pretty screwed. Matthews is gone after this contract most likely

People are making this about Americans as if Marner didn't do the same as a Canadian. Larkin is American in Detroit.

It's just that US based teams has been a lot stronger in recent years, players want to go on great teams (not just good teams) and it's a perfect storm that his brother is there. Nobody is asking to be traded to Seattle. Caufield and Hutson don't have a problem signing long-term in Montreal. Ottawa might trade for Jason Robertson.

If the Leafs don't improve, a lot of players will want to bail. It's the cyclical aspect of sports.

 

[OVO16]

I am severely worried for Gavin McKenna's well-being against the Panthers.

 

[diehardleafsfan9878]

Rebuild the bottom 6 so its fiesty and will agitate back.

Trade - Joshua for Rasmussen
Sign - Jenner, Kapanen, Malenstyn, Perry

Cowan - Jenner - Kapanen
Malenstyn - Rasmussen - Perry

Honestly, at this point, I would welcome Perry. Hes a POS, but he would be our POS

 

[DragoGrizzly]

It’s a pretty bad deal for the Sens too in my opinion. Really not a great package for Brady. Something else going on there for sure.