Trades & Free Agency Thread: 2024-2025 Season Edition

[Roo]

Leafs centers Domi, Kampf and Holmberg have combined for 0 goals in 51 games.
I'll repeat this:
Leafs centers Domi, Kampf and Holmberg have combined for 0 goals in 51 games.

If he's ready and grabs the spot, great, but that's how it needs to happen. If we rush him I don't see any reason why we should expect anything different from his early season look last year, and his name added to a center list with no goals. We're in win now mode, we need a solution to the problem. Throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks isn't good enough, not when you can go acquire what you need, someone with the experience and proven ability to get the job we need done.

 

[ULF_55]

If he's ready and grabs the spot, great, but that's how it needs to happen. If we rush him I don't see any reason why we should expect anything different from his early season look last year, and his name added to a center list with no goals. We're in win now mode, we need a solution to the problem. Throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks isn't good enough, not when you can go acquire what you need, someone with the experience and proven ability to get the job we need done.

As long as it isn't a 1 year rental that further deletes the future of the team, for an ill conceived go for it.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

I'm just going to float a pretty stupid idea out, that I have had for no particular reason, as a potential 3C/ super longshot 2C/ super risk just because.

Finding a way to get Sean Couturier at 50% makes him less than $4 million for the next 4 seasons, or at 75% for under $2 milly.

Why? Just straight up a guess at another potential Sean Monahan comeback in a new team, except instead of waiting for him to break out on another team ala Montreal (who traded a 1st to aqcuire him as a cap dump and got a 1st for him from Winnipeg when he left).

The upside being we could potentially rehabilitate Couts into a stud centerman and not have to pay premium upside assets.

Downside being he has 4 more years and injury prone history.... but he played 74 last year (16 of 17 this year) and I question if his numbers can rebound if he gets away from Torts and injected with some different talent and responsibility but if it doesn't he is still always been regarded as an incredibly smart and efficient defensive forward.


Whats the cost? Would he be available? Would Philly be dumb enough to max retain? Who knows haha, just something dumb I thought up!

 

[ULF_55]

I'm just going to float a pretty stupid idea out, that I have had for no particular reason, as a potential 3C/ super longshot 2C/ super risk just because.

Finding a way to get Sean Couturier at 50% makes him less than $4 million for the next 4 seasons, or at 75% for under $2 milly.

Why? Just straight up a guess at another potential Sean Monahan comeback in a new team, except instead of waiting for him to break out on another team ala Montreal (who traded a 1st to aqcuire him as a cap dump and got a 1st for him from Winnipeg when he left).

The upside being we could potentially rehabilitate Couts into a stud centerman and not have to pay premium upside assets.

Downside being he has 4 more years and injury prone history.... but he played 74 last year (16 of 17 this year) and I question if his numbers can rebound if he gets away from Torts and injected with some different talent and responsibility but if it doesn't he is still always been regarded as an incredibly smart and efficient defensive forward.


Whats the cost? Would he be available? Would Philly be dumb enough to max retain? Who knows haha, just something dumb I thought up!

I don't see it.
Flyers maybe trade him, but not retain for another 5 years, unless say $1mm?
Or Torts runs out his welcome, and they bring in a clear slate coach to take over.

Even being creative, I don't see how you make it work, Domi, Kampf, Jarnkrok, retention 1mm?

And of course the assets Cowan+?+?