GDT: Trades & Free Agency Thread - Off-Season Early Edition

[Gallagbi]

I wonder how low the buy-low price for Domi actually is. Can you get him retained?

 

[SprDaVE]

Garland and Hamilton would be such KEY pickups. Make it work Dubas. Make it work.

I have no idea how they can make it work, but I wonder if the Leafs can manage to pick up both Garland and Kuemper from the Coyotes in some weird 3 way trade with them and Seattle. Both linked to the Leafs over the past couple months.

I just don't see the Hamilton happening though.

 

[CatchyTune]

1 XXX - Matthews - Marner
2 XXX - Tavares - Nylander
3 Engvall - Kerfoot - Mikheyev
4 Spezza - Brooks - Simmonds

1 Rielly - Brodie
2 Muzzin - Holl
3 Sandin - Dermott
Liljegren

1 Campbell
2 XXX

= 71.808116

Honestly, it doesnt look bad when you put it that way. Almost 10 million to fill 3 spots? With movable cap like Kerfoot/Dermott/Engvall? I think we will make a big-ish move this offseason that will surprise even us. Theres no way we just add depth pieces.

 

[SprDaVE]

1 XXX - Matthews - Marner
2 XXX - Tavares - Nylander
3 Engvall - Kerfoot - Mikheyev
4 Spezza - Brooks - Simmonds

1 Rielly - Brodie
2 Muzzin - Holl
3 Sandin - Dermott
Liljegren

1 Campbell
2 XXX

= 71.808116

I think you can simplify this by inserting Robertson in the lineup. He's very likely going to be on the team. I'd expect Joey Anderson to be on the roster, at the very least in some depth capacity.

So the Leafs really need a very good LW addition through free agency or trade, and probably a 3rd line center when Kerfoot goes to Seattle. Those 2 things are not very easy to fill out and those players aren't typically cheap.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[ChuckWoods]

I think you can simplify this by inserting Robertson in the lineup. He's very likely going to be on the team. I'd expect Joey Anderson to be on the roster, at the very least in some depth capacity.

So the Leafs really need a very good LW addition through free agency or trade, and probably a 3rd line center when Kerfoot goes to Seattle. Those 2 things are not very easy to fill out and those players aren't typically cheap.

Ontop of Robertson almost being a Top 9 lock, I think there is a lot of internal hope that Filip Hallander takes the next step and gives them a cheap option to push Brooks down the depth chart.

I wouldn’t be shocked one bit to see him in next years bottom 6 considering this teams cap crunch.

 

[geo25]

Kills me that he had to know he wasn’t 100% healthy yet still did the deal….for a 1st rounder no less…….

Why isn't there more of a fuss made over this? Did he not do his due diligence? I am amazed MLSE has not canned him....yet.

 

[Stephen]

I think you can simplify this by inserting Robertson in the lineup. He's very likely going to be on the team. I'd expect Joey Anderson to be on the roster, at the very least in some depth capacity.

So the Leafs really need a very good LW addition through free agency or trade, and probably a 3rd line center when Kerfoot goes to Seattle. Those 2 things are not very easy to fill out and those players aren't typically cheap.

Without knowing the quality and readiness of guys like Robertson, Hallander, Anderson, Liljegren and Sandin to actually take full time jobs, turning over those roles to a fairly significant youth movement might be the best way to actually dig out of this mess. More Simmonds, more Thornton type veterans just doesn't feel like the answer.

 

[Nylanderthal]

Rationalize it however you want.

I’ll stick to facts then… willys aav is 6.9. Not 7.5

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[Amadeus]

I think you can simplify this by inserting Robertson in the lineup. He's very likely going to be on the team. I'd expect Joey Anderson to be on the roster, at the very least in some depth capacity.

So the Leafs really need a very good LW addition through free agency or trade, and probably a 3rd line center when Kerfoot goes to Seattle. Those 2 things are not very easy to fill out and those players aren't typically cheap.

I don't think either are going to be on the team. You can't pencil in rookies in especially for a 82 game schedule. They more often than not aren't able to sustain their game for long stretches. They need to keep developing in the minors.

 

[rumman]

Without knowing the quality and readiness of guys like Robertson, Hallander, Anderson, Liljegren and Sandin to actually take full time jobs, turning over those roles to a fairly significant youth movement might be the best way to actually dig out of this mess. More Simmonds, more Thornton type veterans just doesn't feel like the answer.

Given the cap constraints there is no good scenario, but youth movement up front, bargain bin vets on the back end is the best way to go if any are cheap enough to fit? Or, get a new GM and trade 2 of the 4 taking up half the cap and properly fix this mess.

 

[Cor]

Stars extend Miro Heiskanen to an 8 year deal worth 8.45M AAV.

Must be nice to have a star RFA not demand to be paid the highest of their position.

 

[Amadeus]

Stars extend Miro Heiskanen to an 8 year deal worth 8.45M AAV.

Must be nice to have a star RFA not demand to be paid the highest of their position.

He's worth every penny.

 

[Legion34]

Stars extend Miro Heiskanen to an 8 year deal worth 8.45M AAV.

Must be nice to have a star RFA not demand to be paid the highest of their position.

ummmm he is the 6th highest paid D in the league. As an RFA. Post pandemic.

he has a career high of 35 ish points.

I like the player but to pretend that this is some crazy discount I mean……..

 

[Stephen]

Stars extend Miro Heiskanen to an 8 year deal worth 8.45M AAV.

Must be nice to have a star RFA not demand to be paid the highest of their position.

You have to think Makar and Fox will now be pushing $9.5 million plus on their new deals. Good luck Avalanche and Rangers. And who knows where McAvoy ends up on his AAV after next year.

 

[Kiwi]

Ontop of Robertson almost being a Top 9 lock, I think there is a lot of internal hope that Filip Hallander takes the next step and gives them a cheap option to push Brooks down the depth chart.

I wouldn’t be shocked one bit to see him in next years bottom 6 considering this teams cap crunch.

I thought Hallander was playing a lot of wing, if he's pushing Brooks down I'm presuming he's going to be playing center instead?

 

[Burnie97]

who knows if there will actually be a lot of movement but with a flat cap... makes sense.

 

[Cor]

who knows if there will actually be a lot of movement but with a flat cap... makes sense.

Expansion tends to promote that sort of activity. Add in the fact that there's likely some teams still having strong internal budgets in terms of real $$$, and it creates a scenario for plenty of movement.

However, I thought there would be more trade activity leading up to the expansion roster freeze, and we've only gotten Ryan Graves & Nick Leddy trades to bottom feeders lol.

So I dunno, we'll see how many trades Seattle has lined up, soon enough.

 

[Jozay]

Fox and Makar could probably get 10+ tbh, but I think they both end up in the 9's.

 

[New Liskeard]

who knows if there will actually be a lot of movement but with a flat cap... makes sense.

That and the upcoming Expansion Draft. The thing is, whoever acquires a player, would have to have assurances that the player would not have to be exposed and or would not be picked in the ED.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Expansion tends to promote that sort of activity. Add in the fact that there's likely some teams still having strong internal budgets in terms of real $$$, and it creates a scenario for plenty of movement.

However, I thought there would be more trade activity leading up to the expansion roster freeze, and we've only gotten Ryan Graves & Nick Leddy trades to bottom feeders lol.

So I dunno, we'll see how many trades Seattle has lined up, soon enough.

There are still 4 hours until teams need to finalize their rosters, so there could still be some movement.

 

[Cor]

There are still 4 hours until teams need to finalize their rosters, so there could still be some movement.

Less than 2 hours until the signing/trade freeze (which is at 3pm est) - teams then need to submit by 5pm est

 

[ToneDog]

Stars extend Miro Heiskanen to an 8 year deal worth 8.45M AAV.

Must be nice to have a star RFA not demand to be paid the highest of their position.

Doesn't think increase Rielly's value ?? If Rielly would have taken 6.5m, it should have been signed yesterday.

 

[Buds17]

ummmm he is the 6th highest paid D in the league. As an RFA. Post pandemic.

he has a career high of 35 ish points.

I like the player but to pretend that this is some crazy discount I mean……..

Has been better in the playoffs though. Seems worth the risk that he'll play up to - if not beyond - this deal in fairly short order.