Confirmed Trade: [UTA/TBL] Mikhail Sergachev for Conor Geekie, J.J. Moser, 2025 2nd, 2024 7th

[Remparts666]

Great

Nobody thought Serg was an anchor after his 22-23 season. He’s capable of leading the line for a defense when he’s at his best and is paid commensurately. He will absolutely be a difference maker on that Utah blueline and I like him embracing the chance to be “the guy”

Great player . Not an anchor ️ but his contract is heavy , not horrible but he takes a lot of cap space . TB simply wants to allocate their resources Elsewhere. Hence TB gets a very good return and cap space . Az gets a solid player with lots of money attached to him

 

[King 88]

Amazing deal for Utah

 

[ViD]

He's literally a powerplay merchant. Guy is atrocious defensively, routinely out of position. Has a great shot, great skater, not a bad passer but literally was the beneficiary of taking the PP QB spot on the powerplay with Kucherov.

So, basically Morgan Rielly?

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Wow I'm shocked Utah gave up that package and taking on the whole salary

It's a deadly acquisition by Utah yes, but I woulda assumed they coulda gotten him cheaper

 

[aylib]

Glad he is gone; don’t know much about the return

 

[BLNY]

They are two dinosaurs who will significantly regress soon, I don’t know who’s going to play defense in Tampa soon. I guess Moser will


Their two best d men are 33 and 35. The will significantly drop in their defensive game

Cap crunch. Serg's NMC kicks in next year. They get a good return of youth and assets. They're trending towards a retool. I'm not convinced Serg will look as good outside of Tampa as he did with them. Time will tell.

 

[BKarchitect]

Moser is a solid citizen #4 type and will be a nice fill-in/depth piece but there is definitely a bit of:

“I’m a hockey hipster, you don’t know Moser, I do and he’s awesome!!!” vibe going on here.

He’s a smart player with physical limitations and no real irreplaceable quality.

Still a good solid player and part of a good return. But we are looking real hard here to disqualify Sergachev while lifting Moser into something he’s not.

 

[ViD]

Cap crunch. Serg's NMC kicks in next year. They get a good return of youth and assets. They're trending towards a retool. I'm not convinced Serg will look as good outside of Tampa as he did with them. Time will tell.

Yeah, I understand the reasoning. I think it’s a good new challenge for Serg to finally be a 1D for a team, he’s won his rings, now time to prove himself elsewhere

 

[kp61c]

tampa is trying to fix their mistakes, i see. too late for them.

 

[reino]

what if tampa goes after guentzel instead of stamkos

Tampa's PP is set in stone so I doubt Guentzel will sign there

 

[PensandCaps]

Moser is very underrated. Good deal by Tampa. Serg is expensive, and with Hedman sttill around, he still wont be the #1 offensive guy, and he hasn't lived up to that deal, atleast defensively the past two seasons.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

This was unexpected since JBB said he was one of the untouchables? Not sure how I feel about this one.

Kuch and Vasy are probably not happy

 

[dirtydanglez]

utah defense looking a lot better

 

[abj]

Marino in the transition carousel in Utah is a good transition.

 

[Picklepete]

Why wouldn't you just keep Serg and have him for many prime years instead of a declining vet?

8.5 million reasons !

 

[abj]

Kuch and Vasy are probably not happy

These are lucky with won two cup titles.

 

[AD1066]

I don't get it. Hedman turns 34 this season. Not much offensive talent on the blue line beyond that.

 

[abj]

Sergachev and Marino are two clear in troupe.

 

[jfhabs]

Cap crunch. Serg's NMC kicks in next year. They get a good return of youth and assets. They're trending towards a retool. I'm not convinced Serg will look as good outside of Tampa as he did with them. Time will tell.

Yeah good defender but I thought he was overrated/overpaid after his season in which he stacked up a ton of PP points

 

[ViD]

I don't get it. Hedman turns 34 this season. Not much offensive talent on the blue line beyond that.

Sacrificing him to sign Stamkos ?

 

[BKarchitect]

Honestly Moser is not the prize here, Geekie is and while gaining financial flexibility - this is a big pickup for Tampa. They were never going to get a big, blue-chip center prospect like this any other way. I know views on Geekie are a bit mixed but he’s the best prospect Tampa has had in their pool in some time and I think he will see some NHL games this year. He might be the most pedigreed prospect they’ve had in their pool since Drouin, TBH.

He becomes a big, big deal because he could represent a lynchpin between the current core and whatever the future is.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

They are two dinosaurs who will significantly regress soon, I don’t know who’s going to play defense in Tampa soon. I guess Moser will


Their two best d men are 33 and 35. The will significantly drop in their defensive game

We’re all in on the next 2-3 years and we’ll rebuild. The younger core wasn’t good enough to transition to a new era. McDonagh is more suitable in the short term for the 2nd pairing. We needed the cap space to keep Stamkos (fingers crossed).

 

[Albz]

It's just awesome seeing coyotes actually trying to put a team together lol not just rebuilding and trading for picks

 

[AvroArrow]

So, basically Morgan Rielly?

Worse, if he isn't getting babysat, he's getting shredded defensively. As a divisional rival I hate that Tampa got better, I get it from Utah's perspective. New team, new city, they wanna bring fans in, they bring in a guy who contributed to 2 Stanley Cups.

 

[Holden Caufield]

Great trade by Tampa.
Sergachev is over rated and Moser is under rated.
Saves them room against the cap.
Geekie is a hell of a prospect.