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Speculation: Which teams are going to be sellers, and who/what it is on the market right now?

Blackhawks are going to be sellers:
  • Taylor Hall
  • Connor Murphy
  • Ryan Donato
  • Alec Martinez
  • Pat Maroon
  • Craig Smith
  • Seth Jones- if he waives NTC and they eat part of his contract
I also think they will be buyers in terms of taking on contracts or being a 3rd team in trade in order to gain more picks. Its been Kyle Davidson MO for past 2 seasons.
 
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The preds need to be to go full rebuild but we have an incompetent front office so we'll probably be buyers because there is a 2.9 chance we can still make the playoffs
 
The bottom of the East is a mess, where even Buffalo is just a short win streak away from being back in the thick of the race.

The West is a little more clear, where the bottom 3 are more or less done, and ANA and SEA teetering on the cliff's edge.
 
List the best centers and D you think your team will sell? Centers and D are usually the prime targets. This will give us a good indication of the supply/demand which is huge at TDL's

Habs have Evans and Savard. Not worth talking about Dvorak. I think there is a shortage of RD's and C's and Evans will be targeted by several teams. A very good 3C to add for a contender looking for an added edge no doubt.

Habs probably are sellers but hard to say how they do in the next 1.5 months. I think they stay in the mix but management still knows the probability is low to make the playoffs and sell on some pending UFA's. Armia is another
 
The Flyers should be selling at least Laughton and Ristolainen (if I had my druthers they'd be making far more drastic changes), but this team has a way of defying expectations in the dumbest way possible, so there's a non-zero chance they go all-in trying to make the second wild card instead.
 
Dazed and Confused said:
The bottom of the East is a mess, where even Buffalo is just a short win streak away from being back in the thick of the race.

The West is a little more clear, where the bottom 3 are more or less done, and ANA and SEA teetering on the cliff's edge.
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Yeah the East is interesting. As a Columbus fan, I wonder what they're going to do. Haven't made the playoffs in a couple of years. You want to build a winning culture and give the young guys playoffs experience but at the same you have some trade assets. A few pieces that will probably get you mid to late round picks but then you have Olivier (currently trying to extend) and Provorov. I wonder if they buy(maybe non rentals), sell(get assets and feel good about the young guys in the minors to step in) , or just stay neutral (tell the team you have confidence in them. But losing at a chance at good assets).
 
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They'll be buyers, but moving Moore for an upgrade wouldn't be surprising. Could also see a physical D brought in for the 3rd pair.
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Eddy is the physical 3rd pairing Dman.. they could bring in a bigger Dman to supplant Spence but that would mean they trade him. I would rather see them target Bjugstad
 
The only real sellers at this point are the Sharks, Predators and Blackhawks. There will be more (especially in the East), but until more teams fall out of it, it will take a stupid overpay or a more "hockey trade" to make a deal.
 
East is crazy, nobody is out of it yet. Montreal looked dead, now they’re surging. Rangers had it locked up, then collapsed. Sharks, Hawks, Nashville and probably Seattle look like the only definite sellers. I’d imagine the Islanders sell as they have the best free agent asset in Nelson (I expect narrowing edging out Granlund).

Hoping Columbus keeps Provorov to drive up the price of Ceci as the top UFA RHD.

Sharks will sell, but they are said to want to retain Granlund, Ceci, and Kunin for their leadership and ability to insulate the young guys. All three would be difficult to upgrade in free agency as there aren’t many top 6 Cs or RHd available. Same goes for physical forwards who can play 3rd line.

Sturm, Koistin, and Rutta won’t cost much, but will cost very little. If anyone wants Georgiev or Vanecek as a 2/3 G, they will be available.
 
kings11 said:
Eddy is the physical 3rd pairing Dman.. they could bring in a bigger Dman to supplant Spence but that would mean they trade him. I would rather see them target Bjugstad
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Just asking but don't the defense issues generally get resolved once Doughty returns and everyone slots into their proper roles?
 
Ducks will probably move Dumoulin and Fabbri, sounds like Gibson is available but not cheap. That said, Ducks will not pass up an opportunity to add another offensive forward. Carlsson has had a revolving door of 3rd and 4th liners on his wings.
 
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I hope the NYR's are sellers at the TDL this year.

On the market?

Mika
Kreider
Lindgren
Miller
Chytil
Smith

And if Panarin is not comfortable with the direction, I'd add him to the list and retain 50%. That would get a massive haul. Still going to be a 90+ point player at 5.5, many teams would be interested.
 
matt trick said:
East is crazy, nobody is out of it yet. Montreal looked dead, now they’re surging. Rangers had it locked up, then collapsed. Sharks, Hawks, Nashville and probably Seattle look like the only definite sellers. I’d imagine the Islanders sell as they have the best free agent asset in Nelson (I expect narrowing edging out Granlund).

Hoping Columbus keeps Provorov to drive up the price of Ceci as the top UFA RHD.

Sharks will sell, but they are said to want to retain Granlund, Ceci, and Kunin for their leadership and ability to insulate the young guys. All three would be difficult to upgrade in free agency as there aren’t many top 6 Cs or RHd available. Same goes for physical forwards who can play 3rd line.

Sturm, Koistin, and Rutta won’t cost much, but will cost very little. If anyone wants Georgiev or Vanecek as a 2/3 G, they will be available.
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I really hope Mike Grier finds a way to trade Ceci for any late-round pick. Someone from the Kunin/Sturm pair will definitely be exchanged. I would like to keep Granlund if he requests a reasonable contract of 6.5 -7.0 million × 2 years. More time is unwise
 
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Lou is such a principled, secretive, hardhead that he would actually let players like Nelson/Palmieri walk for nothing this summer than trade them (to actually, you know, help the franchise), because he only GM's one way - With a foot on the pedal at all times.

Barry Trotz was the best/worst thing that happened to the Isles in the past 20 years. He got an ok roster to the semifinals, so too many fans still think this team can get back with a few tweaks, when it really needs an overhaul.

Trotz was a special coach, and now that he's gone this aging/less talented roster is being exposed for what it is. And when you have a GM still going all in with a roster that isn't talented enough and aging, you are about to go into NHL purgatory for 5-10 years.
 
Montreal will be sellers.

Dvorak, Armia, Evans, Pezzetta, and Savard are all UFAs. Montreal only has one remaining retention slot.

If Montreal and Evans can't come to a deal, with the season he's having and his current cap hit he'll garner a lot of interest for teams looking to add a solid center. Savard and Armia would be good defensive/pk depth for anyone, with Armia capable of chipping in some offense and moving around the lineup. I don't expect any takers for Dvorak.
 
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