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

[SnS]

Flyers should sell some parts.

 

[Soundgarden]

Nyquist and Sissons are probably on the block from Nashville. Can't see them getting rid of too many guys though.

 

[matt trick]

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

I think it’ll take 3 years minimum to retain Granny; it gets tricky, but not impossible at 4. Our only players that will definitely be on the team in three years are Eklund, Zetterlund, Tofolli (as a soon to be UFA that year) and the three current rooks. Muk will likely also be on a bridge. Maybe Walman is extended for big money as well?

In 3 years, Granlund is almost certainly still one of our six best forwards, if we had four better (than alone 6), I’d be thrilled. Perhaps we sign a guy like Tuch, Ehlers, or Connor this season or next, and draft one of Hagens/Miss/McKenna, and all four youngins are better?

We’ll have the cap, as Dickinson, 2025 1st, 2026 1st (and surely one 1-2 other rookies) will all be on ELCs. Potential cap investments:

Celebrini $12M
Eklund, Walman, Granny, Smith $7M each
Tofolli, Askarov $6M each
4 Middle of the road guys $4M
4 rookies $1M each

$72M for 15 players, 8 guys for $3m average to get to $96M on the assumed $100M cap.

$14.5M off the cap the following year will be open with end of Tofolli, Granlund, and Hertl’s retention.

 

[Bgav]

Pasta - Marchand Rift?

 

[Glorydays22]

Isles (If Lou doesn't get in the way)

C-Brock Nelson
C/RW- Kyle Palmieri
C-Casey Cizikas
C-JG Pageau
LW-Anders Lee
LW-Pierre Engvall - Please
RD-Scott Mayfield
LD-Adam Pelech
G-Semyon Varlamov

 

[miscs75]

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.

You have a better chance of getting coupons for a bodega than actually seeing Lou sell.

 

[periferal]

Isles (If Lou doesn't get in the way)

C-Brock Nelson
C/RW- Kyle Palmieri
C-Casey Cizikas
C-JG Pageau
LW-Anders Lee
LW-Pierre Engvall - Please
RD-Scott Mayfield
LD-Adam Pelech
G-Semyon Varlamov

So then:

 

[Glorydays22]

So then:

So we wait....LOL

 

[periferal]

So we wait....LOL

Actually based on your comment, I was listing the players that would be on the market (since Lou will "get in the way").

 

[Detroit Knights]

Kings,
Moore & Spence!

Burroughs needs to go somewhere else. Far away. Future considerations is fine.

FINE DON'T TWIST OUR ARMS

We will give you copp or compher and tarasenko and a 1st for kempe.

Geeze!

 

[periferal]

Pasta - Marchand Rift?

Please watch and listen....

 

[FSL KINGS]

FINE DON'T TWIST OUR ARMS

We will give you copp or compher and tarasenko and a 1st for kempe.

Geeze!

As long as you take Burroughs. Our coach won't stop playing him 5 minutes a game. It's horrific.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

the Preds should sell, they have a lot of players that other teams would love to have.

ROR
Scissons
Forsberg
Nyquist
Josi

 

[malcb33]

Blackhawks are going to be sellers:

• Seth Jones- if he waives NTC and they eat part of his contract

I understand the "IF" here, but out of curiosity how much would the Hawks be willing to retain and what would the asking price be?

 

[Bgav]

Please watch and listen....

Was before this came out bud. They did a good job squashing a fake rumor

 

[Soundgarden]

the Preds should sell, they have a lot of players that other teams would love to have.

ROR
Scissons
Forsberg
Nyquist
Josi

We're not moving Forsberg or Josi.

 

[Forlan]

I think it’ll take 3 years minimum to retain Granny; it gets tricky, but not impossible at 4. Our only players that will definitely be on the team in three years are Eklund, Zetterlund, Tofolli (as a soon to be UFA that year) and the three current rooks. Muk will likely also be on a bridge. Maybe Walman is extended for big money as well?

In 3 years, Granlund is almost certainly still one of our six best forwards, if we had four better (than alone 6), I’d be thrilled. Perhaps we sign a guy like Tuch, Ehlers, or Connor this season or next, and draft one of Hagens/Miss/McKenna, and all four youngins are better?

We’ll have the cap, as Dickinson, 2025 1st, 2026 1st (and surely one 1-2 other rookies) will all be on ELCs. Potential cap investments:

Celebrini $12M
Eklund, Walman, Granny, Smith $7M each
Tofolli, Askarov $6M each
4 Middle of the road guys $4M
4 rookies $1M each

$72M for 15 players, 8 guys for $3m average to get to $96M on the assumed $100M cap.

$14.5M off the cap the following year will be open with end of Tofolli, Granlund, and Hertl’s retention.

I wouldn't have predicted that far) We definitely need a good signing on the free agent market. I would really like Rantanen, to have a link with Celebrini. But these are just fantasies. Greer is more likely to target Bennett or Ekblad.

 

[HuGort]

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.

Alec Martinez to Detroit be a good fit.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

We're not moving Forsberg or Josi.

Or even O'Reilly. People probably need to re-calibrate their ideas that being a basement team automatically means "selling" because I suspect Barry Trotz isn't going to follow any such precedents. It actually would surprise me less if he "bought" some trade deadline veteran than if he traded just about anybody after Nyquist.

So yes, Nyquist probably has to be available. Although it also wouldn't completely shock me to see the Preds announce a 2-year extension even to him or something like that.

There are lots of players us fans would like to see made available in addition to Nyquist. (Sissons, Lauzon, Schenn, even O'Reilly or Saros in the right scenarios)... but I don't expect Trotz to trade any of them. Certainly he's not going to trade any of the big contract guys with NMCs.

The other guy I guess I could see moving is Thomas Novak, since the team is basically throwing him on the reject pile that Fabbro, Parssinen, and Tomasino landed on. He's a pretty good player, but I'm not sure he fits a playoff stereotype very well or that many teams will want to touch his contract, so that's probably the only thing keeping him from moving.