Speculation: Winners and Losers now that the dust has settled

[Jumptheshark]

Lots of dominoes fell on Wednesday

What teams won the day and which teams lost?

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[GrkFlyersFan]

The Flyers lost. Totally and completely.

 

[Silky Johnson]

Sens are winners.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Avs gotta feel like winners right now. Just won the cup and now they've almost brought every important guy from that cup run back to run it all again next year. The only question is goaltending but Kuemper didn't exactly set a high standard for Georgiev or Francouz to match in the playoffs.


Just waiting on Kadri but the longer this goes the more confident I get in the rumors Kadri really, really does want to come back to Denver and they'll figure something out to bring him back.

 

[kthx]

Sens and Columbus did well IMO.
I really like what Detroit did aswell.
Avs did what they needed to, Sakic paid a bit extra (500k-1mil) per contract but nobody cares really.

Disappointed in Bruins, basically did nothing again.

 

[Kcb12345]

Avs gotta feel like winners right now. Just won the cup and now they've almost brought every important guy from that cup run back to run it all again next year. The only question is goaltending but Kuemper didn't exactly set a high standard for Georgiev or Francouz to match in the playoffs.


Just waiting on Kadri but the longer this goes the more confident I get in the rumors Kadri really, really does want to come back to Denver and they'll figure something out to bring him back.

I genuinely wonder who the teams are that are after Kadri. Doesn't seem like there's many that could really afford him right now/that make sense. Anaheim I guess but they also got Strome, Seattle possibly, not sure who else. Detroit, NY, New Jersey, etc. All have their #1 and #2 center spots filled now.

Edit: oops forgot Calgary...perhaps he goes there

I could see him signing like a 5x$6.5m deal to stay in Colorado

 

[BobClarkesfrontteeth]

Winners= a whole pile of Teams signing journeymen players who come with buyer's remorse around Christmas time.
Losers= Chicago seems to be hell bent on being the Biggest Loser next season and winning the grand prize so I will default to them.

 

[Canucks LB]

The Canucks improved pretty drastically, still have no idea what they’re gonna do with their defence

 

[McIce Whole]

Avs gotta feel like winners right now. Just won the cup and now they've almost brought every important guy from that cup run back to run it all again next year. The only question is goaltending but Kuemper didn't exactly set a high standard for Georgiev or Francouz to match in the playoffs.


Just waiting on Kadri but the longer this goes the more confident I get in the rumors Kadri really, really does want to come back to Denver and they'll figure something out to bring him back.

Didn’t Avs lose Bura or is he not considered a big loss? Just an outside perspective but if Kadri walks, the Avs look weaker on paper than they did when they won the cup.

Even without Kadri and Bura, they’re the best team in the west

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Oilers won because they brought back Kane but they also overpaid Campbell they lost that so they are a mix.

NYR won Big today

Ottawa is a big winner not just today but the off season in general, although I do think think trading Brown for a 2nd is a good move but they are significantly better with the additions of Debrincat, Grioux and Talbot.

Calgary lost BIG today

so did Vancouver that is a terrible contract for Mikyehev.

NYI lost today they have not been able to add the goal scoring they need so far.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Oilers won because they brought back Kane but they also overpaid Campbell they lost that so they are a mix.

NYR won Big today

Ottawa is a big winner not just today but the off season in general, although I do think think trading Brown for a 2nd is a good move but they are significantly better with the additions of Debrincat, Grioux and Talbot.

Calgary lost BIG today

so did Vancouver that is a terrible contract for Mikyehev.

NYI lost today they have not been able to add the goal scoring they need so far.

Campbell is an upgrade over both Kosk and Smith--only other options would have had the oilers giving assets to get a goalie

 

[Visnovsky]

I think Carolina did pretty well

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Habs are winners, haven't done anything to hurt the tank and didn't give assets away for free

 

[kilowatt]

The Kings won today by mostly staying out of it. They made their big move for Fiala last week, brought back Edler and Lemieux, and have a couple RFA’s to sign. I think we still see a deal for a bit of cap room, but I’m glad we mostly weren’t players today.

 

[BB88]

Avs gotta feel like winners right now. Just won the cup and now they've almost brought every important guy from that cup run back to run it all again next year. The only question is goaltending but Kuemper didn't exactly set a high standard for Georgiev or Francouz to match in the playoffs.


Just waiting on Kadri but the longer this goes the more confident I get in the rumors Kadri really, really does want to come back to Denver and they'll figure something out to bring him back.

If they lost Kadri, Bura and Kuemper how are you saying that?


Their goaltending wasn’t great last year but now it looks pathetic for a Cup defending team.


Ottawa is a big time winner, just a monster offseason so far.
Columbus ends up as another wild card winner to this date

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Oilers won because they brought back Kane but they also overpaid Campbell they lost that so they are a mix.

NYR won Big today

Ottawa is a big winner not just today but the off season in general, although I do think think trading Brown for a 2nd is a good move but they are significantly better with the additions of Debrincat, Grioux and Talbot.

Calgary lost BIG today

so did Vancouver that is a terrible contract for Mikyehev.

NYI lost today they have not been able to add the goal scoring they need so far.

Campbell wasn't overpaid, he got the same as Ullmark did and is a better goalie

Agreed Rangers won, that Trocheck contract will be nice

Dorion is currently frontrunner for GM of the year by a landslide. Ottawa would have to completely faceplant at this point

Calgary didn't loose today, they lost when Johnny announced he would not return. Today they didn't make any panic moves. If Johnny re-signed they would have had to pay assets to move Lucic. By not overreacting today that is not currently an issue. Nobody on the market comes remotely close to replacing Johnny too anyways. I think the correct thing to say is that they did not "win" today.

Mikheyev deal isn't nearly as bad as you are making it out to be. For a team with the worst PK in like 20 years adding an effective PKer to the middle 6 was a very good add. He does need to work on his finishing ability but I think it is overblown by 1 bad season. He still had 21 goals this year in 53 games with a pretty average S%.
Agreed on NYI, really not sure how they address that scoring issue

 

[TheRumble]

I genuinely wonder who the teams are that are after Kadri. Doesn't seem like there's many that could really afford him right now/that make sense. Anaheim I guess but they also got Strome, Seattle possibly, not sure who else. Detroit, NY, New Jersey, etc. All have their #1 and #2 center spots filled now.

Edit: oops forgot Calgary...perhaps he goes there

I could see him signing like a 5x$6.5m deal to stay in Colorado

Any veteran team that is looking to win a Cup before the wheels fall off should be after him - without knowing their cap situations off the top of my head:

Washington, Boston, Pittsburgh if they lost Malkin, Dallas.

If Calgary wants another kick at the can, they could justify a Kadri signing too but I can understand them wanting to rebuild.

 

[LeapOnOver]

Isles get their annual (DNP - Did not play)

 

[ViD]

Columbus went from the losers of the day to one of the winners of the sat in a span of hours

 

[PuckG]

Winners:

Ottawa - seemed to make significant steps to go from stocking the pipeline to being a team that could make the playoffs

Edmonton - filled three keys positional needs (two returning players), 2 on excellent contracts with Kane and Kulak. Campbell is also an improvement on Koskinen/Smith and the value of the contract is way to early to gauge.

Losers:

Calgary - losing Gaudreau for nothing is brutal, but not through any fault of their own. Depending on where that 9-10 mil is allocated and the Tkachuk outcome, could kickstart a rebuild.

Honestly, it's cool to see another Canadian team in Ottawa with no major rivalry against my own make a big step in becoming a playoff team. Also bittersweet to see Calgary potentially not be competitive atop the Pacific with the Oilers (assuming they keep losing to us). As a sports fan in general, those ups and downs - games/rivalries are a dream.

 

[J T Money]

Tampa are losers for a few reasons…but signing Namestnikov to 2.5mil is rough.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Campbell wasn't overpaid, he got the same as Ullmark did and is a better goalie

Agreed Rangers won, that Trocheck contract will be nice

Dorion is currently frontrunner for GM of the year by a landslide. Ottawa would have to completely faceplant at this point

Calgary didn't loose today, they lost when Johnny announced he would not return. Today they didn't make any panic moves. If Johnny re-signed they would have had to pay assets to move Lucic. By not overreacting today that is not currently an issue. Nobody on the market comes remotely close to replacing Johnny too anyways. I think the correct thing to say is that they did not "win" today.

Mikheyev deal isn't nearly as bad as you are making it out to be. For a team with the worst PK in like 20 years adding an effective PKer to the middle 6 was a very good add. He does need to work on his finishing ability but I think it is overblown by 1 bad season. He still had 21 goals this year in 53 games with a pretty average S%.
Agreed on NYI, really not sure how they address that scoring issue

He never came anywhere close to 21 goals prior to last season and that just happened to be a contract year, it might be true they needed a PK guy You don't need to spend nearly 5 million a year to achieve that.

 

[Shade]

Gotta be the Canes Patches and Burns for essentially nothing

 

[TommyDangles]

Campbell wasn't overpaid, he got the same as Ullmark did and is a better goalie

Agreed Rangers won, that Trocheck contract will be nice

Dorion is currently frontrunner for GM of the year by a landslide. Ottawa would have to completely faceplant at this point

Calgary didn't loose today, they lost when Johnny announced he would not return. Today they didn't make any panic moves. If Johnny re-signed they would have had to pay assets to move Lucic. By not overreacting today that is not currently an issue. Nobody on the market comes remotely close to replacing Johnny too anyways. I think the correct thing to say is that they did not "win" today.

Mikheyev deal isn't nearly as bad as you are making it out to be. For a team with the worst PK in like 20 years adding an effective PKer to the middle 6 was a very good add. He does need to work on his finishing ability but I think it is overblown by 1 bad season. He still had 21 goals this year in 53 games with a pretty average S%.
Agreed on NYI, really not sure how they address that scoring issue

"Agreed Rangers won, that Trocheck contract will be nice"

7 years for a 29 year old in FA never works out. That contract is not nice lmao.

 

[Ana Crusis]

Vegas!