Confirmed Signing with Link: 2023 Free Agency Thread

[Petes2424]

Absolutely perplexed by the Canucks not qualifying Bear. He was their second best defenseman last year, and he’s not expensive.

Really hope the Wings take a flyer on him.

He has a flare to his game but he really isn’t, to be nice, the brightest dman on the planet. He came in and played above most people’s expectations. I was surprised how well he played initially but he really did revert back to the same old story. I think people like him as a person and generally cheer and support him, so we look the other way sometimes.

Someone will give him another chance because he is talented and seems to want to get better still. You absolutely cheer for a player like him. His best chance to play a lot will be in a place like San Jose or even Philly. Maybe he goes to Arizona and like Ghost, uses the time there to resurrect himself.

 

[CraigBillington]

He has a flare to his game but he really isn’t, to be nice, the brightest dman on the planet. He came in and played above most people’s expectations. I was surprised how well he played initially but he really did revert back to the same old story. I think people like him as a person and generally cheer and support him, so we look the other way sometimes.

Someone will give him another chance because he is talented and seems to want to get better still. You absolutely cheer for a player like him. His best chance to play a lot will be in a place like San Jose or even Philly. Maybe he goes to Arizona and like Ghost, uses the time there to resurrect himself.

You have to factor in that he's going to miss probably at least 30 games with shoulder surgery. He was barely a $2m player before the injury, now that he's hurt half the year, he really isn't worth that.
I wonder if there's a handshake agreement to bring him back for less.

 

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[Acetylene]

Hmm, no QO for Gurianov. I guess that’s it for him in the NHL then.

 

[AslanRH]

Hmm, no QO for Gurianov. I guess that’s it for him in the NHL then.

his QO would have been $2.9m. I think he'll get a more reasonable 1 year <$1.5m from someone

 

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[Canuck Luck]

Absolutely perplexed by the Canucks not qualifying Bear. He was their second best defenseman last year, and he’s not expensive.

Really hope the Wings take a flyer on him.

cap space. Bear's QO is 2.2M, and is arbitration eligible. He will be out until at least December with an injury, The Canucks are hoping they can sign him for under his QO rather than risk him filing for arbitration and getting his QO or more.

 

[caley]

A little housecleaning here, the Hurricanes listed both Cavan Fitgerald and Max Lajoie as UFAs in their free agency press article. As well as confirming no QO for Puljujarvi.

2023 Canes Free Agency Overview | Carolina Hurricanes

Who is a restricted free agent? Who is an unrestricted free agent? When can the team start signing players?

www.nhl.com

 

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[caley]

All but 6 teams updated in the QO post

Calgary (no info)
Colorado (seen some info (no QOs for Malgin & Merkley)
Detroit (none)
Florida (none)
Ottawa (some info but nothing official)
Tampa Bay (none)

 

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[caley]

The two lists of available free agents are all updated.

Hope to get the recent signings updated later tonight.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Nice work as always, caley!

 

[uncleben]

Players returning to old teams

Gavin Bayreuther - Dallas
Nick Bjugstad - Arizona
Laurent Brossoit - Winnipeg
Drake Caggiula - Edmonton
Ryan Carpenter - San Jose
Connor Carrick - Seattle
Trevor Carrick - Anaheim
Alex Galchenyuk - Arizona
Troy Grosenick - Nashville
Dmitry Kulikov - Florida
Trevor Lewis - Los Angeles
Milan Lucic - Boston
Mackenzie MacEachern - St. Louis
Chase Priskie - Washington
Gage Quinney - Vegas
Troy Stecher - Arizona
Oskar Sundqvist - St. Louis
Dustin Tokarski - Buffalo
Chris Wagner - Colorado
Radim Zohorna - Pittsburgh


Seems like there was a lot this year
Am I missing anyone?