Rumor: 2024 Trade Rumors and Free Agency Thread: Post Deadline

[Balthazar]

It's still not a huge concern IMO. Just something teams will have to prepare for, and it also means more NCAA free agents, so there's that.

Not a huge concern until you lose Adam Fox

Rags are salivating though

Man...Fox, Gaudreau and Tkachuk. 3 US stars that f***ed them over in a short span. Flames got it rough in the last few years.

 

[henchman21]

Americans wildly underpay their teachers. Unless you don’t have the fifth year (uncommon), teachers here make ~100k CAD by year 8-10 (and through the rest of their career). My mom makes more on her pension (having retired before the biggest increases too) than a lot of American teachers do working, it’s crazy

That’s like 18 freedom dollars.

 

[GeoRox89]

That’s like 18 freedom dollars.

It is ever so slightly more (like 3k) than the 70k USD for Clark that someone brought up earlier. Of course you’ll never buy a house on it unless you want to live in the prairies or have a gift from the bank of mom and dad

 

[Pokecheque]

Not a huge concern until you lose Adam Fox

Rags are salivating though

Man...Fox, Gaudreau and Tkachuk. 3 US stars that f***ed them over in a short span. Flames got it rough in the last few years.

Yeah for every Fox a team loses there's like 10 players who have marginal to no impact; Matt Gilroy, Jimmy Vesey, Will Butcher, Dominic Toninato, etc.

So long as the team drafting him knows beforehand he ain't signing I don't see an issue there. Carolina eventually figured out Jack Johnson wasn't going to sign so they dealt him and got a decent, if not flashy return. And that was a third overall pick, right?

 

[AslanRH]

It helps that college has become a better route for development than it was even a decade ago.
I don't mind the risk if the Avs were to draft college bound kids at all.
But then again, the Avs drafting in general feels like a risk I've become numb to as far as excitement level goes.

 

[henchman21]

It helps that college has become a better route for development than it was even a decade ago.
I don't mind the risk if the Avs were to draft college bound kids at all.
But then again, the Avs drafting in general feels like a risk I've become numb to as far as excitement level goes.

Without a doubt, the USHL to College route is the best development path now. The drop in quality in the CHL and the playing time/quality in Europe just makes the college route way better. Unless we are talking Bedard/McDavid working to break in at a high level at 18 or getting a $1m contract at 17 in the KHL or Swiss league... that path should be the priority.

I should clickbait this with "Canadians hate this..."

 

[Chiarelli]

Without a doubt, the USHL to College route is the best development path now. The drop in quality in the CHL and the playing time/quality in Europe just makes the college route way better. Unless we are talking Bedard/McDavid working to break in at a high level at 18 or getting a $1m contract at 17 in the KHL or Swiss league... that path should be the priority.

I should clickbait this with "Canadians hate this..."

nah the CHL has really dropped off in quality. One of the best Canadians recently drafted was out of the AJHL. The politics has taken a really nasty hold on the sport here. Then throw in all the weird hazing and rape it's clear Canada needs to revamp it's program big time

 

[henchman21]

nah the CHL has really dropped off in quality. One of the best Canadians recently drafted was out of the AJHL. The politics has taken a really nasty hold on the sport here. Then throw in all the weird hazing and rape it's clear Canada needs to revamp it's program big time

That's partially (mostly?) because he was 5'3" when he was eligible to be drafted into the Dub.

 

[Chiarelli]

That's partially (mostly?) because he was 5'3" when he was eligible to be drafted into the Dub.

I just didn't expect you to go back on your NCAA > CHL so quickly

 

[BobRossColton]

We should be intrigued by what happens to marner if he's traded, or kept.

 

[MacKaRant]

We should be intrigued by what happens to marner if he's traded, or kept.

In general, yes, we should be interested about what one of the gods who walk (skate?) among us mortal men is doing

 

[lionsDen]

In general, yes, we should be interested about what one of the gods who walk (skate?) among us mortal men is doing

As cringy as it was, there is a lot of truth in what he said.

 

[John Mandalorian]

We should be intrigued by what happens to marner if he's traded, or kept.

They should trade him to Anaheim for the talented mystery box that is Gibson. That would clear 4 million in cap space.

Hard to imagine the LA area wouldn’t be appealing. Anaheim can swap out the 3 or 4 years Gibson has remaining to test drive Marner for a year to see if he can help their young centers.

 

[Hasbro]

nah the CHL has really dropped off in quality. One of the best Canadians recently drafted was out of the AJHL. The politics has taken a really nasty hold on the sport here. Then throw in all the weird hazing and rape it's clear Canada needs to revamp it's program big time

Wrongheaded ban on Russian and Belorussian imports.

 

[Pokecheque]

As cringy as it was, there is a lot of truth in what he said.

Still not a great quote given the circumstances. He needs to read the room, especially after that God put up three points in seven postseason games.

 

[lionsDen]

Still not a great quote given the circumstances. He needs to read the room, especially after that God put up three points in seven postseason games.

that’s one of the reasons I won’t buy a jersey with another dudes name on it.

 

[Bender]

As cringy as it was, there is a lot of truth in what he said.

I don't think Bitch Marner is the god he thinks he is.

 

[Pokecheque]

They should trade him to Anaheim for the talented mystery box that is Gibson. That would clear 4 million in cap space.

I would consider a Marner trade to Anaheim, but it ain't Gibson I'd be going for.

 

[lionsDen]

I don't think Bitch Marner is the god he thinks he is.

Do gods cry about mean coaches?

 

[Chiarelli]

I'd totally steal God's car

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

I don't think Bitch Marner is the god he thinks he is.

Hey, there’s gods for all sorts of things. Maybe he’s the god of disappointment

 

[Pokecheque]

Hey, there’s gods for all sorts of things. Maybe he’s the god of disappointment

He’s the God of Having Your Dad Whine To The Media When Contract Negotiations Are Going Badly

 

[Frenchy]

He’s the God of Having Your Dad Whine To The Media When Contract Negotiations Are Going Badly

Yeah been there done that . I hope Marner will never play for the Avs.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Yeah been there done that . I hope Marner will never play for the Avs.

Marner crumbled with Nylander telling him to suck it up, he'd fly to another country, take up a new identity, and work as a humble item stocker at a supermarket if MacKinnon screamed at him.

 

[missionAvs]

Marner crumbled with Nylander telling him to suck it up, he'd fly to another country, take up a new identity, and work as a humble item stocker at a supermarket if MacKinnon screamed at him.

I genuinely think that MacK would kick the shit out of him and potentially even throw Garland's helmet at him as well.