Post-Game Talk: Free Agency 2023 "OH NO FOMO season"

[NSH615]

Looks like Ryan O'Reilly as well now.

 

[Gh24]

Friedmann reporting ROR to NSH

 

[AintLifeGrand]

Livingstone was pretty awful last season in a small sample size. I'd give him big minutes in the AHL if it was up to me.

what???

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Livingstone was pretty awful last season in a small sample size. I'd give him big minutes in the AHL if it was up to me.

I thought he was pretty good, not awful. But either way, I do agree I'd rather give him big minutes in the AHL - if he can even earn that, we do have a lot of experienced D in Milwaukee also.

Friedmann reporting ROR to NSH

ROR, Schenn, and a winger (maybe it's Fischer), then our day is basically done early! I can go cut the grass (ugh).

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

So...this is already going a....direction. Interesting...

 

[TK]

what???

Which part are you struggling with? I can post some videos of him getting walked, or his team worst (by far) advanced stats. He made some nice plays too, which I'm sure most people focused on with him being new and young. But he was understandably pretty rough coming straight from college and being thrown to the wolves.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Looks like Ryan O'Reilly as well now.

Oh shit, that's crazy money and term for a guy who seemed to be kind of on the verge of being cooked last year!

 

[PredsV82]

Looks like Ryan O'Reilly as well now.

Ok that's pretty solid. Newsflash... This is NOT a rebuild, folks.

 

[101st_fan]

4 x 4.5 for ROR is the latest rumor tweet ... awaiting official word.

 

[Kat Predator]

Oh shit, that's crazy money and term for a guy who seemed to be kind of on the verge of being cooked last year!

He looked like toast to me. But he's definitely a no-nonsense leader.

 

[101st_fan]

Ok that's pretty solid. Newsflash... This is NOT a rebuild, folks.

It's a rebuild ... just not through the draft. It's a try to do it right now in the FA market with a couple of older guys.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Ok that's pretty solid. Newsflash... This is NOT a rebuild, folks.

I mean, I never thought it was going to be a rebuild. But the term on these deals for 32- and 34-year old players is what really surprises me.

 

[AintLifeGrand]

so i guess we are rebuilding the 2009-2011 preds

Forsberg-ROR-Evangelista ???

 

[PredsV82]

I'm thinking you plug a couple of vets like these in with a bunch of hungry kids and it may rejuvenate them, at least for a year or two.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Stupid TSN broadcast is so freaking one sided it may as well be called "How does this signing impact the leafs"?

 

[PredsV82]

I mean, I never thought it was going to be a rebuild. But the term on these deals for 32- and 34-year old players is what really surprises me.

Only way to get them to sign on day 1. I'm not excited about the players per se but I'm pleased that Trotz isn't just going full tank.

If he was going for the bottom he'd have waited and signed a couple of scrubs to 1 year deals

It may backfire and land us right back in the "mushy middle" but we will have to see

 

[Kat Predator]

I'm thinking you plug a couple of vets like these in with a bunch of hungry kids and it may rejuvenate them, at least for a year or two.

Well, it puts guys that have gone all the way and know what it takes on the roster. That helps not just the kids, but guys like Forsberg and Josi as well.

 

[AnalogKid]

Fascinating so far.....now we gotta wait to see if our new to us toys can still work. That's the problem with buying stuff at a yard sale

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I'm thinking you plug a couple of vets like these in with a bunch of hungry kids and it may rejuvenate them, at least for a year or two.

I mean, we have to hope so anyway.

 

[Osprey]

Oh sh*t, that's crazy money and term for a guy who seemed to be kind of on the verge of being cooked last year!

I'm just looking at stats, but it seems like that was the case in St. Louis, but then he bounced back really well after being traded to Toronto:

Regular: 13GP 4G 7A 11PTS
Playoffs: 11GP 3G 6A 9PTS

That's a great bounce back, so maybe the majority of the season with the Blues was an anomaly that can be chalked up to lots of issues with the team, itself.

 

[NSH615]

Well, it puts guys that have gone all the way and know what it takes on the roster. That helps not just the kids, but guys like Forsberg and Josi as well.

This puts what 3 guys on the team now who have won it all?

 

[Top 6 Spaling]

Re-activated my account just to voice how befuddled I am. None of this makes sense. I don't mind bringing in guys like that, but giving them term til they are 36 goes directly against the talk of the "three year window". Would much rather see Fischer, Geekie, Patrick, etc to throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks while getting a better pick.

If it's a re-tool, the Duchene and Johansen moves are bizarre.

 

[Osprey]

I mean, I never thought it was going to be a rebuild. But the term on these deals for 32- and 34-year old players is what really surprises me.

No kidding. I just spent several days theorizing that Trotz unloaded 32-year-old Duchene to make room for kids, and then he goes and spends that cap space on another 32-year-old and a 34-year-old. I guess that I was wrong, and the character of those two guys does support the idea that Duchene may've just not had the kind of veteran leadership that Trotz wanted.

 

[Kat Predator]

This puts what 3 guys on the team now who have won it all?

Think that's correct with McD.

 

[hockey diva]

Not a fan of the years at all. Not sure what these guys really bring other than a Cup win on their resume.