GDT: Qualifying Offers, Buyout Window, & July 1st Free Agency Discussion Thread

[WatchfulElm]

It will be interesting if Mailloux and or Reinbacher outplay Barron and Kovacevic (and maybe even Savard). But we can cross that bridge when we come to it...

Marinaro and Grant McCagg, who took in the practice sessions see Mailloux as possibly ready, but Reinbacher as needing to get stronger physically.

Mailloux might be phisically ready, it doesn't mean he will be better offensively and defensively on year one than established veterans. We saw last year what having too many rookies on D in the line-up does, no matter how promising they are. Mailloux can benefit from a year in the AHL to get used to the professional game and team system. Zero reason to rush him.

 

[sampollock]

Haven’t we already reached our mediocre depth winger quota lol

yup, too many project guys already

 

[26Mats]

Mailloux might be phisically ready, it doesn't mean he will be better offensively and defensively on year one than established veterans. We saw last year what having too many rookies on D in the line-up does, no matter how promising they are. Mailloux can benefit from a year in the AHL to get used to the professional game and team system. Zero reason to rush him.

Yes, he seems like the type that will need polish in the A.

 

[sampollock]

Great news since this is arguably the worst free agent class I've ever seen.

Free agency used to be a big to be a big deal when legitimate impact players used to go to the open market.

Now it's mostly washed up players and has-beens or never-was'es.

I think you're winning if you're deemed a loser in free agency these days.

TV Networks are going to have to start reconsidering their all day free agency coverage moving forward.

They just spent an entire weekend teasing the pending signing of Max Domi & Tyler Bertuzzi.

well it is the figs you know. wet on figs

 

[CHfan1]

Richard says he negotiated with the Canadiens during the year. And he could have stayed. But with the amount of young players coming in, he felt he had a better chance at playing in the NHL with the Bruins.

Some posters (not yourself) seem to forget that free agents, especially unrestricted ones, are free to sign with any team of their choosing. It takes both sides to agree to sign a contract.

The same thing happened with Danault, where fans thought the Habs should have just kept him. He even said himself, after he signed with L.A., he was ready to move on to a different team, a different organization for the second half of his career.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[morhilane]

Give a player an AAV that can be buried in the AHL, give the same player a NMC too...because why not!

 

[JoelWarlord]

He knows what he's doing. He's surrounding his youngsters with leadership vets, just like how he did in Tampa. Those vets will be off the books when Detroit is ready to compete.

Or he just got sick of losing and is trying to backfill all their missing depth positions with mid-tier free agents to try and get into the playoffs. It's technically correct that Holl, Chiarot, Copp, etc. will be gone by the time Detroit can compete, but IMO only because they're still at least 3-5+ years away from being actually competitive, not because there's a cohesive 3-5 year plan in place. They have some interesting prospects but they're all 18/19 so it's difficult to plan out a succession plan with guys that young.

Who are all these leaders even there to mentor? Seider and Raymond are the only important young guys on their roster unless you're very bullish on Berggren, otherwise their roster is filled out with middle tier vets on big contracts, and mid-late 20s guys like Sprong, Kubalik, Fabbri, Kostin, etc. who don't really have a ton of growth potential left. They're "young" ish but are those guys really players that you think will be better in their early 30s after 3-4 years of mentorship from Copp and Compher? Seider isn't even playing with all those vet dmen, he plays with Walman who's just a Kulak type with under 150 NHL games.