GDT: 2018 Canada Day, Free Agent Day, Extension Day, Tavares Day, Trade Day

[mcpw]

Happy July 1st! A lot of things will happen today. Here's an overview of Tavares all the Tavares stuff that could Tavares go down Tavares today to keep you all Tavares updated:

Making sure that next year's UFA class isn't too strong
Drew Doughty -- signs 8 year extension, ~$11M AAV
Logan Couture -- signs 8 year extension, $8M AAV
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- signs 8 year extension, ~$8.25M AAV
Ryan McDonagh -- signs 7 year extension, $6.75M AAV
Niklas Hjalmarsson -- signs 2 year extension, $5M AAV

John Tavares
John Tavares -- stays in the Eastern Conference

Paul Stastny
Paul Stastny, Golden Knight. 3 years, $6.5M AAV.



On the trade block?
Erik Karlsson
Max Pacioretty
Artemi Panarin
Ryan O'Reilly
Justin Faulk
Jeff Skinner
Bobby Ryan
Artem Anisimov
Milan Lucic
Craig Anderson

Did not make it to free agency
John Carlson -- 8 years, $8M with WSH
Michal Kempny -- 4 years, $2.5M with WSH
Mike Green -- 2 years, $5.375M with DET
Ryan Reaves -- 2 years, $2.775M with VGK
Thomas Hickey -- 4 years, $2.5M with NYI

Agreement in place per pundits
Joe Thornton -- San Jose
James van Riemsdyk -- Philadelphia
David Perron -- St. Louis
Jack Johnson -- Pittsburgh
Tyler Bozak -- St. Louis
Leo Komarov -- NY Islanders
Derek Ryan -- Calgary
Austin Czarnik -- Calgary
Chris Wagner -- Boston
Zac Rinaldo -- Nashville
Greg Pateryn -- Minnesota
Jonathan Bernier -- Detroit
Cam Ward -- Chicago
Carter Hutton -- Buffalo
Anton Khudobin -- Dallas
Jaroslav Halak -- Boston
Thomas Vanek -- Detroit
Jay Beagle -- Vancouver
Thomas Plekanec -- Montreal
Antoine Roussel -- Vancouver
Michael Hutchinson -- Florida
Matt Hendricks -- Minnesota
Rick Nash -- will not sign today, considers retirement
Blake Comeau -- Dallas
Ian Cole -- Colorado
Chris Kunitz -- Chicago
J. T. Brown -- Minnesota
Petr Mrazek -- Carolina
Michael Grabner -- Arizona
Chad Johnson -- St. Louis
Kyle Brodziak -- Edmonton
Matthew Peca -- Montreal
John Moore -- Boston
Nick Holden -- Vegas
Matt Cullen -- Pittsburgh
Andrew Hammond -- Minnesota
Matt Calvert -- Colorado
Tobias Rieder -- Edmonton
Riley Nash -- Columbus
Luke Schenn -- Anaheim
Valtteri Filppula -- NY Islanders
James Neal -- Calgary

Unclear
Tobias Enstrom
Calvin de Haan
Patrick Maroon (Edmonton, New Jersey, Boston interested. CGY frontrunners?)
Brooks Orpik (Washington could sign him)
Antoine Vermette
Anthony Duclair
Mike Cammalleri
Dan Hamhuis
Daniel Winnik
Mark Letestu
Kari Lehtonen
Robin Lehner
Ondrej Pavelec
Steve Mason

The Moose need players, too
Expect at least two veteran signings for the Moose. Here's a list of top AHL free agents by Patrick Williams.

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[204hockey]

530 am and im just getting home. guess ill be asleep for all the FA frenzy. tavares to toranna ??

 

[GJF]

Anyone think Enström gets a contract somewhere?

 

[flyingkiwi]

Oh crap it was Canada Day here today. Missed out on perogies and poutine at the one diner run by a Canadian in my city.

Tavares of course will be interesting.
Also interested in what happens to Karlsson. Hopefully they stay away from our division and conference.

I wonder if Enstron gets signed?

Hopefully the site doesn’t implode and I have some good reading to catch up on in the morning. Have fun everybody.

 

[Jets 31]

Come on Chevy lets get'r done today !! Guaranteed this site will be unusable today , especially if Tavares signs in god forsaken Toronto .

 

[StatisticsAddict99]

Come on Chevy lets get'r done today !! Guaranteed this site will be unusable today , especially if Tavares signs in god forsaken Toronto .

I will pull my hair out if this happens, I really wish a crappy team with a bad offence in the East would had picked him up(Ottawa/Montreal).

 

[Maukkis]

I would hate to be the GM who has a glaring hole at RD and looks at this year's UFA crop for replacements. Ian Cole might just be the #1 option out there.

 

[SensibleGuy]

I predict something will happen today. I'm not going to go so far as to predict that everything will happen today, but I definitely predict something will happen today. So if you are a betting man, bet on something.

 

[BB88]

I would love to see Chevy sign Laine today, that would be a pretty big + moving forward.

Really hoping Stastny gets 2-3 years.

 

[mcpw]

Halak goes to Boston, and here are some juicy contract details:

 

[Whileee]

Halak goes to Boston, and here are some juicy contract details:

The Ryan deal is a good one for Calgary, I think. Underrated player, in my view. Vancouver adds some effective sandpaper.

 

[Whileee]

Khudobin to Dallas, per Dreger. Good pick-up for Dallas.

Who should the Jets go for as a goalie back-up? I think Hutch might be the best option, if Chevy can mend fences with Hutch.

 

[BigZ65]

Vancouver handing out ridiculous term to 4th liners. We used to do that when we sucked too.

 

[ffh]

I would hate to be the GM who has a glaring hole at RD and looks at this year's UFA crop for replacements. Ian Cole might just be the #1 option out there.

hello myers and 5+ million in cap savings and multiple assets. rather now then next summer for nothing.

 

[Whileee]

Don't see the Jets trading Myers, but it would definitely be their best move. The big question mark is Trouba. Lots of dominoes to fall for the Jets in the coming hours / days.

 

[Shaibu]

Stastny 2 x 6.8

 

[mcpw]

Perron back to St. Louis. His third stint with the Blues.

 

[mcpw]

Bob bomb.

 

[Whileee]

Bob bomb.

Very interesting. I was wondering if the Jets' Mason deal was more about their own RFAs. They definitely can't afford to overpay Stastny in terms of term and AAV.

Meanwhile, I wonder if Vegas is really as good as they looked last season.

 

[Shaibu]

Don't see the Jets trading Myers, but it would definitely be their best move. The big question mark is Trouba. Lots of dominoes to fall for the Jets in the coming hours / days.

Today is very exciting day
yeaaaaaahhh!

 

[BB88]

Chevy makes room for Stastny and Vegas is not the leader? ..... hell Stastny.

 

[Whileee]

Chevy makes room for Stastny and Vegas is not the leader? ..... hell Stastny.

Chevy also needed to clear salary for his RFAs. The Mason cap dump wasn't just about Stastny.

I doubt that Chevy will blow things up to compete for Stastny. He has to consider the longer term ramifications.

 

[SensibleGuy]

Yeah Chevy has money troubles on several fronts, lol. He has his work cut out for him...

 

[kanadalainen]

Bob bomb.

Arg.. nearly as unpalatable as haggis.

 

[CorgisPer60]

Pretty much. The Jets were a really damn good team without Paul Stastny, so I'm really not chagrined to see him go elsewhere. Chevy has to worry about his crop of RFAs before worrying about big game hunting in UFA land.