Confirmed Signing with Link: 2019 Free Agency Mega-Thread

[caley]

 

[caley]

 

[CraigBillington]

Isn't Hutton still one of their better d-men? He led the team in ATOI. And is Vancouver even anywhere near the cap? I hope not.

Second in average and total, but that’s not testament to him being a top pairing guy, but more to how awful the defense is. I like Hutton, he’s a good guy, can be relied upon to do his job well enough but he’s not worth $4m+ as a #4/5 guy on this team

 

[caley]

 

[caley]

Per CapFriendly the following players were not tendered QOs and are now UFAs

ARI: Hunter Miska, Nick Cousins, Josh Archibald
CHI: Luke Johnson, Blake Hillman, Anthony Louis, Spencer Watson
CBJ: Samuel Vigneault
FLA: Ludwig Bystrom, Vincent Praplan and Henrik Haapala
MTL: Daniel Audette, Brett Lernout and Hunter Shinkaruk
NYR: Chris Bigras, Brandon Halverson and Fredrik Claesson

 

[caley]

 

[caley]

Surprised about Kampf

 

[Teemu]

Surprised about Kampf

I think he was arbitration-eligible

 

[T_Cage]

That seems like a lot of guys getting non qo'ed, no?

 

[Booba]

Somehow, it seems that NHL teams have lost all patience with players bolting to Europe.

I'm under the impression that a few years ago, players like Holmstrom and Sulak (Detroit) or Hyka (Vegas) would have been retained. All it would cost is a spot on the reserve list.

 

[lanceuppercut75]

Most of the Blackhawks QOs

This tweet got deleted. I'm going to assume it was...

QUALIFIED RFAs
- Perlini
- Quenneville
- D. Sikura

UNQUALIFIED RFAs
- Kampf
- L. Johnson
- Watson
- Louis
- Hillman
- Ejdsell (signed in Europe)

Is this correct? I'm especially curious about Ejdsell.

 

[cwede]

This tweet got deleted. I'm going to assume it was...
QUALIFIED RFAs
- Perlini - Quenneville - D. Sikura
UNQUALIFIED RFAs
- Kampf - L. Johnson - Watson
- Louis - Hillman - Ejdsell (signed in Europe)
Is this correct? I'm especially curious about Ejdsell.

Ejdsell returning to Sweden
Victor Ejdsell kommer hem!

CapFriendly listing as RFA w Arbitration rights, so they report he was QO'd
Chicago Blackhawks - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

 

[caley]

Leier is scheduled to be an UFA on Monday

 

[caley]

 

[Booba]

@caley the link that you've just posted isn't working.

 

[Jacob]

Seems weird that a journeyman that has spent 99% of his career in the minors gets a one-way deal.

 

[McDonald19]

Seems weird that a journeyman that has spent 99% of his career in the minors gets a one-way deal.

I think the Ducks gave Carrick 700k to be San Diego’s captain.

 

[Seachd]

So was he part of the Subban trade? Neither team's site mentions him.

Edit: I guess it was a separate trade for future considerations. I missed it completely.

 

[caley]

 

[uncleben]

So was he part of the Subban trade? Neither team's site mentions him.

Edit: I guess it was a separate trade for future considerations. I missed it completely.

Wait... what's that translation..? They bought him out??? Well this is a strange series of events if true...

 

[Seachd]

Wait... what's that translation..? They bought him out??? Well this is a strange series of events if true...

This is his English tweet.

I'm wondering why the Devils would make a trade, after the Subban one, to get him for nothing, only to buy him out after. Maybe it was connected to the Subban one in the sense that what happened later in the draft affected things? I'm not sure, because there doesn't seem to be a clear timeline.

Anyway, it's a minor thing, and we have an end result. It just brings on a lot of questions.

 

[caley]

My guess is he expressed an interest in going to Europe, Preds took on an extra contract in Subban deal (Subban for Davies and Santini) and wanted to even it out with the Devils. Devils tried to talk Helewka into playing in the AHL and terminated his deal when they couldn't do so.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Hope the future considerations were conditional which I guess is implied in the definition of "considerations".

 

[Mike Jones]

Hope the future considerations were conditional which I guess is implied in the definition of "considerations".

And "future".

 

[uncleben]

My guess is he expressed an interest in going to Europe, Preds took on an extra contract in Subban deal (Subban for Davies and Santini) and wanted to even it out with the Devils. Devils tried to talk Helewka into playing in the AHL and terminated his deal when they couldn't do so.

Teams are being a lot looser this past year, in regards to terminating contracts.

If a player used to want to go to Europe, there was much more of a "too bad, wait it out attitude", or at least loans, (if the League has an agreement and the contract has a loan clause).
Helewka is still fairly young and had a pretty solid performance in the AHL this past year. Surprised NJD didn't let him go but try to retain his rights somehow.