GDT: 2020 Free Agency Part II: Embrace the Grind

[Cousin Eddie]

Pronmans top players under 23 might be the worst list I’ve ever seen.


Top 20:
1. ⁠Auston Matthews
2. ⁠Rasmus Dahlin
3. ⁠Elias Pettersson
4. ⁠Alexis Lafreniere
5. ⁠Matthew Tkachuk
6. ⁠Andrei Svechnikov
7. ⁠Patrik Laine
8. ⁠Jack Hughes
9. ⁠Kaapo Kakko
10. ⁠Quinton Byfield
11. ⁠Quinn Hughes
12. ⁠Brady Tkachuk
13. ⁠Cale Makar
14. ⁠Miro Heiskanen
15. ⁠Tim Stutzle
16. ⁠Kirby Dach
17. ⁠Lucas Raymond
18. ⁠Pierre-Luc Dubois
19. ⁠Cole Perfetti
20. ⁠Robert Thomas

As bad as that list is overall, his top 3 is probably the same as mine

 

[Avsboy]

Weird market

 

[Pokecheque]

Pronmans top players under 23 might be the worst list I’ve ever seen.


Top 20:
1. ⁠Auston Matthews
2. ⁠Rasmus Dahlin
3. ⁠Elias Pettersson
4. ⁠Alexis Lafreniere
5. ⁠Matthew Tkachuk
6. ⁠Andrei Svechnikov
7. ⁠Patrik Laine
8. ⁠Jack Hughes
9. ⁠Kaapo Kakko
10. ⁠Quinton Byfield
11. ⁠Quinn Hughes
12. ⁠Brady Tkachuk
13. ⁠Cale Makar
14. ⁠Miro Heiskanen
15. ⁠Tim Stutzle
16. ⁠Kirby Dach
17. ⁠Lucas Raymond
18. ⁠Pierre-Luc Dubois
19. ⁠Cole Perfetti
20. ⁠Robert Thomas

Lists are subjective but I definitely would've had Makar and Heiskanen higher, and Dahlin and Hughes a lot lower.

 

[Balthazar]

That's quite the paycut.

Money is getting rare folks. Really rare.

7 teams over the cap at the moment, 0 team under the cap floor. No one has to spend money but 7 teams have to move some. Yikes.

The more you wait, the less money is available. That's true for UFA's and true for BriseBois in Tampa as well.

 

[dahrougem2]

Lists are subjective but I definitely would've had Makar and Heiskanen higher, and Dahlin and Hughes a lot lower.

Which Hughes?

I don't think there's any way, if healthy, that Cale Makar, Miro Heiskanen, and Quinn Hughes all don't have better overall careers than Matthew Tkachuk, Patrik Laine, Kaapo Kakko, and Brady Tkachuk.

 

[UncleRisto]

Surely there's someone better than Dick Panik from the caps?

 

[Pokecheque]

Which Hughes?

I don't think there's any way, if healthy, that Cale Makar, Miro Heiskanen, and Quinn Hughes all don't have better overall careers than Matthew Tkachuk, Patrik Laine, Kaapo Kakko, and Brady Tkachuk.

Whoops. I meant Jack. Quinn is too low.

 

[Gatorbait19]

That's quite the paycut.

Money is getting rare folks. Really rare.

7 teams over the cap at the moment, 0 team under the cap floor. No one has to spend money but 7 teams have to move some. Yikes.

The more you wait, the less money is available. That's true for UFA's and true for BriseBois in Tampa as well.

It really is crazy how little space there is to go around and how many decent FAs are left out there.

I wouldn’t be shocked at all if we picked up a few really solid guys on vet min deals to round out the team. Whether we’d have the cap space to do that now, or be forced to wait until the season starts for lower cap purposes....well that’s the province of the resident capwiz of our bunch @Richard88.

 

[Foppa2118]

Whoops. I meant Jack. Quinn is too low.

Not relative to Makar and Heiskanen.

 

[Hasbro]

It really is crazy how little space there is to go around and how many decent FAs are left out there.

I wouldn’t be shocked at all if we picked up a few really solid guys on vet min deals to round out the team. Whether we’d have the cap space to do that now, or be forced to wait until the season starts for lower cap purposes....well that’s the province of the resident capwiz of our bunch @Richard88.

Deadline acquisitions could be more Free Agent signings.

 

[Metallo]

Deadline acquisitions could be more Free Agent signings.

Good point.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Wonder what Hamonic’s contract will end up looking like. If he’s a 1-1.5m player I want him. I know it’s another body blocking Byram/Timmins but a RHD that can PK is still a need. Especially since EJ getting hurt is a matter of “when” instead of “if”.

 

[dahrougem2]

Wonder what Hamonic’s contract will end up looking like. If he’s a 1-1.5m player I want him. I know it’s another body blocking Byram/Timmins but a RHD that can PK is still a need. Especially since EJ getting hurt is a matter of “when” instead of “if”.

I think Travis Hamonic signs in Vancouver, Calgary, or Winnipeg only. Seems hell bent on staying in Western Canada.

 

[Avs9296]

I don't think Hamonic wants to play during Covid though.

May have to wait out a year. Or am I wrong in hearing this?

 

[S E P H]

Not sure if you lot have posted this, but there are rumours that Avs are still looking for a depth defenceman and a bottom 6 centre .

 

[Balthazar]

Not sure if you lot have posted this, but there are rumours that Avs are still looking for a depth defenceman and a bottom 6 centre .

Where?
We have no cap space.

 

[S E P H]

Where?
We have no cap space.

The Hockey Writers which got it from somewhere, I haven't personally read it so I don't know where it came from. We could get another 7th defender who can play in the AHL.

 

[Balthazar]

The Hockey Writers which got it from somewhere, I haven't personally read it so I don't know where it came from. We could get another 7th defender who can play in the AHL.

Like Timmins and Gilbert?

Sometimes I feel like those rumor sites look at the Avs on cap friendly and think we have cap space. I'll try to find them on hockey writers.

 

[Balthazar]

The Hockey Writers source is a 5 day old article from Mike Chambers

Chambers believes the Avalanche are looking to another defenseman and possibly some toughness on a checking line via a physical veteran depth forward.
Speculation is that Sakic will shoot to get Toews signed for under $2.5 million annually. Chambers writes

https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-rumors-october-23-2020/

 

[dahrougem2]

The Hockey Writers source is a 5 day old article from Mike Chambers

Chambers believes the Avalanche are looking to another defenseman and possibly some toughness on a checking line via a physical veteran depth forward.
Speculation is that Sakic will shoot to get Toews signed for under $2.5 million annually. Chambers writes

https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-rumors-october-23-2020/

"Toughness on a checking line"

Chambers still going hard on "Avs need a tough guy that can fight" mantra, I see.

 

[Anders Cain]

If we get Toews for 2.5 on a contract longer than 2 years, Sakic is truly a master at his craft... That would be robbery.

 

[MaKarter]

If we get Toews for 2.5 on a contract longer than 2 years, Sakic is truly a master at his craft... That would be robbery.

That would also make Mike Chambers a master at his craft... Not happening.

 

[Anders Cain]

That would also make Mike Chambers a master at his craft... Not happening.

Haha and so it is written....

Nice Pipedream at least lol.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

The Hockey Writers source is a 5 day old article from Mike Chambers

Chambers believes the Avalanche are looking to another defenseman and possibly some toughness on a checking line via a physical veteran depth forward.
Speculation is that Sakic will shoot to get Toews signed for under $2.5 million annually. Chambers writes

https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-rumors-october-23-2020/

If that’s the speculation no wonder it’s taking so long to get Toews signed. That would be pretty far off from what he’d be looking to sign.