GDT: 2020 Free Agency Part II: Embrace the Grind

[Pierce Hawthorne]

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 be pretty awful actually, one of Joe's few blunders in quite a while.


No matter what the $ value is, any 1 or 2 year deal for Toews is a blunder. You dont acquire a quality #3D like that, give up pretty decent value to get him, and turn around and sign him to his perfect contract that walks him right into free agency.


We have plenty of cap space to get him signed at 4-4.5M for a 4-6 year term, that needs to be the deal they get to.

 

[Murzu]

No good thread for this but enjoy:

 

[Foppa2118]

No good thread for this but enjoy:

This could be gold. First thing I hear.

[Reading comments] "Nate I'm sick of seeing you game."

"Well then don't watch me game bro!"

 

[Murzu]

This could be gold. First thing I hear.

[Reading comments] "Nate I'm sick of seeing you game?"

"Well then don't watch me game bro!"

Haha

"Toews is really really REALLY good" (c) MacKinnon

People discussing about Nate being traded to Minnesota, Nate responded "I might find myself in Switzerland in that case"

 

[Foppa2118]

Mikko's in the chat now.

 

[Foppa2118]

Nate shakes his head with his headset on like he does his helmet.

 

[Anders Cain]

That would be pretty awful actually, one of Joe's few blunders in quite a while.


No matter what the $ value is, any 1 or 2 year deal for Toews is a blunder. You dont acquire a quality #3D like that, give up pretty decent value to get him, and turn around and sign him to his perfect contract that walks him right into free agency.


We have plenty of cap space to get him signed at 4-4.5M for a 4-6 year term, that needs to be the deal they get to.

That's why I said a contract longer than two years

 

[Hasbro]

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”.

How about getting a forward that can PK?

 

[Balthazar]

How about getting a forward that can PK?

 

[Hasbro]

And win a face off... instead of a 9th defenseman.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Yet another day where habs fans make complete asses of themselves in a Price to COL thread. This time an Avs fan proposed the trade though, what in the world?

 

[Balthazar]

Yet another day where habs fans make complete asses of themselves in a Price to COL thread. This time an Avs fan proposed the trade though, what in the world?

Avs fans on the main board are as embarrassing as any other fanbase.

 

[McMetal]

I gotta say, it's nice to not see a ton of trade proposal threads going after the Avs and trying to pick the bones of a rebuilding team for insulting returns. Chicago is getting that treatment now, everybody wants Toews all of a sudden despite his unmovable cap hit.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

And he's an RFA at the end of that contract year. Longer deal would have made him a UFA. Pretty smart GM'ing by Adams.

 

[Foppa2118]

Avs fans on the main board are as embarrassing as any other fanbase.

I very rarely venture over to the main boards, but when I do I see a bunch of Avs fans I'm not familiar with who must not post here much, if at all.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Balthazar]

I very rarely venture over to the main boards, but when I do I see a bunch of Avs fans I'm not familiar with who must not post here much, if at all.

Yeah there's a handful of them on the main board that don't post here. Can't say we're missing much.

 

[Balthazar]

Many one year deals in Buffalo. Probably smart for them to have a bunch of players on contract years.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Yeah there's a handful of them on the main board that don't post here. Can't say we're missing much.

I saw one post that McDavid wouldn’t crack the top 20 of players he’d add for one playoff run today.

 

[Richard88]

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.

If Toews signs for $4m AAV we'll only have ~$273k in capspace with a 22 man roster. So any further signing would need to be on close to league minimum and would effectively bump whoever is the 13th forward (eg. O'Connor/Kaut) down to the AHL (and possibly bump Jost/Bellemare from 12th to 13th forward)

 

[Patagonia]

If Toews signs for $4m AAV we'll only have ~$273k in capspace with a 22 man roster. So any further signing would need to be on close to league minimum and would effectively bump whoever is the 13th forward (eg. O'Connor/Kaut) down to the AHL (and possibly bump Jost/Bellemare from 12th to 13th forward)

I believe the team cap is nearly $6M, so there is a little space remaining.

 

[Anders Cain]

I wonder if most teams are waiting for arb and shit to be over before offering more contracts, and that's why it's been so quiet lately on the signing front

 

[Richard88]

I believe the team cap is nearly $6M, so there is a little space remaining.

That $6m doesn't include Toews, a 13th forward, or 7D. Once you add the 13th forward and 7D at ~$800k a piece you're suddenly down to ~$4.4m to sign Toews and hopefully have a little bit of breathing room for cap accrual to account for Makar's bonus.