GDT: 2022 Trade Deadline Thread

[Brodeur]

And the last horse has crossed the finish line:

 

[OmNomNom]

And the last horse has crossed the finish line:

lol moore, ducks legend for all of 1 day

 

[Brodeur]

lol moore, ducks legend for all of 1 day

One of my favorite silly Sportscenter bits was when they did a retrospective on Rasheed Wallace's one game stay with the Atlanta Hawks before getting traded again. Wish it was archived somewhere, they went all out with music and a solid deadpan performance from the anchor.

Also remember reading a weird friendship between two guys who are obsessed with collecting any merchandise of Mike Piazza as a Florida Marlin.

Getting back to Moore, I wonder if Vegas will actually use him or if he's ticketed for the AHL and they can activate Alec Martinez.

 

[Brodeur]

July 2021: Vegas trades Nick Holden (1 year, 1.7 mil left) and 3rd rounder to Ottawa for Dadonov

March 2022: Vegas trades Dadonov and 2nd rounder to Anaheim for John Moore (1+ year, 2.75 AAV) and Ryan Kesler (1x6.875)

Doing some algebra, they dealt 2nd+3rd rounders to end up with a worse contract? Although I think Kesler helps them out with LTIR shenanigans?

 

[My3Sons]

Uh, he said the PP was shit and was discussing production being pretty good despite the PP being shit.

You didn’t read what he said and then made a complaint about advanced stats that don’t exist.

Our PP is 29th in xGF/60 and 2nd (in the bad sense obviously) in xGA/60.

Our PP is not unlucky. Our PP doesn’t have good underlying advanced numbers. Our PP sucks dead donkey dick all day long in Macy’s window.

It’s nice that you added the stylistic touch about the Macy’s window. Really put an artistic spin on your comments.

 

[NJDevs26]

All of our players are either unmovable awesome young pieces or unwanted garbage.

Hard to have a yard sale when the only things you're selling are either dryer lint or the Mona Lisa.

Fitz literally joked he got so few calls he had to check to make sure his phone worked.

 

[Brodeur]

Forgot about Phil Kessel. According to CapFriendly, he still had a partial NTC which listed eight teams he'd accept a trade to. But he could have easily listed eight teams he knew would have have no interest thus turning into a full NTC. He just had his first kid three weeks ago, so perhaps he's content with sticking around / now's not the best time to move.

Arizona used its third salary retention spot with the Johan Larsson trade, so they couldn't retain on Kessel if they had wanted to.

 

[Hisch13r]

Forgot about Phil Kessel. According to CapFriendly, he still had a partial NTC which listed eight teams he'd accept a trade to. But he could have easily listed eight teams he knew would have have no interest thus turning into a full NTC. He just had his first kid three weeks ago, so perhaps he's content with sticking around / now's not the best time to move.

Arizona used its third salary retention spot with the Johan Larsson trade, so they couldn't retain on Kessel if they had wanted to.

His sister sent out this tweet which makes it seem like he wanted out. Maybe the interest wasn’t there

 

[Brodeur]

His sister sent out this tweet which makes it seem like he wanted out. Maybe the interest wasn’t there

That's a distinct possibility as well. Even if they had found another team to eat 50% (3.4 mil), it doesn't look like many playoff teams had cap space left. Looking at CapFriendly, the three who could have theoretically fit him in:

Minnesota -- lots of wingers already, needed a center if anything
NY Rangers -- lots of wingers
Nashville -- could have made sense, but maybe they just weren't interested

 

[Bleedred]

I just now remembered with todays Islanders re-signings.

Remember when Lou didn’t negotiate during season because of “distractions”?

I mean, he did sign both Brodeur and Stevens more than once in-season. I think it was training camp/preseason for Marty one of the times, but I know he signed both in December one year. Stevens would have been a UFA but Marty was still way too young for UFA.

He did sign Zajac a couple of days in training camp here in 2013.

 

[njdevils1982]

im all about the caps and bruins in the east this playoff, the rest can go golf off!

 

[Triumph]

I just now remembered with todays Islanders re-signings.

Remember when Lou didn’t negotiate during season because of “distractions”?

I mean, he did sign both Brodeur and Stevens more than once in-season. I think it was training camp/preseason for Marty one of the times, but I know he signed both in December one year. Stevens would have been a UFA but Marty was still way too young for UFA.

He did sign Zajac a couple of days in training camp here in 2013.

I think Lou has adapted to the times in this regard. It's like when everyone was questioning whether the Leafs would give Matthews the maximum bonus package because Lou never let an ELC go over the maximum AAV as Devils GM, and then he gave Matthews the maximum and it was a moot point.

That said, when you adapt to the times in this way and your move is to sign Clutterbuck and Parise, maybe it's better to stick to the old-fashioned way of doing business.

 

[Mgd31]

Geersteen has played over 20 games for this team.

 

[Brodeur]

And the last horse has crossed the finish line:

....or maybe not

 

[MadDevil]

 

[NJDevs26]

 

[Mgd31]

The Knights sure have had a forgettable season.

 

[Hisch13r]

@sabremike Looks like I was right about Hamonic being a shit head you don't want in a locker room...

 

[Bleedred]

@sabremike Looks like I was right about Hamonic being a shit head you don't want in a locker room...

I wonder if guys on Ottawa were shaking hands with and hugging Dorion after this trade like they were when acquired Alexandre Burrows?

 

[My3Sons]

Geersteen has played over 20 games for this team.

Meh. I like Studs more than Geersten but this team has much bigger issues than the 13th forward.

 

[Buck Dancer]

Fitz literally joked he got so few calls he had to check to make sure his phone worked.

Maybe he should’ve made calls if his own instead of waiting for others to ring him up?

 

[NJDevs26]

 

[Lindys Lazy Eye]

Man that Subban trade was beyond awful for us - can't even recoup a mid/late round pick for him.

When Bobby Brink or whoever the hell the picks we traded became become players of consequence then I'll actually give a f***.

Until then it was a wash

 

[Saugus]

That sounds like a bizarre issue. What happens if the trade is rescinded because of this problem?

 

[Hisch13r]

When Bobby Brink or whoever the hell the picks we traded became become players of consequence then I'll actually give a f***.

Until then it was a wash

It’s Brink and Khusnutdinov. I wouldn’t be surprised if both are good players. They’re great prospects. It was a solid bet to make but oh well his back was beyond f***ed and he couldn’t regain form