TheGoodShepard1
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All the talk surrounding Shattenkirk made me remember Scott Harrington is a UFA tomorrow as well. He made enough of an impression that I wouldn't mind bringing him back for another season.
Speculation: 2023 Trade/Free agency thread aka “The Verbeekening - Part Deux”
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The Mighty Duck Man
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If Benoit doesn’t get one they clearly just want to move on. IMO a bit of a shame, I like Benny and think there’s some potential there.
Or they could be scared of arbitration, he has a sneaky decent case if he went that route.
DavidBL
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Not going to lie. I hope they can't figure it out. The fact that it's going to the final hours just shows how much they want to keep him but also that money is important to him.
I feel we can add a Kulikov type to play with Fowler and they will be fine. My concerns is finding a compliment for Drysdale and if LaCombe is sticking with the big club for him as well. Our D right now…
Fowler - ????
???? - Drysdale(obviously gonna extend him, lol)
LaCombe - ????
White
Vaak is on IR still I think, but he cannot stay healthy, didn’t include him.
NWWisconsinDuck
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Nobody is expecting this team to do much next year and nobody expects Verbeek to go out and land a big fish -
However, I would like to see some moves made to improve this team and take a step to be competitive. I also want to see a guy like Reaves brought in even though I don’t like him. No more being easy to play against and getting pushed around.
However, I would like to see some moves made to improve this team and take a step to be competitive. I also want to see a guy like Reaves brought in even though I don’t like him. No more being easy to play against and getting pushed around.
It’s a tough deal
This was always a weak free agent year, so not much expectation.
We are in a weird spot defense wise. We have a lot of young guys coming in and need to see what they can do. Dont want to fill with borderline vets.
We are the awkward kid standing in the corner at the dance
This was always a weak free agent year, so not much expectation.
We are in a weird spot defense wise. We have a lot of young guys coming in and need to see what they can do. Dont want to fill with borderline vets.
We are the awkward kid standing in the corner at the dance
The Midnight Burrito
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In this analogy we just need to add a couple of butterfaces to our dance card.
Arthuros
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Joke's on us, we're also butterfaces.
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So what potential beneficial cap casualties can we aim at?
I think garland/ beauvillier make sense from Canucks.
Not sure if there are many dmen on the list outside of myers
I think garland/ beauvillier make sense from Canucks.
Not sure if there are many dmen on the list outside of myers
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c4rcy
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Shats being gone.. Automatically makes this team that much better lol
I say we sign Dumba.. Ive been saying that.. lol. Hell Bring back kulikov
I say we sign Dumba.. Ive been saying that.. lol. Hell Bring back kulikov
DavidBL
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I think I'd prefer Harrington to either of the other 2. Dumba is a less skilled/more physical(at least he was)Klingberg. I want guys who focus is defense. Let the kids develop into the offensive roles.
70sSanO
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If Domi can be had fairly reasonable, he might fit in nicely. Good energy guy and did pretty well with Dallas last year.
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The Mighty Duck Man
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I don’t know if I want Dumba but he has some incredible defensive numbers the last few years. He isn’t like Klingberg at all.
I like the idea of Domi, but I have to think his number is going to be far north of what hes worth. Not that we need to pinch pennies but he will likely be overpaid. The other question is, does Verbeek even like gritty players?
The Mighty Duck Man
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I think there’s a decent chance of this one. Graves is versatile so he might be a target for teams in need of a RD, and you just never know how teams will prioritize, but not many teams will ample room have a need for a decent money LD. I’m hopeful.
DavidBL
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Really? I thought his reputation was all offense. What defensive numbers are we looking at? I tend to be skeptical of anything that says they measure defense as they're usually just shot metrics that do t actually measure a players ability to defend.
I hope we bring back Benoit, he's a good enough #6 now and can be a good #7 when kids develop and pass him. He's physical and can play some defense, we'll probably know better how well when we actually have a defensive system. Hopefully the Ducks pick up at least one physical D before training camp and another Harrington type (journeyman who can play up or down the pairs). Basically a guy that will challenge kids for a spot but not hold them back if they earn one. Hopefully something like:
Fowler- UFA/Trade
LaCombe- Drysdale
Benoit- Helleson
IF LaCombe and Helleson earn those spots, but not likely:
Fowler- UFA/Trade
UFA/Trade- Drysdale
Benoit- LaCombe (or slide LaCombe over and play LaCombe- Helleson if he out plays Benoit)
Fowler- UFA/Trade
LaCombe- Drysdale
Benoit- Helleson
IF LaCombe and Helleson earn those spots, but not likely:
Fowler- UFA/Trade
UFA/Trade- Drysdale
Benoit- LaCombe (or slide LaCombe over and play LaCombe- Helleson if he out plays Benoit)
The Mighty Duck Man
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I think those, and I might have gotten some things mistaken, but he was apart of their shutdown pairing and had an awful year offensively on top of pretty much never putting up big numbers.
DavidBL
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Gotcha. May have to give him another look as I hadn't realized his role had changed with the team.
Lord Flashheart
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So Benoit not qualified, Shattenkirk not returning. I expect us to be landing some D, we don’t even have enough in the system right now. Lol
Kind of surprised about Benoit.
That means we have Fowler, Drysdale, White and LaComb right now. LaComb is a wild card on if he stays up.
Beeker has some work to do.
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