Rumor: Avs Proposals/Rumors/Free Agents 18-19 part XXXVIII | Countdown to Sadness

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Ivan13]

Which is... bizarre.

Dude wants to play golf round the clock without pressure. Ideal situation for him and the only place he wants to be in. He’ll get around 35 goals, no one will care and he’ll work on his handicap.

 

[AvsRobin]

Kessel could have been a nice target for us. Three years left at 6.8M.

Let's see what he cost.

Galchenyuck PART of the price? Yikes at first glance. That's a nice player a good cap hit.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Which is... bizarre.

I think he has a house there and spends his off-seasons there if I'm remembering the reports right.

 

[Wintersun]

Is it just me or Arizona would have one of the best offensive line-ups in the league if they acquire Kessel?

Keller - Galchenyuk - Schmaltz
Dvorak - Stepan - Kessel
(USA top 6 lol)
Hinostroza - Soderberg - Fischer
Crouse, Panik, Grabner, even Hayton should be looking for a spot too...

But I guess they're giving up a forward in the trade.

 

[Ivan13]

Kessel could have been a nice target for us. Three years left at 6.8M.

Let's see what he cost.

He wouldn’t want to come here. He only wanted to go to the desert. People that will undoubtedly whine about this will completely glean over that ofc.

 

[Foppberg]

 

[tucker3434]

Is it just me or Arizona would have one of the best offensive line-ups in the league if they acquire Kessel?

Keller - Galchenyuk - Schmaltz
Dvorak - Stepan - Kessel
(USA top 6 lol)
Hinostroza - Soderberg - Fischer
Crouse, Panik, Grabner, even Hayton should be looking for a spot too...

But I guess they're giving up a forward in the trade.

Ohhhh, but not when that 1C was the return.

 

[Cypher]

I don't get what Arizona is doing.. First Soda, now Kessel....

 

[CobraAcesS]

Wow I really didn't expect AZ to actually give up a player of that caliber knowing the leverage they had. Them getting Soda to back fill the center slot makes sense now.

 

[lonelybadger]

Womp womp

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Carl Soderberg is no longer Arizona’s leading scorer from last season.

 

[hockeyfish]

Is it just me or Arizona would have one of the best offensive line-ups in the league if they acquire Kessel?

Keller - Galchenyuk - Schmaltz
Dvorak - Stepan - Kessel
(USA top 6 lol)
Hinostroza - Soderberg - Fischer
Crouse, Panik, Grabner, even Hayton should be looking for a spot too...

But I guess they're giving up a forward in the trade.

I'm not sure thats even top 10.

 

[Richard88]

That 2nd year he has left is a real killer.

The second year is the reason you'll get some really good picks coming with him. Carolina got a 1st for taking Marleau's $6.25m hit, but that was only a 1 year cap hit. Reimer's being 2 years @$3.4m might mean you get a 1st out of it as well, or at least a 2nd + 3rd sort of deal. You could also flip him again with 50% retention if you don't want to keep him.

Incidentally the expiration of Reimer's contract would also coincide nicely with the expiration of Cole and Calvert's contracts and the summer (2021) when Landeskog, Grubauer, and Makar need to be resigned. Assuming that Sakic doesn't go hard up against the cap ceiling, he has a two year window in the next two seasons in which to squeeze out value from unused capspace in trades like this.

Either way, the Reimer situation seems like a no-brainer to take advantage of, whether it is picks or someone like Hoffman coming back.

 

[Wintersun]

I'm not sure thats even top 10.

I mean, it's very deep, but yeah, until Keller becomes a 80 + guy that might lack some high-end talent. Still a very strong forward group imo.

 

[Foppberg]

 

[AvsRobin]

He wouldn’t want to come here. He only wanted to go to the desert. People that will undoubtedly whine about this will completely glean over that ofc.

He had a 8 team trade list, you are right, no idea if we were on that one. He reportadly put down but Boston and Toronto cause he knew they would not trade for him, making his list even shorter

 

[hockeyfish]

I mean, it's very deep, but yeah, until Keller becomes a 80 + guy that might lack some high-end talent. Still a very strong forward group imo.

It's really just Keller (and Kessel now). The rest is either mediocre or in the middle of injury issues. Soda might be their top line C now. Thats bad.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[RoyIsALegend]

That’s quite a price to pay for Kessel.

 

[Wintersun]

It's really just Keller (and Kessel now). The rest is either mediocre or in the middle of injury issues. Soda might be their top line C now. Thats bad.

I'm really high on Schmaltz. High price to pay by Arizona for Kessel in the end.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Well done Pittsburgh.

 

[BrickNHL]

That is a lot isnt it?

 

[Avsboy]

Think ARI won this. Kessel has three years left on a fair contract. Galchenyuk is gonna sign a $10 million contract in a year, the way things are going.

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

Gotta ensure Bettman’s nephiepoo Sidney gets to make at least 1 more cup run...