Lust for Life
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What do we think? Go young with Comtois/Yamamoto? Take a flyer on a buyout player like OEL/Duchene?
My hope as always: no long-term deals.
My hope as always: no long-term deals.
If all of this happens, Dubas will have failed miserably.From your lips to god's ears, LfL.
I don't think we'll make very radical changes at all. I think we're stuck with Granlund, we'll resign Jarry, and we'll keep Petry.
But as always, here's hoping I'm wrong.
Also, I vote this become the official .gif of free agency 2023.
Not everyone likes using buyouts. He’s just one of them. I’m in a wait and see with Dubas. His only deal so far was a good one. You also need takers for someone like Petry and he’s been rumored on the block, so it’s not like Dubas isn’t trying. He probably doesn’t want to retain, just like not wanting to use a buyout. There’s not much cap space out there, so it’s a little stagnant if you’re not a bottom feeder taking on bad contracts. This could very well drag out and teams circle back for someone like Petry after missing out on FA’s in the next few days.Keeping Granlund and inevitably icing Carter is a guarantee way to not be a legitimate contender. Hextall f***ed us - not much to do about Carter beyond limiting his minutes. For reasons only known to Dubas, not using a buy out means Granlund will be around.
It just seems like such an obvious decision to buy him out when teams will be desperate to unload cap. Plus, you know coach jackass will not utilize him properly. I think not buying out Granlund cancels out the trade.Not everyone likes using buyouts. He’s just one of them. I’m in a wait and see with Dubas. His only deal so far was a good one. You also need takers for someone like Petry and he’s been rumored on the block, so it’s not like Dubas isn’t trying. He probably doesn’t want to retain, just like not wanting to use a buyout. There’s not much cap space out there, so it’s a little stagnant if you’re not a bottom feeder taking on bad contracts. This could very well drag out and teams circle back for someone like Petry after missing out on FA’s in the next few days.
Also, a lot of the names (hanifin, ullmark, swayman, hellybuck, etc.) still haven’t been traded. So it’s not like Dubas struck out on those deals either. It is what it is.
I believe the Reilly buy out got them some decent space this year.Can Boston even afford anyone? I’m guessing only if they let everyone walk and can replace them cheap. Then trade a goalie.
I have 0 interest in wheeler. He’ll probably be decent for a year, I’m just over the old dudes.
I’d still like Bunting, Wood, Domi.
We might sign everyone bit probably not.This is where it would be nice to have a credible local media to hear scoops on who we might sign.
I mean, it's just easier to burn the jerseys and start following Aussie Rules Football at this pointStarting to think Jarry will hit the market and the offers won't be what he wants. I think he'll be back on a 1 yr $4M deal to bet on himself. I'm not against it given there aren't many truly great bets to make out there. Definitely need to upgrade on DeSmith at that point though