GDT: Free Agent Frenzy 2

[usiel]

For those wondering what's still out there as far as defensemen:

2022 NHL Free Agents​

Tracking the status and signings of all 2022 NHL free agents. This tool includes all signings that happen during the Free Agency window only.

PLAYER (46 OF 116)	POS.	AGE	TYPE	FROM	TO	YRS	DOLLARS	AVERAGE
						79	$140,850,000	$1,782,911
Ben Chiarot	D	31.2	UFA	FLA	DET	4	$19,000,000	$4,750,000
Nick Leddy	D	31.2	UFA	STL	STL	4	$16,000,000	$4,000,000
Erik Gudbranson	D	30.5	UFA	CGY	CBJ	4	$16,000,000	$4,000,000
Brett Kulak	D	28.5	UFA	EDM	EDM	4	$11,000,000	$2,750,000
Jan Rutta	D	31.9	UFA	TBL	PIT	3	$8,250,000	$2,750,000
Nikita Zadorov	D	27.2	UFA	CGY	CGY	2	$7,500,000	$3,750,000
Justin Schultz	D	32.0	UFA	WAS	SEA	2	$6,000,000	$3,000,000
Ilya Lyubushkin	D	28.2	UFA	TOR	BUF	2	$5,500,000	$2,750,000
Matthew Benning	D	28.1	UFA	NSH	SJS	4	$5,000,000	$1,250,000
Colin Miller	D	29.7	UFA	BUF	DAL	2	$3,700,000	$1,850,000
Ian Cole	D	33.3	UFA	CAR	TBL	1	$3,000,000	$3,000,000
Joshua Brown	D	28.4	UFA	BOS	ARI	2	$2,550,000	$1,275,000
Olli Maatta	D	27.8	UFA	LAK	DET	1	$2,250,000	$2,250,000
Brendan Smith	D	33.4	UFA	CAR	NJD	2	$2,200,000	$1,100,000
Colton White	D	25.2	UFA	NJD	ANA	2	$1,525,000	$762,500
Jordan Gross	D	27.2	UFA	COL	NSH	2	$1,525,000	$762,500
Roland McKeown	D	26.4	UFA	COL	NSH	2	$1,525,000	$762,500
Kevin Gravel	D	30.3	UFA	CGY	NSH	2	$1,525,000	$762,500
Kyle Capobianco	D	24.9	UFA	ARI	WPG	2	$1,525,000	$762,500
Dan Renouf	D	28.1	UFA	DET	BOS	2	$1,525,000	$762,500
Haydn Fleury	D	26.0	UFA	SEA	TBL	2	$1,525,000	$762,500
Dennis Gilbert	D	25.7	UFA	COL	CGY	2	$1,525,000	$762,500
Nick DeSimone	D	2022.6	UFA	CGY	CGY	2	$1,525,000	$762,500
Kevin Connauton	D	32.3	UFA	PHI	PHI	2	$1,525,000	$762,500
Markus Nutivaara	D	28.1	UFA	FLA	SJS	1	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
Troy Stecher	D	28.2	UFA	LAK	ARI	1	$1,250,000	$1,250,000
Justin Braun	D	35.4	UFA	NYR	PHI	1	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
Nicholas Meloche	D	24.9	UFA	SJS	NJD	1	$950,000	$950,000
Mark Pysyk	D	30.5	UFA	BUF	DET	1	$850,000	$850,000
Chase Priskie	D	26.2	UFA	FLA	BUF	1	$800,000	$800,000
Erik Gustafsson	D	30.2	UFA	CHI	WAS	1	$800,000	$800,000
Austin Strand	D	25.3	UFA	LAK	ANA	1	$750,000	$750,000
Jacob Larsson	D	25.2	UFA	ANA	OTT	1	$750,000	$750,000
Christian Wolanin	D	27.2	UFA	LAK	VAN	1	$750,000	$750,000
Victor Mete	D	24.1	UFA	OTT	TOR	1	$750,000	$750,000
Jordie Benn	D	34.9	UFA	MIN	TOR	1	$750,000	$750,000
Andy Welinski	D	29.2	UFA	CGY	NYR	1	$750,000	$750,000
Brogan Rafferty	D	27.1	UFA	ANA	SEA	1	$750,000	$750,000
Kristians Rubins	D	24.6	UFA	TOR	OTT	1	$750,000	$750,000
Matt Irwin	D	34.6	UFA	WAS	WAS	1	$750,000	$750,000
Madison Bowey	D	27.2	UFA	VAN	MTL	1	$750,000	$750,000
Anthony Bitetto	D	31.9	UFA	SJS	FLA	1	$750,000	$750,000
Colton Poolman	D	26.5	UFA	CGY	CGY	1	$750,000	$750,000
Andrej Sustr	D	31.6	UFA	ANA	MIN	1	$750,000	$750,000
Marc Staal	D	35.5	UFA	DET	FLA	1	$750,000	$750,000
Jeremy Davies	D	25.6	UFA	NSH	BUF	1	-	$0
P.K. Subban	D	33.2	UFA	NJD	TBD	-	-	-
Johnny Boychuk	D	38.4	UFA	BUF	TBD	-	-	-
Anton Stralman	D	35.9	UFA	ARI	TBD	-	-	-
Danny DeKeyser	D	32.3	UFA	DET	TBD	-	-	-
Calvin de Haan	D	31.2	UFA	CHI	TBD	-	-	-
John Klingberg	D	29.9	UFA	DAL	TBD	-	-	-
Will Butcher	D	27.5	UFA	BUF	TBD	-	-	-
Michal Kempny	D	31.8	UFA	WAS	TBD	-	-	-
Michael Del Zotto	D	32.0	UFA	OTT	TBD	-	-	-
Ryan Murray	D	28.8	UFA	COL	TBD	-	-	-
Brinson Pasichnuk	D	24.6	UFA	SJS	TBD	-	-	-
Wyatt Kalynuk	D	25.2	UFA	CHI	TBD	-	-	-
Dean Kukan	D	29.0	UFA	CBJ	TBD	-	-	-
Scott Harrington	D	29.3	UFA	CBJ	TBD	-	-	-
Robert Hagg	D	27.4	UFA	FLA	TBD	-	-	-
Andrej Sekera	D	36.1	UFA	DAL	TBD	-	-	-
David Farrance	D	23.0	UFA	NSH	TBD	-	-	-
Kris Russell	D	35.2	UFA	EDM	TBD	-	-	-
Nathan Beaulieu	D	29.6	UFA	PIT	TBD	-	-	-
Keith Yandle	D	35.8	UFA	PHI	TBD	-	-	-
Juuso Riikola	D	28.7	UFA	PIT	TBD	-	-	-
Cameron Lee	D	25.3	UFA	PIT	TBD	-	-	-
Cole Hults	D	24.1	UFA	ARI	TBD	-	-	-
Kodie Curran	D	32.5	UFA	BOS	TBD	-	-	-
Chad Krys	D	24.2	UFA	TOR	TBD	-	-	-
Alexander Green	D	24.0	UFA	TBL	TBD	-	-	-
Niclas Almari	D	24.2	UFA	PIT	TBD	-	-	-
Josh Brook	D	23.0	UFA	MTL	TBD	-	-	-
Jack Johnson	D	35.5	UFA	COL	TBD	-	-	-
Dennis Cholowski	D	24.3	UFA	SEA	TBD	-	-	-
Will Reilly	D	24.9	UFA	PIT	TBD	-	-	-
Markus Phillips	D	23.2	UFA	WPG	TBD	-	-	-
Ryan Murphy	D	29.2	UFA	DET	TBD	-	-	-
Brendan Guhle	D	24.9	UFA	ANA	TBD	-	-	-
Brad Hunt	D	33.8	UFA	VAN	TBD	-	-	-
Ben Harpur	D	27.5	UFA	NSH	TBD	-	-	-
Connor Carrick	D	28.2	UFA	SEA	TBD	-	-	-
Fedor Gordeev	D	23.4	UFA	MIN	TBD	-	-	-
Kale Clague	D	24.1	UFA	MTL	TBD	-	-	-
Matt Tennyson	D	32.2	UFA	NSH	TBD	-	-	-
Trevor Carrick	D	28.0	UFA	ANA	TBD	-	-	-
Greg Pateryn	D	32.0	UFA	ANA	TBD	-	-	-
Kevin Czuczman	D	31.5	UFA	MIN	TBD	-	-	-
Brian Lashoff	D	31.9	UFA	DET	TBD	-	-	-
Derrick Pouliot	D	28.4	UFA	SEA	TBD	-	-	-
Michael Stone	D	32.1	UFA	CGY	TBD	-	-	-
Alex Biega	D	34.2	UFA	NSH	TBD	-	-	-
Brandon Davidson	D	30.8	UFA	BUF	TBD	-	-	-
Jimmy Schuldt	D	27.2	UFA	BUF	TBD	-	-	-
Adam Clendening	D	29.7	UFA	PHI	TBD	-	-	-
Ashton Sautner	D	28.1	UFA	VAN	TBD	-	-	-
Olli Juolevi	D	24.2	UFA	DET	TBD	-	-	-
Tyler Lewington	D	27.6	UFA	BOS	TBD	-	-	-
Jon Lizotte	D	27.7	UFA	MIN	TBD	-	-	-
Samuel Morin	D	27.0	UFA	PHI	TBD	-	-	-
Zachary Leslie	D	28.4	UFA	OTT	TBD	-	-	-
Paul Ladue	D	29.8	UFA	NYI	TBD	-	-	-
Petteri Lindbohm	D	28.8	UFA	FLA	TBD	-	-	-
Joseph Duszak	D	24.9	UFA	TOR	TBD	-	-	-
Zdeno Chara	D	45.2	UFA	NYI	TBD	-	-	-
Ethan Prow	D	29.6	UFA	BUF	TBD	-	-	-
Tommy Cross	D	32.8	UFA	STL	TBD	-	-	-
Andy Greene	D	39.7	UFA	NYI	TBD	-	-	-
Fredrik Claesson	D	29.6	UFA	TBL	TBD	-	-	-
Xavier Ouellet	D	28.9	UFA	MTL	TBD	-	-	-
Mason Geertsen	D	27.2	UFA	NJD	TBD	-	-	-
Teemu Kivihalme	D	27.1	UFA	TOR	TBD	-	-	-
Gabriel Carlsson	D	25.5	UFA	CBJ	TBD	-	-	-
Jake Bischoff	D	27.9	UFA	VGK	TBD	-	-	-
Filip Berglund	D	25.2	UFA	EDM	TBD	-	-	-

I'm surprised PK hasn't drawn some interest as a third pairing.

 

[twabby]

Why the lack of respect for Fehervary?

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The rookie TOI factoring in PLAYOFF teams, and not rebuild projects, is what I asked about in the first thread. Thanks for looking that up. I wonder how that WAR progress plot looks with just the dozen elite guys @Langway who are these 32 rookies, and 11 playoff rookies with more ESTOI that...

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If you really care, the last page or so goes into an analytic argument against Fehervary likely amounting to much.

In general I think people care too much about style and don’t care enough about substance. Fehervary is a good skater and hits. That doesn’t mean much to me if he’s a net drag on goal differential due to other deficiencies in his game.

It’s the same reason why I don’t care that Chicago fans think Dylan Strome is a bad skater or that he appears lazy defensively. He is a net positive on driving goal differential, his positives just don’t stand out as much to hockey fans.

 

[g00n]

Grade: B

Draft was pretty good and most of the moves were typical signature GMBM hole-filling at a reasonable price. We have to trust the plan wrt the LTIR management, for now, and hope they aren't going to botch prospect development.

But a lot of the positivity is based on potential upside. I've been critical of the Eeyoring going on but it still concerns me that Eller and Carlson haven't been moved and the defense has not really been upgraded. If we head into the playoffs next year with those two I fear we may get skulldragged in an elimination game yet again.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link and in the playoffs recently it's been Eller and Carlson A drunken Chara might've been better than Carlson toward the end of the FLA series.

Take the plunge. Earn the "A".

 

[Calicaps]

Yes I’d definitely move him for Chychrun

sure, but with all those other assets? seems like too much.

 

[EroCaps]

So I’m piecing together some do the replies so far, and attempting to summarize accurately. Chychrun for:

A) Eller, McMichael, Fehervary, '25 2nd
B) Eller, Lapierre, Fehervary, '23 1st

Uh, no. These aren't close.

Fever is a young stud D with untapped upside himself, and you want to throw in 1st round C prospects and high picks?

I wouldn't accept these packages for JT Miller.

 

[zappa4ever]

Seems foolish to want to move Fehervary, a young Dman that was thrown into the fire as JC74's partner and straight into difficult assignments and little shelter w/full minutes

The 1st half of the year he mostly looked great and fit in like a veteran instantly, he lost steam as the season wore on as most rookies aren't used to the 82 game grind

I find it hard to believe now that he's experienced a full 82 that he would somehow not learn, not train more in the offseason, and not prepare more for the long haul

Fully expecting him to be ready for 82+, establish himself as a Top-4 D, and be, at worst, a solid 2nd pair D for many years


something I always stand by:
<<<< Never trade away Top-4 D >>>>


Do we not remember the joke of a D core we had for years until Nisky/Orpik came here?

 

[pman25]

<<<< Never trade away Top-4 D >>>>

sure but in this scenario we would be returning an established top 4D, so I'm alright with it. But also okay just to go with Fehervary. Chychrun is a good asset because he has a great shot and we may not get to leverage that if Carlson is PP1 (unless the chychrun move opens up a Carlson move)

 

[rt]

Proposal: - AZ & The Caps: Chych Goes 2 DC

As always, feel free to flame me :) To WSH: Jakob Chychrun To ARI: Lars Eller Martin Fehervary Connor McMichael 2025 WSH 2nd Rounder

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[Hivemind]

Seems foolish to want to move Fehervary, a young Dman that was thrown into the fire as JC74's partner and straight into difficult assignments and little shelter w/full minutes

The 1st half of the year he mostly looked great and fit in like a veteran instantly, he lost steam as the season wore on as most rookies aren't used to the 82 game grind

I find it hard to believe now that he's experienced a full 82 that he would somehow not learn, not train more in the offseason, and not prepare more for the long haul

Fully expecting him to be ready for 82+, establish himself as a Top-4 D, and be, at worst, a solid 2nd pair D for many years


something I always stand by:
<<<< Never trade away Top-4 D >>>>


Do we not remember the joke of a D core we had for years until Nisky/Orpik came here?

Did you miss the part where the Caps get Jakob Chychrun in return?

 

[HandsomeTom43]

The odds that Fehervary supersedes Chychrun in talent or product is pretty low. Not to mention he has a cap hit of 4.6 for what three more seasons? Why would you not trade him for Chychrun? JC6 is only 24, he is someone you can build around, and helps the transition game.

 

[zappa4ever]

Did you miss the part where the Caps get Jakob Chychrun in return?

I'd love to get Chychrun
NOT at the expense of a potentially great, high-end, long-term, young D like Fever, whom I expect to improve greatly and may turn out to be a true diamond in the rough

It's not like Fever looks like shit and has no potential nor is he an unknown prospect with unknown potential; he's shown plenty of potential, ability, great skating, surprising physicality, etc...

We've got extra fwds, we've got TVR/Gustafsson, we've got unproven prospects (Snively, Leason, Malenstyn et al...) to make a Chychrun deal happen

 

[twabby]

I'd love to get Chychrun
NOT at the expense of a potentially great, high-end, long-term, young D like Fever, whom I expect to improve greatly and may turn out to be a true diamond in the rough

It's not like Fever looks like shit and has no potential nor is he an unknown prospect with unknown potential; he's shown plenty of potential, ability, great skating, surprising physicality, etc...

We've got extra fwds, we've got TVR/Gustafsson, we've got unproven prospects (Snively, Leason, Malenstyn et al...) to make a Chychrun deal happen

Chychrun is already a great, high-end, long-term, young D.

The other parts you listed likely have little to no value in a trade. Is Beck Malenstyn really going to be a centerpiece in a trade for a legit top pairing defenseman?

 

[SherVaughn30]

I was scoping the lineup projections (based on current state) in the thread and almost every one of them is missing Snively completely. He brings speed and youth, is very well liked, and was just signed to a two-year, one-way $950k deal. He's likely to be on the roster and Caps brass likes him in top 6. Focusing on forwards here:

OV-Kuzy-Brown
Snively-Strome-Oshie
Eller-CMM-Mantha (We played Eller at LW for a game or two and I think that will continue)
Sheary-Dowd-Hathaway (we know we have talent when we can play Sheary on 4th line - he is a perfect fit)

Mojo-Pilon-Leason
AJF-Protas
Malenstyn-Lapierre

LTIR: Wilson, Hags, Backstrom

Also worth noting that we haven't done much on Hershey signings. I think that is because we expect several folks who don't make Caps will be sent down and that could include Mojo, Pilon, AJF, and Malenstyn who are on one-way deals. I worry about Leason and AJF clearing waivers. Mojo, Pilon, and Malenstyn will clear. Protas and Lapierre are waiver exempt.

First of all Snively's NHL cap hit is $800k and not $950k. Second, Snively is best suited as a 3rd line player and not on the 2nd line.

 

[zappa4ever]

Chychrun is already a great, high-end, long-term, young D.

The other parts you listed likely have little to no value in a trade. Is Beck Malenstyn really going to be a centerpiece in a trade for a legit top pairing defenseman?

Fever is 22 years old.
Full of potential.
Why on Earf give up on a potential great D-man before he's given time to grow and mature?
b/c he wasn't an All-Star his rookie year?
b/c he lost steam his 1st season of playing a full 82?

That's completely short-sighted and myopic

How is the only way to get Chychrun is by losing Fever? Is there no creativity

Good fwds grow on trees, anybody can name 150 good fwds
Good Dmen don't

 

[Dr John Carlson]

We've got extra fwds, we've got TVR/Gustafsson, we've got unproven prospects (Snively, Leason, Malenstyn et al...) to make a Chychrun deal happen

Arizona is salivating.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Fever is 22 years old.
Full of potential.
Why on Earf give up on a potential great D-man before he's given time to grow and mature?
b/c he wasn't an All-Star his rookie year?
b/c he lost steam his 1st season of playing a full 82?

That's completely short-sighted and myopic

How is the only way to get Chychrun is by losing Fever? Is there no creativity

Good fwds grow on trees, anybody can name 150 good fwds
Good Dmen don't

I’m not advocating a Fever trade…..but you have to project who Arizona would want back and Fever makes sense.

It would be an immediate and large upgrade over Fever who does have upside for sure, but may never be as good.

I would prefer to hold onto Fever….but pay to play.

 

[twabby]

Fever is 22 years old.
Full of potential.
Why on Earf give up on a potential great D-man before he's given time to grow and mature?
b/c he wasn't an All-Star his rookie year?
b/c he lost steam his 1st season of playing a full 82?

That's completely short-sighted and myopic

How is the only way to get Chychrun is by losing Fever? Is there no creativity

Good fwds grow on trees, anybody can name 150 good fwds
Good Dmen don't

I'm not saying you give up Fehervary if you don't have to. I'm saying if you have to, you do it and don't look back. What are the odds Fehervary amounts to anything close to Chychrun?

 

[zappa4ever]

Here's my OFFICIAL view:

I value Fever over every prospect we have and I think it's a mistake to lose him. Period.

I think by the end of this season he will have grown into the Top-4 D role and continue to be at least a solid 2nd pair D and maybe grow to be an all-around Top Pair D

I value Fever more than:
McMic
Snively
Protas
LaPierre
Axel Fjallby
Leason
Malenstyn
LuJo

I want the Caps to keep/develop Fever, Protas the most
the next tier for me is McMic, Snively, Lapierre, Axel and LuJo

 

[Monsterrain]

Id trade carlson for chychrun. If they are smart they wont do it. I dont want to trade fever who could still get better.

I swear if they sit snively for mojo im going to lose it!

 

[Ridley Simon]

So I’m piecing together some do the replies so far, and attempting to summarize accurately. Chychrun for:

A) Eller, McMichael, Fehervary, '25 2nd
B) Eller, Lapierre, Fehervary, '23 1st

Caps can’t trade Eller and McMichael together without a C coming back (or signing another one asap). They’d only have 3 C’s left on the big roster

 

[DWGie26]

First of all Snively's NHL cap hit is $800k and not $950k. Second, Snively is best suited as a 3rd line player and not on the 2nd line.

You are correct... got my numbers wrong on Snively. But, I also know for sure that his tryout last year was to see if he could play second line. Now we have more talent this year so maybe that gets thrown out. Third line will be a lot more skilled then it was last year. If you have a fast play driving 3rd line, then fine. 4th line is checking.

 

[Hivemind]

I'd love to get Chychrun
NOT at the expense of a potentially great, high-end, long-term, young D like Fever, whom I expect to improve greatly and may turn out to be a true diamond in the rough

It's not like Fever looks like shit and has no potential nor is he an unknown prospect with unknown potential; he's shown plenty of potential, ability, great skating, surprising physicality, etc...

We've got extra fwds, we've got TVR/Gustafsson, we've got unproven prospects (Snively, Leason, Malenstyn et al...) to make a Chychrun deal happen

"Hey Arizona, I want your best player but all I'm willing to give you is trash"

Fever is 22 years old.
Full of potential.

Chychrun is 24 years old.
Full of potential.

It's like you don't realize that Chychrun is the already the player you want Fehervary to become, while still being very young and having potential to reach a ceiling that Fehervary won't achieve. And signed to a very affordable contract to boot.

 

[Todos a la Calle]

So I haven't watched AZ games. Is Chychrun really that good? AZ had the second-worst goals against number last season. Honest question.

 

[895]

I can't agree at all with those who value Hendrix over McMike.

He had 50 points in 40 games in the Q. That's honestly terrible for a d+1 first round pick in the Q. Sure you can argue he lost motivation because of being sent down but it doesn't really matter the reason. He did not improve his stock.

McMike had a decent rookie season. Not as much production as hoped but analytics suggests he was doing the right things.

Cmm>> Lapierre

 

[usiel]

So I haven't watched AZ games. Is Chychrun really that good? AZ had the second-worst goals against number last season. Honest question.

Secondary question who in their right mind actually willingly watched the Coyotes play last season unless they were playing the oilers or colorado.... I have to admit I cannot recall ever seeing this Chychrun character play. Though I bet he's probably a big fan of Chvrches..just sayin...