GDT: Free Agent Frenzy 2020

[JrFischer54]

This is what I found:


Seravalli adds, “But I’m told at this point, including one of the teams they’ve talked to in the Carolina Hurricanes, the price that the Vegas Golden Knights are willing to pay in order to have a team eat some of that salary so far remains way too low for those teams to be interested.” Seravalli notes the offer from the Golden Knights is still a second-round pick but teams are being asked to eat up to half of the salary ($3.5 million) so teams are looking for a first and a second rounder.

If your in a win now mode then just give up the first round pick. It should probably be an early round second pick. What’s the problem? Lol. A 2021 late first round pick isn’t going to help a team until 2023-24 let that sink in

 

[Spoiled Bratt]

If we can take advantage of the situation in Vegas, we’ll be winning the trade regardless of who or what’s involved.

This is THE main reason why we saved our cap space for the past couple of years.

 

[BurntToast]

Golden Boys just threw this offseason into chaos and I love it...Total Snoozer before this. (Happy with the Devils moves)

 

[AfroThunder396]

To be clear, they are 2.1M over the 10% cushion right now. They would still need to clear additional space by the start of the season. But 2.1M is what they need to clear by tomorrow to be cap compliant.

I am not sure if that means the league would reject the AP contract or if there would be some sort of other punishment for violating the cap ceiling. Any CBA wonks in here able to chime in?

 

[Forge]

To be clear, they are 2.1M over the 10% cushion right now. They would still need to clear additional space by the start of the season. But 2.1M is what they need to clear by tomorrow to be cap compliant.

I am not sure if that means the league would reject the AP contract or if there would be some sort of other punishment for violating the cap ceiling. Any CBA wonks in here able to chime in?

I saw someone else say on the main board I think that they have to clear it off to get the contract approved, which makes sense.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

We aren’t nearly getting enough for a two year cap dump involving 6.25m of real money.

I'll take more. FWIW Detroit got a 2nd to pay 3.2 m to Marc Staal (5.7 m cap hit), and I assume the Devils aren't the only team that would be interested in buying futures as a middle man so there would be some downward pressure on whatever it took.

 

[Spoiled Bratt]

To be clear, they are 2.1M over the 10% cushion right now. They would still need to clear additional space by the start of the season. But 2.1M is what they need to clear by tomorrow to be cap compliant.

I am not sure if that means the league would reject the AP contract or if there would be some sort of other punishment for violating the cap ceiling. Any CBA wonks in here able to chime in?

I think it just cancels the AP deal they just handed out.

 

[Bcap88]

Seems like a lose lose ? What if no other team helps Vegas out, thus keeping pie a ufa, if you are a team in the running for pie you absolutely don’t help them out

 

[Scooooooooooooot]

1st round picks are now bad? Lol give me a break

 

[Bcap88]

I think it just cancels the AP deal they just handed out.

It does, it would be like kovalchuks 17 year deal that was rejected by the nhl

 

[Forge]

Seems like a lose lose ? What if no other team helps Vegas out, thus keeping pie a ufa, if you are a team in the running for pie you absolutely don’t help them out

Teams can't collude and I don't think that any team would trust all the other teams not to pull the trigger on a trade that significantly helps them out. I know I wouldn't lol.

If you value a guy like Schmidt that much and you're not in on Pie, and you can get Schmidt for like a 5th....wouldn't you want to do it?

 

[Spoiled Bratt]

1st round picks are now bad? Lol give me a break

Especially for a team that’s rebuilding in a draft that is said to be dman heavy.

 

[Guttersniped]

To be clear, they are 2.1M over the 10% cushion right now. They would still need to clear additional space by the start of the season. But 2.1M is what they need to clear by tomorrow to be cap compliant.

I am not sure if that means the league would reject the AP contract or if there would be some sort of other punishment for violating the cap ceiling. Any CBA wonks in here able to chime in?

I don’t believe he’s signed anything, they just agreed to terms.

 

[Patrik26]

Who was the GM for Vegas that gave out these contracts? Was it McPhee or McCrimmon? If it was McPhee, it kind of makes him not the genius everyone made him out to be. Same would go for Yzerman in Tampa.

 

[Bcap88]

Teams can't collude and I don't think that any team would trust all the other teams not to pull the trigger on a trade that significantly helps them out. I know I wouldn't lol.

If you value a guy like Schmidt that much and you're not in on Pie, and you can get Schmidt for like a 5th....wouldn't you want to do it?

I agree but I’m just playing the what if game lol

 

[Spoiled Bratt]

Teams can't collude and I don't think that any team would trust all the other teams not to pull the trigger on a trade that significantly helps them out. I know I wouldn't lol.

If you value a guy like Schmidt that much and you're not in on Pie, and you can get Schmidt for like a 5th....wouldn't you want to do it?

Well that’s a no brainer but if Vegas is trying to "squeeze" other teams by offering Martinez and a 3rd for peanuts, just to get by the deadline date of tomorrow... I wouldn’t take it.

 

[Forge]

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Lol. Monitor a team interested, potentially, in a player. Way to say something without saying anything.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

Dont think that move works well for Vegas, they needed scoring as well

 

[Forge]

Lol. Monitor a team interested, potentially, in a player. Way to say something without saying anything.

I'm not even sure who he is, but Vancouver fans and the main board seem to quote him a lot when it comes to Vancouver, so I'm assuming that he's got some sources.

 

[Hisch13r]

I'm not even sure who he is, but Vancouver fans and the main board seem to quote him a lot when it comes to Vancouver, so I'm assuming that he's got some sources.

He is quoting Rick Dhaliwal and he does TSN radio and the Athletic for the Canucks

 

[Bcap88]

Theodore or Schmidt ? If you had to choose

 

[Hisch13r]

Theodore or Schmidt ? If you had to choose

Easily Theodore but Vegas isn't doing that. They'd move out others before Theodore and to get Theodore it wouldn't be as a dump. You'd have to give up valuable assets to get him

 

[Forge]

Theodore or Schmidt ? If you had to choose

Theodore by a mile.

 

[JrFischer54]

1st round picks are now bad? Lol give me a break

didn’t say they were bad just at some point you gotta get legit prospects in these deals. Good try though mate