GDT: Free Agent Frenzy: 2022-23 Season

[PlushMinus]

Toronto has to be the worst team in terms of media / fan pressure. I wonder if that had anything to do with Campbell's poor second half and playoff showing? He wouldn't have anywhere near that kind of pressure in Washington

 

[max21]

I’m so ready for some deals

 

[Carlzner]

Hit Giroux to OTT +500 and Gaudreau to PHI +1000 a few days back. Feeling pretty good about that, would love to see a JVR trade at some point tonight.

Also hit a certain Russian center to a certain nations capital at +900.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Those rumors of Kadri making potentially 8 million and Gaudreau making more is sick. They may be good players, but no superstar compared to Ovy, McD, and Drai. NHL can't keep this stuff up. Also, I'm not against Malkin even though I don't like the player. The last time we signed some ex Pens we had success.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Like the idea of kicking the tires on Milano.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Kind of wild that Calgary couldn't make this work. They're going to take a big step back after a great year.

They offered him $10M+ over 8 years. They did everything they could.

 

[pman25]

Johnny is coming to the metro!

I think Edmonton moves on from Kane and signs Burakovsky and reunites him with his Erie Otters linemate

 

[McVechkin]

Those rumors of Kadri making potentially 8 million and Gaudreau making more is sick. They may be good players, but no superstar compared to Ovy, McD, and Drai. NHL can't keep this stuff up. Also, I'm not against Malkin even though I don't like the player. The last time we signed some ex Pens we had success.

Well not really the last time… seems like the caps sign ex pens every year. It’s a weird thing.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Well not really the last time… seems like the caps sign ex pens every year. It’s a weird thing.

I don't count Schultz . Niskanen and Orpik for me!

 

[ClevelandCapsfan]

Sign Milano, Trocheck, Kulak, Campbell, Rittich and call it a day.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Sign Milano, Trocheck, Kulak, Campbell, Rittich and call it a day.

LMAO With what cap space?

 

[twabby]

I’m not fully sold on Malkin but I am fully sold against signing Trocheck. Hopefully Pittsburgh signs him!

 

[Hivemind]

Kind of wild if the Flyers don't position themselves to have space to go after Gaudreau. Otherwise it seems like it's on a platter for NJD.

Between the Flyers, Devils, and Islanders - it seems like almost a foregone conclusion that Gaudreau is ending up in the metro.

 

[ClevelandCapsfan]

LMAO With what cap space?

4 of 5 is doable if you move Eller and factor in LTIR, I believe.

 

[Hivemind]

Toronto has to be the worst team in terms of media / fan pressure. I wonder if that had anything to do with Campbell's poor second half and playoff showing? He wouldn't have anywhere near that kind of pressure in Washington

Probably had more to do with the fact he'd never played more than 31games at the NHL level before, and hadn't played 50+ in a combined season since 2017 with the Ontario Reign.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

4 of 5 is doable if you move Eller and factor in LTIR, I believe.

I have my doubts they move Eller even though they should.

 

[The Instigator]

I’m not fully sold on Malkin but I am fully sold against signing Trocheck. Hopefully Pittsburgh signs him!

As the great philosophers the p***ycat Dolls once said.

Edit: Apparently I can't say that.

 

[895]

I thought hf chilled out with the censors?

 

[Langway]

Attention value shoppers, top UFAs ranked by GAR that I subjectively expect to be signed for less than a $4M AAV:

Rutta, Heinen, Rodrigues, Kulak, MStaal, DStrome, Larsson, Stastny, Milano, Subban, CMiller, Joshua, Donato, Howden, Domi, Lazar, Maatta, Lyubushkin.

Some defensive value to be had. Laviolette being more of a meat and potatoes guy I suspect he'd want more along those lines. Rodrigues or Stastny tops my value list up front I think. And then if not Kulak then Staal or Maatta as D stopgaps. But I suppose Miller or Subban could have similar PP2 appeal should they want to replace Schultz in that role. But they have a perfectly good Orlov and don't need to prioritize it per se.

 

[twabby]

Malkin off the market.

 

[Carlzner]

Damn, that's too bad

 

[Hivemind]

Thank god the Caps are spared from the Malkin mistake

Only a $6.1M AAV for Malkin from the Pens feels like a slap in the face to Malkin, but on the other hand makes me jealous that we couldn't have kept Backstrom's salary that low

 

[895]

Boring

 

[pman25]

Pittsburgh wised up, you don’t let a franchise legend walk that wants to re-sign! Even if you only get 60 games out of him, he’s pretty good

Shame. I wanted to see him on the lightning somehow lol

 

[DWGie26]

Thank God! Didn’t want to sign Jagr 2.0.