GDT: Free agent frenzy - day 2+

[Big Daddy Cane]

Didn't they just do this same exact thing with Dzingel? He was a skill winger that got healthy scratched in the playoffs by his former club. The market undervalued him, so we thought, and he signed a short-term contract that was well regarded at the time.

They too ended up healthy scratching him in the playoffs and traded him early in the following season.

Beggars can't be choosers, but anything beyond 1 year at a modest number for Tatar runs the risk of becoming an impediment in future years. The skill types are present on the roster. Another worker bee type is what is needed to balance them out. That’s what Saad represented. That may not be available now, but keeping the cap space open if it does is an understandable path.

 

[DougieSmash]

What's the point of putting Tatar with Staal and Fast? To score 10-10?

We already have similar (average) LW in Nino. We need legit top 6 winger, not another Dzingel type (not a fit for Rod system).

 

[bleedgreen]

Didn't they just do this same exact thing with Dzingel? He was a skill winger that got healthy scratched in the playoffs by his former club. The market undervalued him, so we thought, and he signed a short-term contract that was well regarded at the time.

They too ended up healthy scratching him in the playoffs and traded him early in the following season.

Beggars can't be choosers, but anything beyond 1 year at a modest number for Tatar runs the risk of becoming an impediment in future years. The skill types are present on the roster. Another worker bee type is what is needed to balance them out. That’s what Saad represented. That may not be available now, but keeping the cap space open if it does is an understandable path.

We may be better off giving youngsters like Suzuki and Rees turns at a higher level spot. Just rotate them and save the money for when someone comes available as the season goes.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

What's the point of putting Tatar with Staal and Fast? To score 10-10?

We already have similar (average) LW in Nino. We need legit top 6 winger, not another Dzingel type (not a fit for Rod system).

Tatar's a different kind of player than Dzingel. Dzingel was never really known as a play-driver or puck hound even though he scored a bunch in Ottawa. Tatar IS that, though. He'd IMO be a much better fit here.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

We may be better off giving youngsters like Suzuki and Rees turns at a higher level spot. Just rotate them and save the money for when someone comes available as the season goes.

As inefficient as it would be to go into the season with $6 mil -$7 mil in cap space on top of a $4.05 mil scratch, I can get behind it if the alternatives are a multi-year contract to Tatar or taking on the extra year of Tarasenko in full (no retention or Gardiner).

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Foegele getting 3 years $2.75m/yr... I like Bear and he filled a need but I would’ve just kept McLovin for that.

 

[To Be Determined]

tatar? us?

sounds like the canes would be full of titans!

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

As inefficient as it would be to go into the season with $6 mil -$7 mil in cap space on top of a $4.05 mil scratch, I can get behind it if the alternatives are a multi-year contract to Tatar or taking on the extra year of Tarasenko in full (no retention or Gardiner).

You think that Tatar can get a multi-year contract after Montreal scratched him for the postseason, whether justified or not? I have my doubts.

 

[Borsig]

I can’t see them wanting to take Skjei away from Pesce. I think Tony is going straight to Dougie’s spot next to Slavin.

Ayup.

Everyone slotting him on the bottom pair is wrong. He is going right to Dougie's spot until he proves it s a net negative

 

[Stickpucker]

You haven’t watched a lot of his games, I’m guessing. Tatar isn’t a soft player IMO. He’s often misjudged as such because he’s not all that gritty, but you kind of can’t be soft to get his kind of consistently high puck possession results. I think that he would play really well with Jordo.

Upgrading Jordos lw is aiming too low for my taste. We need a top 6 goal scorer preferably someone whose game is built for the playoffs.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

You think that Tatar can get a multi-year contract after Montreal scratched him for the postseason, whether justified or not? I have my doubts.

If he takes the necessary discount in search of some security, I don't see why not. Dzingel did. A lot of teams won't be thinking about if he'll hold up in a deep playoff run and value him accordingly.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I agree that Tatar isn’t necessarily the best solution for LW.

Forsberg is the best solution by far which means he will cost a ton. With that the 1st is worth alot as we don’t know how good this squad will be.

Tatar is the cheapest to acquire and probably won’t cost a ton of cash either. We can find out how good we are and then trade for Forsberg during the season. We know the worth of that first at that point.

Tarasenko is somewhere between there. He has a lot of risk because of his shoulder. He shouldn’t cost a bunch to acquire.

rakell is another option. Not quite as much health risk as Tarasenko but will cost more than Tarasenko to acquire too.

Palmieri is going to want too much term

 

[bleedgreen]

I’d love Forsberg but not for one season as a rental.

 

[ndp]

Upgrading Jordans wing is almost pointless, let some of the youngsters fight it out for that spot where they can learn how to play defense.

I love Jordan, and he's a huge part of our success up to this point but he's probably a 4C on a cup contending team. There's a reason offensive gifted players dry up when they're on his wing.

Leave the S-A-T line alone, and look for an upgrade for Ninos spot next to Young Tro, either push Nino down to the 3rd or package him in a deal for his replacement.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I’d love Forsberg but not for one season as a rental.

Oh yea. Re-signing him is a must. Running a top 6 that is
Forsberg-Aho-Turbo
Svech-Tro-Necas
for at least 3 seasons is drool worthy.
Really as long as the rest of the roster is decent we will be really good.

 

[bleedgreen]

Oh yea. Re-signing him is a must. Running a top 6 that is
Forsberg-Aho-Turbo
Svech-Tro-Necas
for at least 3 seasons is drool worthy.
Really as long as the rest of the roster is decent we will be really good.

“Re-signing”

I am unfamiliar with this word.....

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

“Re-signing”

I am unfamiliar with this word.....

I mean, Martinook did just that weeks after his dad posted that he likely wouldn't return, so...you know.

 

[MinJaBen]

Oh yea. Re-signing him is a must. Running a top 6 that is
Forsberg-Aho-Turbo
Svech-Tro-Necas
for at least 3 seasons is drool worthy.
Really as long as the rest of the roster is decent we will be really good.

Four of those top six would need to be resigned over those three seasons. After watching this organization so far, that’s impossible.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Four of those top six would need to be resigned over those three seasons. After watching this organization so far, that’s impossible.

I don't think Trocheck is getting re-signed regardless

 

[Borsig]

Id be surprised if we pay Turbo again

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I’d be surprised if we pay anyone again.

 

[Lucky Lindy]

Our top6 center.

 

[Bub]

Our top6 center.

Meaning... He's one of the top six center we have now?

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Hey, Evander Kane under investigation for betting on Sharks games.

That's a guy that's got Hurricane reclamation project written all over him. Might as well go full Al Davis with this shit.

The Autumn Wind could use a hockey rewrite...

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Actually, this isn't a bad idea considering that Stepan will be the 4C here. This means that Lorentz gets more seasoning on the wing and Drury plays a full AHL season before promotion.