GDT: Free Agent Frenzy / Fantasy GM - Part 5

[DonnyNucker]

Koekkoek and Hawryluk would/should both be sub $1m players. That’s the only range the Canucks can afford to shop in unless they are able to ship out salary.

I’d be ok with that. Find Bo a winger at the TDL again assuming the team is in a solid playoff position

 

[Nazzlind]

Caggiula, Gauthier, Hawryluk are some decent depth forwards if we can get them at 700k

 

[timw33]

My guess is they are biding their time and trying to hit their window.

They are essentially trying to eat this next year with $13MM in buyout costs going down to $4MM the following year, and have $10MM of potential bonuses to account for this season with Laffrieniere, Kakko, Chytil, Fox, Shestsherkin, Lingren all on ELCs with bonus structures (Laf, Kakko, Fox, Shestsherkin the most likely to hit).

The big problem is they need to figure out what to do about DeAngelo who IMO is not a player you build around in any way, on or off the ice, and Zibanejad has 2 years left at $5.3 and then is UFA.

 

[Josepho]

Literally try anyone else but Fantenberg.

I dont get this club's obsession with bringing back the same awful players all the time.

 

[DonnyNucker]

Literally try anyone else but Fantenberg.

I dont get this club's obsession with bringing back the same awful players all the time.

Obsession? He is clearly low on the list of targets or he would be signed.

 

[BB06]

Zero interest in bringing back Fantenberg. Couldn’t clear the puck and any offence generate by the forwards died the second the past puck back to him on the point.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Caggiula, Gauthier, Hawryluk are some decent depth forwards if we can get them at 700k

Gauthier would be a solid 4th line C option if we didn’t already have Beagle there. Caggiula is someone I like a lot if we move on from Leivo.

 

[BB06]

About a week since Free agency opened and both Hoffman/Dadnov have yet to be signed. Does no one wanna pay these guys?

 

[FreeMcdavid]

About a week since Free agency opened and both Hoffman/Dadnov have yet to be signed. Does no one wanna pay these guys?

Probably waiting on some teams to move salaries so that they can take a shot at them

Vancouver has been linked to be doing this.

 

[FreeMcdavid]

Gauthier would be a solid 4th line C option if we didn’t already have Beagle there. Caggiula is someone I like a lot if we move on from Leivo.

sign Cagugiula and trade for Schmatlz and reuinte them with Boeser in what was one of the most dominant lines in NCAA hockey. The CBS line!

 

[BB06]

There goes Dadnov. 5MX3. If he was younger I'd have been all over that.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

There goes Dadnov. 5MX3. If he was younger I'd have been all over that.

Solid deal. I’d rather have Toffoli’s deal, but Ottawa didn’t do too badly here.

 

[BB06]

Solid deal. I’d rather have Toffoli’s deal, but Ottawa didn’t do too badly here.

After Hall he was probably the best winger on the Market. Wonder how he'll age.

 

[Boose Brudreau]

Anyone else think the Canucks should be trying to sign Demko, Hughes and Pettersson to 2/3 year bridge deals now? Demko at $3.5mm (maybe only 2 years at this hit). Hughes and Petey at $6.75 (the same number Point got). IMO, it makes sense to bridge these players with a view to giving them LTDs that don't take them into their mid/late 30's.

 

[FreeMcdavid]

Too rich for our blood with the Dadonov deal. Good player though, i think better than Tofolli

 

[Peter Griffin]

Aqualini's must be pissed seeing all these reasonable contracts being signed while they're stuck paying for Jimbo's mistakes.

 

[BB06]

If a guy like Dadnov is only get 5M after back to back 60+ point season I wonder how much Granlund would be getting in this market.

 

[Nucker101]

Solid deal for Dadonov, underrated player.

I’m down to sign Koekkoek if JB can get that done, would be sad if the Canucks chose Fanty over him

 

[m9]

Anyone else think the Canucks should be trying to sign Demko, Hughes and Pettersson to 2/3 year bridge deals now? Demko at $3.5mm (maybe only 2 years at this hit). Hughes and Petey at $6.75 (the same number Point got). IMO, it makes sense to bridge these players with a view to giving them LTDs that don't take them into their mid/late 30's.

The problem with Demko is that he turns 25 this year so a 2yr extension brings him right into UFA. I think they absolutely have to wait to see how he does this year first because if he struggles or even is just "okay" like he was last year then he will probably get a 1yr deal for backup $$.

As for EP/Hughes, I'm sure the Canucks would sign those deals today if they could for that money. They will be more expensive than that.

 

[Bettman Returnz]

Wouldn’t of thought sens for dadonov. Interesting!

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

I like Kahun as a cheap 3C option, but I just don't think the Canucks view 3C as a pressing need on this team.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Really like that Dadonov contract for Ottawa. A really smart, cerebral player, no issues with that number for the next 3 years.

That being said, they could sign Prime Gretzky right now and I'd still bet on them to miss the playoffs with a right-side D of Zaitsev, Gudbranson, and Brown. Brutal.

 

[Nucker101]

I like Kahun as a cheap 3C option, but I just don't think the Canucks view 3C as a pressing need on this team.

Pretty sure he’s a winger, no?

 

[Peter Griffin]

If a guy like Dadnov is only get 5M after back to back 60+ point season I wonder how much Granlund would be getting in this market.

He'd probably best suited to sign a one year deal and try to re-build his value after a disappointing stint with Nashville. 1 year, $3-4M would be my best guess.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Pretty sure he’s a winger, no?

Nah he’s pretty versatile, can play any position up front.