Friedman: Mike Hoffman is available in a trade

[justafan22]

Friedman on Huberdeau, Hoffman trade speculation

“I definitely think Hoffman is available,” indicated Friedman. “He’s a really talented guy. He’s got one more year at I think $5.5 million. I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody trades for him because you’re always looking for scoring.
“The Huberdeau one is interesting. That came out I guess in the last 24 hours. I’ve had people tell me that there is no way that Florida is dealing Huberdeau, and I’ve had other people tell me that they’ve heard quietly Florida is at least looking at it. So I don’t know what to say.
“I just can’t believe they would trade Huberdeau, who’s on a great contract, unless the return was unbelievable.”
Huberdeau is in the second season of a six-year, $35.4 million contract, which carries a cap hit of $5.9 million.
That pact contains a no-move clause that will kick in July 1.

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[Benedict Kovalchuk]

Damn, Florida runs their team weird AF.

 

[mitchthemitch]

Does the incident with his wife affect his trade value at all? Are all teams ok with trading for him?

 

[SI90]

New York islanders please

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Sharks?

 

[Super Cake]

Going all in on Panaran and Bob. Still though, i don't know why they need to trade Hoffman.

Would be both hilarious and sad if they trade for Panaran and Bob, trade Hoffman away, but Panaran and bob decide to leave in the offseason.

Would leave the Panthers with nothing.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Get the cancer to NSH

 

[one2gamble]

Seems like those are the parts that get them pana and Bob so why not just ship them to the bus

 

[POVERTY]

Sharks?

Think they give him a video tribute?

 

[Joel Ward]

Makes waaayyy more sense than trading Huberdeau unless they get an unreal offer for Huby.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

What the hell is Tallon thinking?

 

[justafan22]

What the hell is Tallon thinking?

nothing

 

[Drew311]

Have to be leery of a player who is available six months after a team trades for him.

 

[Kranix]

He's thinking the group is 12 points out of the wildcard, so everyone but Barkov should be available.

 

[LTIR]

Sharks?

If only Chia was managing that team.
See Manning - McDavid

 

[kanucks25]

He's thinking the group is 12 points out of the wildcard, so everyone but Barkov should be available.

If he thinks trading his 38-goal, 68-point (pace) winger is a part of the solution, something is wrong.

I mean unless he's getting an equal value/age piece back this is puzzling.

Either way, Florida needs to add to become a contender, not shuffle the deck chairs.

 

[Ouroboros]

Makes perfect sense. The guy is a UFA in 2020 and the Panthers are not likely to pay him the sort of coin he'd be looking for to stick around.

You get a lot more for him now than you do at the deadline next season.

 

[Dessert Nights]

So Florida is going for Panarin, Bob and Karlsson.

 

[Schenn]

Are there not any other more "dead weight" contracts to unload if they are going to bring in the Russians?

 

[KevinRedkey]

Assuming Bob-Pan works out for them...
Huberdeau, Panarin, and Hoffman are all LW that aren't great on RW.

Would make sense to deal Hoffman for picks and/or help on D, and then sign a RW as a UFA (Plenty are available: Eberle, Stone, Simmonds, Zuccarello, Silfverberg, Nyquist, etc...)

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

It's like every bad to mediocre team in the league is joining in to drive the price of wingers into the ground before the deadline.

 

[ITM]

Have to be leery of a player who is available six months after a team trades for him.

Given what went on, I think twenty-nine other clubs most certainly got the memo on Hoffman.

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Hoffman and Huberdeau for Signed Pan and Bob


Reimer though... idk, could cbj take him ?

 

[bernmeister]

Not looking his direction, but just for curiosity, what's the ballpark asking price?

 

[XXIV97]

I would give Florida the same package they gave San Jose