hockeykicker
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Friedman: Too many teams trying to sell, not enough teams buying
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Ollie Weeks
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AverageJoeFan
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BlueBaron
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If teams want a player bad enough, they will pay the price.
Hunter368
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AverageJoeFan
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Oh I agree, but even a marginally better trade for those in playoffs can make a huge difference.
Empoleon8771
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This is going to be the most "buyers market" deadline we've seen in a really long time.
Liferleafer
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Or maybe they won't.....
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justafan22
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Teams like Pittsburgh, Toronto etc who have needs but don't have to make a move is part of the problem here honestly.
So Holden should have cost less than a prospect and 3rd.
Kent Nilsson
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Thats a sellers market.
Empoleon8771
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Not really, it's just there are a lot of teams selling right now and not as many teams buying. The Rangers are a fringe playoff team and they sent out a letter of "lol we're blowing it up" when they were still in the playoff hunt. Stuff like that is why it's an extreme buyers market, fringe playoff teams are leaning towards selling.
Canes
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I don't blame teams for wanting to sell. Seems like there's 6-7 legit Cup contenders at best, then there's 20+ mediocre teams and then there's the bottom feeders.
Exactly and the rebuild teams will find the ask with cap implications and costs of acquisition they want will be hard to get. Teams want to rebuild, but you need to find buyers and when supply exceeds demand, prices fall. Hawks are examples of paying for past production is a killer. Owners and GM's are not going to give LT contracts for declining production. That era is ending. With few exceptions, many of those contracts will not be economically sound or make a material difference in being a top team. Cap going to 80 million is good for a small number of teams. Most are not spending close to that and in fact will probably be closer to the floor than the top. Yes you pay special players who are going into their prime. Pens have no bad contracts since they didn't pay for past production. Smart management pays the going rate if it makes sense.
As an Islanders fan I remember 2014(Vanek) being terrible. lol
God King Fudge
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Or they'll look elsewhere for comparable players. You can't have a house comparable to houses that cost 200k and list for 500k. You'll either lower your price or stick with your property.
GoJetsGo55
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Thinking the same thing. First time we are buyers in.....forever?
ManofSteel55
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It will make it harder for guys with term to be moved at the deadline- guys like Hoffman from Ottawa, or the good defensemen with a year left (McD, EK, OEL), but that could make for a more interesting start to the summer. The only guys that teams will be desperate to move are free agents or guys they just don't want. The quality players with term left probably won't be moved if the prices are so low right now.
Freudian
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Good. Deadline trade costs have been absurd for ages. Any correction towards sanity is healthy.
stempniaksen
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This makes me happy that the pieces the Sens are shopping are locked up into next year. Can use the attitude of "taking our ball and going home" if the offers aren't up to snuff.
Should be interesting to see what pure rentals like Kane and Nash end up going for. Would be unfortunate for their current teams if it was pennies on the dollar.
Should be interesting to see what pure rentals like Kane and Nash end up going for. Would be unfortunate for their current teams if it was pennies on the dollar.
Empoleon8771
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2014 was another year that was another clear buyers market, I remember the Penguins got Stempniak and Goc for 2 3rds that year, which is very cheap for 2 pretty solid rentals.
There were a lot of cheap deals at that deadline, to be honest. Hemsky for a 3rd and 5th when he was on about a 40 point pace is pretty low. Gaborik was traded for Frattin and a 2nd, which was very cheap too. There were also not that many trades for a deadline and only 1 1st round pick traded (in the Miller to St. Louis deal.
