Speculation: Top remaining UFAs - do any not get signed?
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Djp
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Other than Chara waiting to sign in Boston
none of these will sign anywhere until trades are made in the league where teams over the cap get under.
even thrn you are looking at $1M contracts
none of these will sign anywhere until trades are made in the league where teams over the cap get under.
even thrn you are looking at $1M contracts
themelkman
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All these guys are NHL next year. Probably for contracts they dont like though
ManwithNoIdentity
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Wish Rangers kept him instead of that year and half of Yandle, but if they extended Yandle then i would not mind it so much. Yandle was a good Ranger.
themelkman
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Probably fits a lot of places. I would not mind him on the sharks at all
Clint Eastwood
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Feel like Hoffman and Nashville would be a good match. There's cap space for them. Nashville adds a winger to a thin set of wingers beyond their top line, they get a shoot first player rather than a pass first guy like they had in Granlund, and they have a good weapon on what has been a horrendous powerplay.
However, I feel like if it was gonna happen it would've happened by now.
However, I feel like if it was gonna happen it would've happened by now.
CapSpace
Caufield is lit
Nah, I’ll take Dadonov over him, thank you very much.
caley
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Chara may opt out if he's not happy with the way the season looks this year (Bubble? Scheduling? Travel? etc).
I have a funny feeling that Hamonic may not play either. Given his reputation around the league (Which doesn't always agree with his perceived Advanced Statistical value), the fact that he's not signed yet means he is either waiting for the perfect scenario or not interested in playing. With him opting out of last year's playoffs for family reasons, I just have the funny feeling he might not come back this year, maybe even retire completely.
With the way things are going Covid-wise, I wouldn't be completely shocked to see any or all of Haula, Granlund and/or Kovalchuk play a season in Europe and see what the lay of the land looks like for 2021-22.
I have a funny feeling that Hamonic may not play either. Given his reputation around the league (Which doesn't always agree with his perceived Advanced Statistical value), the fact that he's not signed yet means he is either waiting for the perfect scenario or not interested in playing. With him opting out of last year's playoffs for family reasons, I just have the funny feeling he might not come back this year, maybe even retire completely.
With the way things are going Covid-wise, I wouldn't be completely shocked to see any or all of Haula, Granlund and/or Kovalchuk play a season in Europe and see what the lay of the land looks like for 2021-22.
Bounces R Way
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The only one I can see making more than 4 million per on a longer deal than 2 years is Hoffman.
This is the COIVD-19 2020 UFA victim list.
This is the COIVD-19 2020 UFA victim list.
TheKrebsCycle
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biturbo19
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Probably no chance Hamonic plays. The guy opted out of the "bubble playoffs" because of Covid and his fears and liabilities there. He's rich as heck. He can afford to just take the year off and see what happens.
Hoffman scares people because he's going to want significant money and be worth it in terms of goal-scoring, but i'm sure he's narrowed an already shallow list of teams with cap space, down to very few...with his "reputation" re: the whole Karlsson situation.
Granlund will find a gig for sure. It's just a matter of how little he's willing to take, to find the right fit to rehabilitate his reputation after failing pretty miserably in Nashville due to a poor fit. Someone will toss him some cheddar to come in and score a few points though.
Haula will also find a role. Worst case, there'd be a line out the door of teams looking to sign him up as a versatile middle-6 piece with speed. Just a matter of waiting to see what the best offer is, which might take a while for teams to get desperate.
Brassard is a similar case to Haula, but lesser. Which should make it easier for him to find a deal somewhere. He's already coming off a 1-year "prove it" bargain bin deal...which means he's willing to go there. It's just a question of whether he's willing to go there twice in a row...and what sort of "team fit" he can find, to put himself in the right situation to succeed like he did in NYI.
Vatanen will land somewhere...but he's probably asking Top-4D money, when he played the last year like a #5ish bottom-pairing guy for the most part. He'll definitely find a solid landing spot though. Teams will always spend a little bit on a #4/5ish RHD with a history of being a lot better than that. It's just a matter of teams trying to sort out where to get the cap, and Vatanen realizing that he's either going to get kinda okay money...or be on a decent team. Not both.
Kovalchuk and Duclair, both probably on their way to Russia. Kovy is old and barely anybody wanted to sign him in better cap times for basically minimum dollar. He's one of those players who is great if you're a bad team, but terrible and useless if you're a good one. Nobody is going to offer him more than "filler" minimum price, and he'll be way better off just going back to Russia where he's a star. Duclair is a pretty similar player at this point. He can score goals on a bad team, but he's gonna be useless on a good team that already has better Top-6 forwards.
Chara is a huge wildcard. I kinda feel like he's gonna find a place to play. And i wouldn't be surprised if it's Vancouver based on the Benning connection. On some sort of 1-year heavily bonus-laden deal that pushes cap to the future.
Hoffman scares people because he's going to want significant money and be worth it in terms of goal-scoring, but i'm sure he's narrowed an already shallow list of teams with cap space, down to very few...with his "reputation" re: the whole Karlsson situation.
Granlund will find a gig for sure. It's just a matter of how little he's willing to take, to find the right fit to rehabilitate his reputation after failing pretty miserably in Nashville due to a poor fit. Someone will toss him some cheddar to come in and score a few points though.
Haula will also find a role. Worst case, there'd be a line out the door of teams looking to sign him up as a versatile middle-6 piece with speed. Just a matter of waiting to see what the best offer is, which might take a while for teams to get desperate.
Brassard is a similar case to Haula, but lesser. Which should make it easier for him to find a deal somewhere. He's already coming off a 1-year "prove it" bargain bin deal...which means he's willing to go there. It's just a question of whether he's willing to go there twice in a row...and what sort of "team fit" he can find, to put himself in the right situation to succeed like he did in NYI.
Vatanen will land somewhere...but he's probably asking Top-4D money, when he played the last year like a #5ish bottom-pairing guy for the most part. He'll definitely find a solid landing spot though. Teams will always spend a little bit on a #4/5ish RHD with a history of being a lot better than that. It's just a matter of teams trying to sort out where to get the cap, and Vatanen realizing that he's either going to get kinda okay money...or be on a decent team. Not both.
Kovalchuk and Duclair, both probably on their way to Russia. Kovy is old and barely anybody wanted to sign him in better cap times for basically minimum dollar. He's one of those players who is great if you're a bad team, but terrible and useless if you're a good one. Nobody is going to offer him more than "filler" minimum price, and he'll be way better off just going back to Russia where he's a star. Duclair is a pretty similar player at this point. He can score goals on a bad team, but he's gonna be useless on a good team that already has better Top-6 forwards.
Chara is a huge wildcard. I kinda feel like he's gonna find a place to play. And i wouldn't be surprised if it's Vancouver based on the Benning connection. On some sort of 1-year heavily bonus-laden deal that pushes cap to the future.
Black Kevin
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In threads like these, people are always saying Granlund will take a $1M deal from somewhere. If that were the case, he would've been signed a long time ago. 31 teams of 31 make that deal every single time.
Dr Quincy
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Word in Boston is that the B's want to move him to a front office job but Chara is intent on playing again. Doubt he opts out.
Brassard is cooked. I see him going to Europe or getting a pto
I've read in other threads that some of these players may get signed after teams are able to put their players on LTIR. When would this happen for eligible players? Thx.
LMFAO
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Sucks for Haula... pre covid he was probably looking at 5x5
GAGLine
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Duclair has bounced around a lot since we traded him. Even if we didn't trade him for Yandle, it's very likely he would have been traded at some other point. Regarding Yandle, he's 34 and had 3 years left on his contract at 6.35 mi. That number probably would have been higher in NY. Do you really want that contract?
Fatass
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Maybe Hoffman doesn’t get signed for much, if at all? The guy can score, but maybe teams are avoiding him, and not necessarily because of money?
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