Give him the bag

Created by: Garak

Team: 2023-24 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 27, 2023

Published: Sep. 27, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

I'm not a big fan of Zegras, but Pat Verbeek needs to give him the bag already. It makes no sense for him to play hardball like this. Zegras and Drysdale are two "future of the franchise" caliber players, and they are ready right now. I can understand using caution and aiming for bridge deals instead, but $3M (the reported offer from Verbeek) for a player that put up 65 points last season seems like an insult.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Zegras, Trevor		2	$6,250,000
Drysdale, Jamie		3	$3,500,000

Buyouts

Simon Despres: $0

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$68,452,084	$0	$5,832,500	$15,047,916

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Henrique, Adam $1,456,250$1,456,250 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Zegras, Trevor $6,250,000$6,250,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Terry, Troy $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW UFA - 7
Killorn, Alex $6,250,000$6,250,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 4	McTavish, Mason $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) C, LW RFA - 2	Strome, Ryan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C UFA - 4
Vatrano, Frank $3,650,000$3,650,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Carlsson, Leo $950,000$950,000 ($3,250,000$3M) C RFA - 3	Silfverberg, Jakob $5,250,000$5,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Jones, Max $1,295,000$1,295,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Lundeström, Isac $1,800,000$1,800,000 C, LW RFA - 1	McGinn, Brock $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
	Groulx, Benoit-Olivier $775,000$775,000 C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Drysdale, Jamie $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD RFA - 3	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Hägg, Robert $775,000$775,000 LD UFA - 1	Gudas, Radko $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 3	Dostal, Lukas $812,500$812,500 G RFA - 2
Zellweger, Olen $844,167$844,167 ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 3	Lyubushkin, Ilya $687,500$687,500 RD UFA - 1
Vaakanainen, Urho $850,000$850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
White, Colton $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Sep. 27, 2023 at 6:30 a.m.

hockeymecca

hockeyfan

Joined: Apr. 2022

Posts: 243

Likes: 65

Totally agree, the kid needs to be respected. The new DG (last season) and coach (this year) need to calm down and understand what Z and Drysdale bring to that team

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Sep. 27, 2023 at 7:41 a.m.

MountRoyal

Flood Geologist

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 449

Likes: 232

Quoting: hockeymecca

Totally agree, the kid needs to be respected. The new DG (last season) and coach (this year) need to calm down and understand what Z and Drysdale bring to that team

Yeah, and cap space is absolutely not an issue for Anaheim at all ... is the owner cheap though?

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Sep. 27, 2023 at 8:16 a.m.

lowblocksniper

LBS

Joined: Jun. 2023

Posts: 1,518

Likes: 559

Drysdale's contracts situation is hilariously being forgotten by the media, most people only reporting on Zegras but, if Z only got a 3-4mil offer did Drysdale only get 2?

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Sep. 27, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

hockeymecca

hockeyfan

Joined: Apr. 2022

Posts: 243

Likes: 65

Quoting: lowblocksniper

Drysdale's contracts situation is hilariously being forgotten by the media, most people only reporting on Zegras but, if Z only got a 3-4mil offer did Drysdale only get 2?

I even read that Z is a room cancer, but in fact this is pure fabrication. Drysdale and Z not signed show how rookie the GM is and it might slap back down the middle ...

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Sep. 27, 2023 at 10:51 a.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 10,902

Likes: 10,700

Quoting: hockeymecca

I even read that Z is a room cancer, but in fact this is pure fabrication. Drysdale and Z not signed show how rookie the GM is and it might slap back down the middle ...

Personally, I don't really like him that much. I'm not a fan of super cocky loud mouth players, I prefer a certain level of humbleness, even with "superstars" or, in his case, budding superstars. But, I don't think I would call him a cancer. I'm not in the room, though. So, who knows.

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