Quoting: Barbs
Unlikely Andersen returns, but there's absolutely no way he gets 4 X 5 Mil
Quoting: Joronto
I guess it depends on what discount Freddy is willing to take. Both sides are still open for Business. But 5 M no way. Not even for one year. There are so many cheaper and more secure options on the market in this Free Agency.
Dubas will not change so much, that's right. But he has to fill the gap, Hyman will leave. And you don't do this with Kerfoot and Galch.
There are rumors for weeks now that TOR will bring in almost one big name - therefore you need Freddys money. Even if he could establish his performance years ago that is way to much money for a 1B Goalie.
Ok, so I’m seeing a theme here with the Fred and the 1b being the main topic.
First off, we won’t find a 1b for the same price as Campbell, I think it’s gonna cost at least $3 mil, which still doesn’t leave a ton of room to sign a big name FA without a trade (which it doesn’t look like Dubas will do). Next, I really think that Fred gets $5 mil in FA, so that’s what Dubas would probably have to go to. I doubt Fred would want to take a discount to stay unless it’s on a 1 year prove it deal because of how many people took him for granted while he was here. If it’s Fred or not it doesn’t matter, I really think that 1b slot is Dubas’ priority because Kerfoot has played top 6 wing (and looked pretty good at it), Robertson is coming up and we have seen Simmonds do well in the top 6 in the past, so I think it would be passible at least at the beginning of the season, then they would probably see who’s available and make a trade then. I don’t see them bringing in a FA d-man unless they trade Mo and bring in a big name like Hamilton, it sounds like they’re pretty set on their top 4 and bringing up Lilly (or maybe even a dark horse like Hollowell) which would save them significant cap.
And I named this “enjoy the chaos” because that’s exactly what’s gonna happen, absolute chaos. And sometimes you just have to look at what a mess it is and just enjoy how truly screwed every team is