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2023 NHL Offseason Discussion Thread #3 - Free Agent Frenzy

One of the more popular debates online recently has been Malkin vs Kane. Who do you guys think had the better career? I'm going with Geno
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Jun. 30, 2023 at 8:59 p.m.
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Respect Mike Grier
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I wonder when we see Bedard sign him ELC... Tomorrow?


depends on when his rights are traded to the Flyers
Jun. 30, 2023 at 9:12 p.m.
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This sounds kind of ominous for Michkov
Jun. 30, 2023 at 9:21 p.m.
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Who remembers the glitch?

It’s back
Jun. 30, 2023 at 9:32 p.m.
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Montreal did nothing today
Jun. 30, 2023 at 9:32 p.m.
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This sounds kind of ominous for Michkov


That's interesting. Dude will just defect
Jun. 30, 2023 at 9:43 p.m.
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absolute clown organization if they just let bear walk like that




2.2 is a pretty high QO for a guy who won’t be playing until after the new year. If they can get him for cheap and wait, that’s be cool
Jun. 30, 2023 at 9:44 p.m.
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Who needs Bear anyways, am I right?


Canucks are probably connected to every available free agent on the market. I’m pretty sure every team is
Jun. 30, 2023 at 10:19 p.m.
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Quoting: A_Habs_fan




This sounds kind of ominous for Michkov


Well Philadelphia can honestly wait as long as they want as they will suck for a long time and Michkov has no deadline for an ELC yet
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Jun. 30, 2023 at 11:44 p.m.
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Respect Mike Grier
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This sounds kind of ominous for Michkov


I think this is him saying "he's playing for us right now, let's focus on that" but I'm an optimist. I think it just sounds scary because everything russian hockey related we are like "oohh scaa-ary russ-ian."
Jun. 30, 2023 at 11:58 p.m.
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Quoting: ARMCHAIRGMOFTHEYEAR
I think this is him saying "he's playing for us right now, let's focus on that" but I'm an optimist. I think it just sounds scary because everything russian hockey related we are like "oohh scaa-ary russ-ian."


I feel like it's more of a direct shot against Michkov and his translator saying he'll be at development camp next year and hoping to make the team. This is the Russian team reminding him that he has a contract and responsibility to them first.
Jul. 1, 2023 at 12:00 a.m.
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I don’t want to pile on the Canucks but

So they buy out oel, do not qualify bear or dermott, let Burroughs walk…and they just acquired Hronek after trading Schenn…and they’re taking offers on Myers appearently…

So it’s Quinn Hughes as the … lone standing 1 year survivor of a teams entire defense? Their time zone makes following them difficult for me.

This is not normal. They should probably stop doing this. I dunno.
Jul. 1, 2023 at 12:18 a.m.
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I don’t want to pile on the Canucks but

So they buy out oel, do not qualify bear or dermott, let Burroughs walk…and they just acquired Hronek after trading Schenn…and they’re taking offers on Myers appearently…

So it’s Quinn Hughes as the … lone standing 1 year survivor of a teams entire defense? Their time zone makes following them difficult for me.

This is not normal. They should probably stop doing this. I dunno.


You want them to run it back with the worst defense core in the NHL? Canucks fans are glad we are blowing up the defense, just as long as we don’t sign equally bad contracts as replacements. Hronek is already significantly better than every other guy not named Hughes. Losing OEL and Myers is basically addition by subtraction
Jul. 1, 2023 at 12:26 a.m.
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Gonna make a fun little game predict 3 FA u think your team will sign

For Toronto gonna guess these 3

1. Tyler Bertuzzi
2. Ryan Reaves
3. Mike Reilly
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 12:30 a.m.
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Gonna make a fun little game predict 3 FA u think your team will sign

For Toronto gonna guess these 3

1. Tyler Bertuzzi
2. Ryan Reaves
3. Mike Reilly


1. Max Domi

I don’t see us doing anything else lol
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 12:31 a.m.
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Quoting: IconicHawk
1. Max Domi

I don’t see us doing anything else lol


U dont think Chicago tries to add Mike Reilly or OEL on some 1 year deal
Jul. 1, 2023 at 12:32 a.m.
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U dont think Chicago tries to add Mike Reilly or something


Nah **** that we have too many LD
Jul. 1, 2023 at 1:21 a.m.
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Gonna make a fun little game predict 3 FA u think your team will sign

For Toronto gonna guess these 3

1. Tyler Bertuzzi
2. Ryan Reaves
3. Mike Reilly


Avalanche
1. Cal Foote
2. Christian Fischer
3. Tyson Jost
Jul. 1, 2023 at 1:30 a.m.
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Quoting: HockeyScotty
Avalanche
1. Cal Foote
2. Christian Fischer
3. Tyson Jost


I would stay away from Foote

As notice how almost everyone from 2018 Team Canada who needed a deal wasnt qualified

Seems a bit fishy but wont go further as it could just all be coincidence
Jul. 1, 2023 at 1:37 a.m.
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I just realized that you could make an Avalanche 2.0 team from this years UFA class:

Kerfoot................O'Reilly.............Duchene
Namestnikov......Compher.........Rodrigues
Jost....................Stastny............Donskoi
Nieto..................Bellemare.......Malgin

Graves...............Shattenkirk........Varlamov
Cole...................E. Johnson..........Elliott
J. Johnson.........R. Murray
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 1:38 a.m.
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I would stay away from Foote

As notice how almost everyone from 2018 Team Canada who needed a deal wasnt qualified

Seems a bit fishy but wont go further as it could just all be coincidence


It's tough to put it out of mind; but until facts emerge it is best for my hockey fandom to ignore speculation (slippery slope).
Jul. 1, 2023 at 7:58 a.m.
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Follow devknowspuck
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Today is the day
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.
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It is free agency today but most importantly, Happy Canada Day
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 9:01 a.m.
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It is free agency today but most importantly, Happy Canada Day


And it seems Twitter is down
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 9:28 a.m.
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Thank you Pavelski
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So my draft predictions were absolutely great, got 2 out of 32 correct lmao.

Let's see if things go any better with my UFA predictions. Listing 33 most interesting UFAs based on my own deductions

1. RW Matt Duchene - Toronto

2. RW Patrick Kane - Buffalo

3. RW Vladimir Tarasenko - Washington

4. C Ryan O'Reilly - Minnesota

5 LW Tyler Bertuzzi - Carolina

6. D Dmitry Orlov - Pittsburgh

7. D Ryan Graves - Vancouver

8. LW Alex Killorn - Detroit

9. C Max Domi - Winnipeg

10. G Fredrik Andersen - Carolina

11. G Tristan Jarry - Ottawa

12. D Matt Dumba - Detroit

13. LW Michael Bunting - Anaheim

14. RW Daniel Sprong - Tampa Bay

15. G Antti Raanta - Buffalo

16. D Scott Mayfield - Toronto

17. D Carson Soucy - Carolina

18. RW J.T. Compher - New Jersey

19. D Radko Gudas - Buffalo

20. D Brian Dumoulin - San Jose

21. D Luke Schenn - Florida

22. G Joonas Korpisalo - Los Angeles

23. LW Jason Zucker - Pittsburgh

24. LW Tomas Tatar - Dallas

25. D Shayne Gostisbehere - Arizona

26. D Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Calgary

27. D John Klingberg - Seattle

28. LW Alex Kerfoot - Vancouver

29. G Martin Jones - Detroit

30. RW Connor Brown - Edmonton

31. D Justin Holl - Edmonton

32. RW Blake Wheeler - Boston
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Jul. 1, 2023 at 9:29 a.m.
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Thank you Pavelski
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Also what a great day to have Twitter down...lol
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