Blackhawks absolutely killed it this off-season, made all the right moves to support the young offensive core while brining in Martinez for the young d core. Kyle Davidson cooked
Bruins fan. You’re wrong. Long term actually means the annual cap hit goes down with cap inflation and those are foundational players and a few years from now their contracts will be low making them trade friendly
Brian Maclellan doing an incredible job for my Capitals lately. He also signed Duhaime for like 2x1,8 and Taylor Raddysh for 1x1 today, when you add these to that amazing Logan Thompson trade and a high risk high reward PLD trade I think we have improved so much. ( also correction, Matt Roy signed for 6 years not 7 which makes it even better)
@@MikeBartner I think the make or break will be PLD, because now our d core is up there with the best in the league, goalie tandem is very solid with a lot of potential, but the offense still concerns me. But if Dubois can go back to being an average 1C I could see us being an actual contender. ( especially if someone like Wilson and Mangiapane bounce back a bit so we don’t have to rely on Ovi and Strome to score all the time)
@@Mcbikey24And not to mention we have so many prospects now compared to what we had less then 2 yrs ago. And on top of that we pretty much unloaded most if not all the bad contracts. And in couple years ovi and carlson contract will be off the books and considering the fact the cap going up we will have plenty of cap space by then and majority of our prospects would be only be on entry deals. Only contract that is risky is PLD but like u said if he can produce like he used to that will be a steal. It exciting time to be a caps fan.
@@Unsc-gq2rt15 Well Wilson contact is quite bad but yeah we are in a very good spot. But I still think in 2/3 years when Ovi hangs them up we completely tear it down, because even though we have a lot of solid young guys apart from Leonard and maybe Miroshnichenko we don’t really have any actually star players. Maybe Cristall or Parascak but they are both big projects and could turn into nothing just as easily as they could turn into stars.
@@Mcbikey24 I think it depends also how our prospects turn out. If one of them turns into star players then I think we will be competitive but if PLD doesn't pan out and our prospects don't turn into anything then I could see a tear down. Definitely risky but I'm all for it.
No offense but boston is definitely a winner. Lindholm paired with Pasta is scary good plus getting some nasty in the back end is good for them. You have to pay to get good players.
Yeah, how do you call the Bruins losers with these signings? Are they overpaying? Maybe a little. But not for Zadorov. Are they gambling? Maybe a little. The most important question is: "Did they get better?" I would say yes. They had needs and they addressed them with players that fit their team. If Mike is calling the B's one of the top 4 biggest losers I can only assume he doesn't like the bruins and he's not being impartial in his analysis. Or he doesn't understand the parameters of the title of his video. But, according to Mike, the Islanders are "winners" because they made two deals for bottom 6 players that will not change the team's fate. Oh, and saved the team hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sorry, I'm taking Boston to win any and all games vs the islanders. (with the caveat that the B's actually sign Swayman). ala Charlie Sheen:"Winning!"
Disagree on what you think is the going rate, for example, we paid Matty G 4.2m last year, so 5m seems like a great price for Zedorov, and getting the best center on the market is a huge win.
As a Habs fan im very satisfied with the free agency so far. We sign Barré-Boulet to a minimum contract deal in the NHL which i think is nice. Maybe a 20ish point guy in Montreal seeing as how we probably put him in our bottom 6 for 70 games. And Slafkovsky a fantastic 8x7.6 million contract. To me. Reminds me of Mackinnon. Was a 1st overall pick coming off a 50 point season and then went on to have the best contract in the NHL value wise. Even if he dosent become a 120 point guy. A future 40 and 40 guy with good physicality and defense and high potential is a steal. Also feel like a winner because they reconized the playoffs arent happening and made 0 big signings. However next free agency i expect WAY more activity from the Habs.
I feel like Carolina qualifies for both halves of this list funnily enough. They’re losers because SIX important contributors to last year’s team (Guentzel/Skjei/Pesce/Teravainen/Noesen/presumably Necas) are gone. Even if a couple of those guys’ new deals are overpayments, having that much roster turnover is brutal to a team that wants to contend for a Cup. And yet…they’re also kinda winners too?? They signed three of the best value contracts given out all day (Walker 5x$3.6, Ghost 3x$3.2, Carrier 6x$2); 4 if you count Slavin’s 8x$6.5 extension. The forward group still desperately needs another signing or one of the prospects to take a leap but they somehow ended up with a blueline that’s 95% as good as last year’s
i’ve never played hockey and i’m considering picking up the stick to play RHD, could probably get a bag with the contracts that are being thrown around 😂
I would say this is more from the draft days but Utah has been quietly putting together some really decent depth today. They addressed the top 4 with Sergachev and Marino on day 2 of the draft and now Armstrong is filling in the cracks and I think they are gonna be a shocker come October
@@MikeBartner Yeah Bill Armstrong has quickly become one of my favorite GMs to pay attention to in the last couple years. I'll bet the move to Utah is gonna supercharge some of those guys
This dude does not know hockey at all the bruins had a much better offseason than islanders. You’re adding Anthony Duclair after getting bounced by car😂😂
Overall the Oilers were the big winners, signing Arvidsson, and Skinner, and also retaining Henrique. They will be the favourites to win the Cup next year. They signed some very good players, on what is an already Cup contending team.
@@Canessnz skjei is definitely better. better defensively, playoff producer, similar production just that ghost played PP1 and skjei PP2. remember the market will go up but ghost is definetly a good deal
The Oilers won't be the only team with 2 players with the same surname (Stu [goalie] and Jeff [winger, ex-Sabres] Skinner), with the Bruins (with Elias [centre] and Hampus [d-man] Lindholm [neither related to the other, but both originally from Sweden]) another.
@@edited1325 problem is that Krecji was a 2C who played at 2C, and he was a more consistent player than Lindholm. Bruins have trouble scoring and they’ve done nothing to help with that, especially with losing debrusk they’re screwed
@@goldtigre4979 Krejci could’ve easily hit 1k points if he played 1C he was underrated A 2nd line scoring winger can always be acquired later if needed Poitras on the second line would be best imo
@@edited1325 Poitras or Coyle as 2C would both be great for sure. He maybe could’ve gotten more points but it’s his consistency that I really loved. I’m just worried that Lindholm lacks that extra offensive punch, I know he’s good defensively
I'm perplexed that the ducks didn't do anything today. Especially after what Verbeek said about adding a top 4 D and top 6 RW he fell flat today. I think we need to start building our team soon so this is not looking good
Sorry but I disagree with alot of this the Bruins are definitly winners here as they got Lindholm a guy they always wanted and will fix the top 6 problem plus he wasn't happy in Vancouver and was probably affected by the deadline which was the reason his points total was down this year and Zadorov will add pysicality to the team which they seriously need at this point to go anywhere in the playoffs and I say the Islanders are losers Mike Reily sucks and Duclair is not the type of player that will change a team honestly since he been switching teams every year at this point and the Devils got players noboby wanted there also losers too but the biggest winner has to be the Nashville Predators as there now a fully loaded team with Stamkos, Marchanssault and Skeji I expect them to be the best in the west next year and just because the Bruins and Predators gave to much money away doesn't make it bad you know.
@MikeBartner a defensive specialist who has signed with a team that has possibly one of the best defensive systems in the league. Plus it gives them depth down the middle where they were lacking it. I'm quite happy with him signing.
Foegle is fucking awful. The only reason he scored 20 is because he played with Draisaitl a lot. Dude was scratched a few times in the playoffs because of how bad he is. Massive LOL at the kings
Good riundup as always. Esoecially agree on your take on the Capitals, Kraken, and Devils. Also agree Zadarov is expensive. He's a fine 3rd pairing borderline top-4 defenseman but was too hyped based on some highlight reel making hits and goals in this past playoffs. Very happy my Devils stayed away from him. Sabres ownershio are the biggest skinflints in hockey! They never spend to the cap to give all their kids a shot at tasting the playoffs. Penny wise abd pound foolish and a NYS-tax subsidy welfare team.
Sabres didnt need any top 4 dmen lol(Byram - Dahlin, Samuelsson - Power, with RyJo and Jokiharju also good enough for 2nd pair duties) , that said their offseason so far is a F-, overpaid for everyone, hyperfocused on addressing only one need, while creating more holes for no reason
