Compete Level

nick wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:08 pm Nyqvist signs with Winnipeg for a year. Seems fine as a third line, PP2 guy? But maybe his juice is entirely gone after dropping from 75 to 28 points last year?

I do wonder if being part of Nashville’s crash-out killed his productivity. He could be good with Perfetti, for instance.

nick wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 6:06 pm Appleton is fine if you’re not expecting him for offense, where is can be a black hole at times

I’d like more than Tyler Motte’s nine points

Hopefully he’s a good PKer

Wings sign Mason Appleton 2 years 2.9 per

Seems fine, he fills the more traditional bottom-six type I thought they needed. Still have a glaring hole in the top six but I don’t think that’s getting addressed

Hell yeah lil contract for the big man

Nick Leddy on waivers, I do not anticipate a Detroit reunion even though he'd probably be an improvement. He did not fit here at all.

That contract is terrible

Either of those would be just fine with me. I don’t think this has been discussed a lot here or in the media, but one of my big takeaways from this sad fart of a Free Agent Frenzy is that very few teams have improved themselves. It’s possible that the Habs getting Dobson is the biggest needle-mover...

Ehlers down to either the Caps or the Canes

Maple Leafs still have one very big hole

I’m probably underrating Morrow but he looked terrible in the playoffs

Miller goes to Carolina for Scott Morrow, the better of Carolina and Dallas’s 2026 1sts (top ten protected), and a 2nd. He then signs for 8 years / 60 mil, so 7.5 per. The comparable return from Detroit would have been AlJo, 1st, 2nd (or maybe a 3rd instead because of the difference of the 1st). Bet...

sutterfamily what were your thoughts on JBD? If correctly slotted on the third pairing he's efficient in his own zone, decent enough at breaking the puck out (for that role). In short: he's fine! The wings could (and have done) a lot worse. That was my gut on him, thanks. My biggest concern today w...

Mikael Granlund is signing a three-year deal with the Anaheim Ducks that carries a $7M AAV.

Guess they have to blow that cap space on somebody

SNES win the Lars Eller sweepstakes

John Leonard also signed, presumably an AHL scorer. Had 36 goals there last year. GR needs help in that department.

Trying to think of which free agents are left: Ehlers, Orlov, Granlund, Suter

Old friend Alex Lyon to the Sabres

They’ve grabbed consecutive Wings backups off FA

JVR feels like a good cheap (a million plus another million in incentives) option for the fourth line / PP2 who can chip in some goals, which the fourth line did not do last year. Jacob Bernard-Docker seems like an OK third-pair option. Found money if he works out, no commitment if he doesn’t. Proba...

Isles sign Drouin

Perbix 2.75 per two years in Nashville