The Official 2025 Offseason Thread: No childhood photo, no deal

[sutterfamily]

Eagerly awaiting the tampering investigations into all the teams that we 100% knew where they were signing for dayr or weeks ahead ex: VGK, NYR...

[Grand Moff Larkin]

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 among the 7-14 teams in the East, and I do wonder if losing trusted defensive forwards causes their PK to crater. I could also see regression from Montembault. Detroit didn’t get a top-six winger or top-four D but they added Gibson. Even the Rangers getting Gavrikov is offset by the Miller and Kreider trades. They still seem like a mess.

I would be more concerned if Columbus added Ehlers or Boston got [invent a center].

[sutterfamily]

Agree

Did we mention how insane the Columbus/Provorov deal is?

[Grand Moff Larkin]

That contract is terrible

[sutterfamily]

SENS signed Arthur Kaliyev, decent depth bet

[Grand Moff Larkin]

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.

[Cacophony]

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[Cacophony]

Oh well guess Bluesky links don’t work. Anyways that one’s for you NA

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Hell yeah lil contract for the big man

[Grand Moff Larkin]

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

[nick]

Appleton is fine if you’re not expecting him for offense, where is can be a black hole at times

[nick]

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?

[Cacophony]

He was pretty bad after the Wild traded for him (again)

[Grand Moff Larkin]

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

[Grand Moff Larkin]

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.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

The St. Louis Blues signed center Pius Suter to a two-year, $8.25 million contract on Wednesday, league sources told The Athletic’s Chris Johnston. The deal will be worth $4.125 million against the salary cap.

Shocked he didn’t get more money or term

[Cacophony]

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