Summer 2025: NHL Offseason

[shrader]

16 minutes ago, OverPowerYou said:

Is NHL GM the toughest GM job of all the sports? You win (or lose) the Stanley cup and literally have to start thinking about resigning players, the draft and free agency immediately 

The bouncyball draft is actually a couple days before the NHL and they still have one game left to play. 

[PerreaultForever]

Burakovsky to the Blackhawks might change the narrative of them drafting Martone to be Bedard's winger. JBot dumping money to pay Marchment I guess. 

[krakensabr56390]

2 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Burakovsky to the Blackhawks might change the narrative of them drafting Martone to be Bedard's winger. JBot dumping money to pay Marchment I guess. 

Very incorrect - with Marchment salary the kraken have 18 million in SPACE now with only Kakko and Evans to sign. They may still buyout gru - that gets them to 22 million - ownership has major pressure on them to win so they’re trying to do something big. I would anticipate a top six overpaying in free agency or trade for a higher priced true top line player.

 

also, the narrative here in Seattle has been buying out burky as he has not been healthy or good in 2 years. Nice guy having met him. But people here are thrilled with the fact, someone took him without any retention in fact, sort of shocked.

Edited 2 hours ago by krakensabr56390

[PerreaultForever]

19 minutes ago, krakensabr56390 said:

Very incorrect - with Marchment salary the kraken have 18 million in SPACE now with only Kakko and Evans to sign. They may still buyout gru - that gets them to 22 million - ownership has major pressure on them to win so they’re trying to do something big. I would anticipate a top six overpaying in free agency or trade for a higher priced true top line player.

 

also, the narrative here in Seattle has been buying out burky as he has not been healthy or good in 2 years. Nice guy having met him. But people here are thrilled with the fact, someone took him without any retention in fact, sort of shocked.

I meant extending Marchment beyond this season coming up. He's only got 1 year left I think.