Summer 2025: NHL Offseason

[thewookie1]

 

27 minutes ago, Broken Ankles said:

Byram, Benson and next years first round pick for Robertson. Who says yes? 

2026 1st would have to have some protection

Benson isn't regardless of trade 

 

You'd be looking at moving Byram for futures than turning those futures and a prospect to get Robertson effectively.

[LGR4GM]

Benson is one of the only left wings we have left

[krakensabr56390]

Just now, LGR4GM said:

Benson is one of the only left wings we have left

Not trading benson anyone else is on the table 

[Rasmus_]

3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Benson is one of the only left wings we have left

I'd be so upset if they traded him.  He's the only other untouchable besides to Dahlin for me, personally. 

[ponokasabre]

14 minutes ago, Rasmus_ said:

I'd be so upset if they traded him.  He's the only other untouchable besides to Dahlin for me, personally. 

I’d have no problem making Kulich the main piece in a Robertson package, i wouldn’t even blink

[Turbo44]

16 minutes ago, ponokasabre said:

I’d have no problem making Kulich the main piece in a Robertson package, i wouldn’t even blink

Kulich would be a hard give for me

[Flashsabre]

Atleast trading Kulich would force them to get a true centre in the top 6.

[Jorcus]

I think Dallas will want either Kulich or Benson in a trade package because they are cost controlled and can play a role now. The bigger issue is being able to sign Robertson. You can't give stuff away unless you are sure that you are getting some years out of him. If he is willing then I think it is a deal you have to make. 

[LGR4GM]

2 minutes ago, Jorcus said:

I think Dallas will want either Kulich or Benson in a trade package because they are cost controlled and can play a role now. The bigger issue is being able to sign Robertson. You can't give stuff away unless you are sure that you are getting some years out of him. If he is willing then I think it is a deal you have to make. 

Which is why no deal has happened. Can't sign him until July 1. 

[Jorcus]

54 minutes ago, krakensabr56390 said:

Not trading benson anyone else is on the table 

So your Trading Tuch, Thompson or Dahlin over Benson? 

[LGR4GM]

Just now, Jorcus said:

So your Trading Tuch, Thompson or Dahlin over Benson? 

I'm trading Kulich over him. 

[Turbo44]

46 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:

Atleast trading Kulich would force them to get a true centre in the top 6.

You want McLeod in the top 6, cuz if you trade kulich, he’s your next man up. Of course you could separate Tage and Norris and move Tage back to center. With Norris’s injury history, I think you don’t trade kulich. I would trade Quinn

[Taro T]

1 minute ago, Turbo44 said:

You want McLeod in the top 6, cuz if you trade kulich, he’s your next man up. Of course you could separate Tage and Norris and move Tage back to center. With Norris’s injury history, I think you don’t trade kulich. I would trade Quinn

As of Adams presser this AM (last night?) am convinced Byram is gone by July 10 but don't even really expect even Samuelsson gone this off-season.

At least when they did absolutely nothing back in '23 they could roll back to the beilef that staying the course would work because even if the upward trajectory leveled off it was still upward and they were (seemingly) close.

Not sure how they're going to justify coming into the off-season with a plan of only swapping out Byram for a defensive defenseman right after a sub-80 point season.  Yes, they also swapped out Peterka, but that was only because they knew there was no way he was going to come back.

[Archie Lee]

17 minutes ago, Turbo44 said:

You want McLeod in the top 6, cuz if you trade kulich, he’s your next man up. Of course you could separate Tage and Norris and move Tage back to center. With Norris’s injury history, I think you don’t trade kulich. I would trade Quinn

McLeod is a much surer thing as a top 6 centre for the coming season, than Kulich. Not even close. 

[Mr Peabody]

If Byram is traded and the expectation is he’s backfilled from within, I’ll have lost any and all faith in Jarmo.

[Turbo44]

5 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:

McLeod is a much surer thing as a top 6 centre for the coming season, than Kulich. Not even close. 

Know what's even surer - having both Kulich and McLeod.

Oslund, Rosen, Unprotected 2026 1st (If we get Robertson, we're making the playoffs), some D prospect for Robertson

UPL, 2026 3rd, propect for Gibson

Resign Byram. Trading himcreates a huge hole in 1B def

[LGR4GM]

8 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:

McLeod is a much surer thing as a top 6 centre for the coming season, than Kulich. Not even close. 

[Turbo44]

4 minutes ago, Mr Peabody said:

If Byram is traded and the expectation is he’s backfilled from within, I’ll have lost any and all faith in Jarmo.

Jarmo? so you'd be blaming him for this? He's been on the job for 5 minutes. How about blaming Pegula and KA? If you trade Byram you better have a rock solid plan set up for UFA (Ekblad, Provorov, Orlov, Fabbro).

[Rasmus_]

Kevin Bahl's new contract is a bit higher than I would have expected.  Good heavy player, but 5.35M is high?

[Brawndo]

 

[ponokasabre]

1 minute ago, Brawndo said:

 

I’m fine with this, he is right handed Bryson to me 

[Archie Lee]

4 minutes ago, Turbo44 said:

Know what's even surer - having both Kulich and McLeod.

Oslund, Rosen, Unprotected 2026 1st (If we get Robertson, we're making the playoffs), some D prospect for Robertson

UPL, 2026 3rd, propect for Gibson

Resign Byram. Trading himcreates a huge hole in 1B def

McLeod is the closest thing we have to a sure thing at centre. And I know he isn’t a sure thing.

He is actually the one guy I am low-key worried about getting an offer sheet. He will turn 26 in Sept. He is 6’3”.  He is a natural centre. He is one of the best skaters in the NHL. He is good defensively. He can win face-offs. He is a good and dangerous penalty killer. And he just had a 53 point season, where he never had consistent line mates. Regression is a real risk, to be sure. But with centres being hard to come by and with the cap going up to $113 million in two years, $7 million for a centre who profiles like McLeod, isn’t crazy in my view. If you are a team with a lot of cap space that is a contender and needs a centre and isn’t worried about losing their 2026 1st, say Carolina or Winnipeg, I think a 5x$7 offer sheet for McLeod could make sense. That would cost them something like picks 27 and 98 in 2026. 

[Rasmus_]

I hate Kevyn Adams.  

[Brawndo]

28 minutes ago, ponokasabre said:

I’m fine with this, he is right handed Bryson to me 

They are not even close 

[LGR4GM]

1 minute ago, Brawndo said:

They are not even close 

Preach!