DD's Thread of Trade Deadlining Because mikey is a whiner

[Gaucho]

$5.75 million AAV x 8 years for Forsling. Steal.

[skullman80]

[Gaucho]

Fine, send us Lafreniere, Kakko, and Fox.

[Gaucho]

Beauvillier to Nashville for a 5th.

[King Colby]

Beauvillier's 12th team in the past 8 months

[Dickie Dunn]

Enough with the Jake rumors. Tell me where Reilly Smith is going so I never have to watch him again.

[Trip McNeely]

Fine, send us Lafreniere, Kakko, and Fox.

If d be very happy with Gabe Perreault

[Morkle]

I like the general reporter buzz right now where because Jake isn't traded, Dubas can't focus on trading the rest of the guys, as if deals don't happen in 1-10 minutes.

[skullman80]

I will with hold judgement until tomorrow at 3pm, but I'm a little bit worried that we are going to get nothing for Jake, keep him, and then he walks as a UFA.

[MR25]

I also loooove (/s) that Josh Yohe is essentially negotiating on Rutherford's behalf to try and lower the price by putting out articles that read "clock's ticking Kyle, better do something"

[dodint]

The suspense of waiting for the board to load a twitter post is really fun during the trade deadline.

My bookmark is the Unread Posts link. If there is no new trade thread I assume Yohe & Co. are still reading tea leaves.

[Morkle]

I will with hold judgement until tomorrow at 3pm, but I'm a little bit worried that we are going to get nothing for Jake, keep him, and then he walks as a UFA.

I bet he caves and we get not what's expected and everyone hates it, and Dubas will forever be the guy that "should have kept Jake" by the media, because the media loves to hate people.

[MR25]

I will with hold judgement until tomorrow at 3pm, but I'm a little bit worried that we are going to get nothing for Jake, keep him, and then he walks as a UFA.

I bet he caves and we get not what's expected and everyone hates it, and Dubas will forever be the guy that "should have kept Jake" by the media, because the media loves to hate people.

But they love Rutherford and will carry his water for him despite him literally rage quitting mid-season

[King Colby]

I like the general reporter buzz right now where because Jake isn't traded, Dubas can't focus on trading the rest of the guys, as if deals don't happen in 1-10 minutes.

Lol and like he hasn't gauged interest or identified the value of any of those players along the way. He's 100% solely focused on Jake guentzel and then if that gets done he can start working on the others apparently

[Pavel Bure]

Should he try to fire sale everyone?

Jake, Smith, Rust… Karlsson?

[King Colby]

Another fun one is DK grinding his axe about wanting to keep guentzel. Which I guarantee is only because he's always searching for an axe to grind and it's a pretty safe bet that Jake goes

[MR25]

And I love the "price is too high" complaints...

Since his first run in 2017, Jake Guentzel is 6th in playoff goals and 4th* in playoff goals per game only behind Drai, Mackinnon, and McDavid.

There hasn't been and may not be a player like this on the TDL market in years. He deserves the price tag.

* Tyler Bertuzzi is technically first but only has 7 GP so I'm not counting him due to the low sample size

[mikey]

When's the last time we had legit pieces (with an "s" to sell at the deadline...? 2003? I don't know how many of these writers - who have all the subtlety of the people that ruin gags between friends, like when you're trying to convince a friend that Tom Hanks was in Star Wars and stupid Yohe comes along and goes "no, he wasn't!" and everyone is like, "ssshhh, come on...we're tryin' to..." and then Yohe goes, "oh, ohhhhh, actually...on a second thought, he was..." - were around for that...


Signed,
Mikey

Member, Society of International Hockey Research
2024 Longest Appositive Phrase Winner

[mikey]

Jan Mysak for Jacob Perreault - 2020 draft prospect swap there. Perreault can really shoot. His shot is like a 9 out of 9.

[skullman80]

Some interesting things/speculation from EF here...

[LITT]

Enough with the Jake rumors. Tell me where Reilly Smith is going so I never have to watch him again.

#MACtion

[skullman80]

[dodint]

You don't pry something to you.

[Morkle]

Who is Neil Smith?

[King Colby]

Former NYR gm?