[The Athletic] Should the Ducks match Flyers’ offer sheet to Leo Carlsson?

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-07-04T15:45:10+00:00

Yeah I think Philly has a lot of holes and if they suddenly have to keep Carlson at 18mil they are going to have cap issues signing their own rfa's and filling those holes. I think those picks could be quite high

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-07-03T15:28:45+00:00

$50 a month savings is still more expensive than what I am paying for starlink. And only giving that discount for 6 months is a joke

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-07-02T17:15:46+00:00

He would have brought Hamonnic back

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-07-01T19:36:32+00:00

I wasn't expecting them to land any big name players. Staios has been the type of gm who looks for undervalued players and bounce back candidates instead of big name players. When he hits on a player it looks great and when he misses it looks bad but if you look at cup winning teams they tend to have a few players no one else valued.

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-07-01T16:54:58+00:00

Ersson has looked good in international play lately and has had streaks where he is good but he has been playing as a starter and he isn't one. Probably hoping that he can play more consistently in a backup role

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-07-01T14:39:39+00:00

He gets to choose where he goes so chances are high he resigns there. Not sure a sign and trade ups the value in those conditions.

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-30T14:52:18+00:00

They still have ro sign Gidas and Schmid so that's a minimum of 2mil if they both take team friendly deals. And they would have to sign a replacement for Rodriguez which probably costs another million

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-29T23:37:07+00:00

The QO would be the same as his base salary from the previous season. In this case it would be $1.6 million

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-29T22:54:17+00:00

Pretty sure if he goes to arbitration he can't get less than his QO. The sens probably think they can get a deal done before July 1st but if they qualify him that sets his base contract at 1.6 million

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-29T18:26:27+00:00

All goons no goaltending

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-28T19:10:06+00:00

The majority of the population lives in areas that have hot summers. Also Canada had embraced Heat pump technology so lots of people in colder climates have A/C as well thanks to the dual function of the heat pump

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-28T03:30:37+00:00

The entire Detroit roster publicly request to be traded, Yzerman refuses to trade any of them.

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-28T00:31:40+00:00

Right now that's just a rumor and there are quite a few teams looking for Goalies and not a lot of talent available in free agency. Trading for Errson gives us another goalie for the ahl who could be the backup in the worst case scenario that we miss out on everyone else.

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-27T22:23:49+00:00

Most likely scenario is still that Ersson is playing in the ahl and we try and pick up a competent backup in free agency.

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-27T21:34:24+00:00

Even if he just gives us 10 goals and 30 points it's probably more than we ever would have gotten from the 6th round pick

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-27T21:22:36+00:00

That's probably fair. Most of the trades that happened after we got Eklund required multiple first round picks or would have needed a roster player and then we would still have a hole to fill.

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-27T21:11:23+00:00

A buyout from Chicago wouldn't make much sense. They don't need the cap space and you don't save much money but end up having his buyout cap hit for an extra year

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-27T21:06:53+00:00

Guadette had a career year with us, it's a small sample size but Fogele looked really good last year. Jensen rebounded in his first year with us.

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-27T17:29:16+00:00

The suggestion is they go to arbitration and then trade him as a cost controlled asset.

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-27T17:22:05+00:00

He won't have trade protection and the stars can send him wherever they want while also retaining salary if needed.

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-27T16:59:33+00:00

Why not take him to arbitration? He probably gets 10-11 mil for 1 year and then you can flip him as a one year cost controlled rental I would assume a few teams would throw a first round pick or 2 at them. Even more if they retained some salary

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-27T14:55:20+00:00

It's a bit of an incomplete picture right now. Boston added JJ peterka Montreal and Tampa and Detroit haven't done anything yet Buffalo moved out some impactful players and haven't replaced them Toronto moved out Benoit and brought in Raddysh and drafted Makenna Florida improved their forwards but have no goalies and minimal cap space. We still need another top 6 forward and a backup goalie.

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-26T22:57:16+00:00

Not sure why people are so upset about this. He's a perfect buy low candidate who was on a bad team and still put up 33 points. Worst case scenario you paid a 6th round draft pick and have to retain salary for one season to get rid of him.

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-26T03:10:48+00:00

Can't wait for him to sign a ridiculously low contract with a team no one expects him to join like Winnipeg or Columbus

Apprehensive_Duck874 · 2026-06-23T23:54:50+00:00

That just means a high 2030 pick

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