Free agency re-caps
We have one more open batch but the good players are all but gone, so would be fun to read re-caps from teams on how they did.
For the Wild, we really had to grind away to fill out our roster but ultimately happy with who we got for reasonable prices:
- We chose to re-sign Phillip Danault. I find two-way players like him to be really valuable and at 31 years old and 6M per season it seems ok.
- Our first UFA was Casey DeSmith. I hate paying too much for a back-up goalie as I just don't play them much in the sim. So I always want someone <1M which he is. Good enough
- We then followed up with Nino Niederreiter. We traded so many of our top forwards this off-season (Marner, McTavish, Connor, Hyman) and while Nino will play higher than he should, I'm hoping he can be a stop-gap on the top line until others come along. $3.7M is a little high but not too bad.
- Brendan Gallagher will also be a stop gap on the 3rd line. I've always liked him and he brings some physicality we lack. At $2.02 even if I have to buy him out at some point, it won't be hugely punishing. Took a chance at a fairly strong offer to get him.
- After striking out on a bunch of depth forward, we finally landed Derek Ryan who returns to the Wild, where he originally signed many years ago as a guy returning from Europe. $0.75 is all I had, and while his rating isn't great, he can take face offs and kill penalties.
- Ivan Fedotov is a guy I'm excited about. I think he could be Philly's #1. At worst he becomes a cheap back-up for 2 years after this one but I think there's a chance he becomes more.
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