2023/2024 Trade Rumors and Speculation Thread

[devo22]

Fabrizio Romano steals information from small, local journalists all the time without crediting them. Of course, he's a viable option to follow because you get all the info, but he's not exactly a beacon of journalistic integrity either. Plus he's built this annoying persona including a freaking catchphrase. I don't need that in hockey tbh.

I miss the times when Bob McKenzie still had his finger on the pulse and was THE hockey insider. I've always felt he was a notch above everybody else, including just being likeable and decent.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

The professionals always make it clear whether they’re speculating, or reporting on a deal that their sources report is in the works. A lot of fans seem unable to distinguish between the two, but that’s their own fault.

A thousand times this.

Its remarkable to me how different people can hear the same person talking about something, but come away with completely different ideas as to what was actually said.

Truly a case of "hearing what you want" I suppose.

[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Wait, did you ever read an Eklund rumour with a straight face? From my early hockey browsing days Eklund rumours and the posters that perpetuated them into legitimacy by discussing absolute made up bull**** was 100x more detrimental to hockey discussion than posters pointing out that he's a fraud and to please stop discusses his bull****.

To be fair to Ek (but why?) he DOES actually see to have connections in Philly as he's broken (and been credited for) a couple of trades/stories there. Not often and can't personally remember any with non-Philly teams...but E5!

(It reminds me of E=NG a bit).

Credit the guy for building a biz off it, getting others involved and presumably making a buck or three. And maybe some of his insiders have contacts. Don't follow him at all anymore, just see the occasional retweet.

[activeStick]

Frank Seravelli got called out by John Gibson's agent for spreading fake news, saying that Gibson has requested to be traded out of ANA.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1676024511614033920

[Wastedyouth]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Frank Seravelli got called out by John Gibson's agent for spreading fake news, saying that Gibson has requested to be traded out of ANA.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1676024511614033920

Same guy called Servalli out before and was made a fool of last time.

[bluejays]

Originally Posted by devo22

Fabrizio Romano steals information from small, local journalists all the time without crediting them. Of course, he's a viable option to follow because you get all the info, but he's not exactly a beacon of journalistic integrity either. Plus he's built this annoying persona including a freaking catchphrase. I don't need that in hockey tbh.

I miss the times when Bob McKenzie still had his finger on the pulse and was THE hockey insider. I've always felt he was a notch above everybody else, including just being likeable and decent.

I dunno. Today I like Chris Johnston more than anyone as the personalities all seem smarmy. I know a lot like Lebrun but he’s totally uppity. Bob McKenzie was alright but he always said this or that could happen which was just laying out obvious possibilities which wasn’t inside info really. Friedman is legit and seems to have the most info. Probably because he’s the most visible and people want to be aligned to him. Some days I like him, other days when he’s on tv he has a visible annoyance on his face when Bieksa pokes him. Those days he takes himself too seriously.

[Tkachukwagon]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1676252324497354754

[dirk diggler]

Travis Hamonic with a NMC? seems like any marginal player gets these now.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

Travis Hamonic with a NMC? seems like any marginal player gets these now.

NHL is a joke with trade protection and it is a huge problem in my opinion. In no other league to fringe players get trade protection.

[liamenator]

I doubt it will happen, but the league should push for a cap on the number of trade protection clauses each team have on-roster in a given year. What that number should be, I'm not sure. Six? Eight?

[topfiverecords]

It's NMC so he doesn't get sent to the minors.

[Toonage]

Are we sure thats not a NMC for the Sens in case he tries to quit on them?

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

It's part of what less desirable locations can offer up to a player to get them to sign. People often judge GMs for example like everyone has the same set of tools to work with, but they don't. Small Market GMs, especially Canadian ones, have to do what they have to do to compete with the more desirable locations, it's not that they are dummies who don't understand what they are doing.

[CliffFletcher]

NTCs hurt small-market Canadian teams more than they help them.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle

It's part of what less desirable locations can offer up to a player to get them to sign. People often judge GMs for example like everyone has the same set of tools to work with, but they don't. Small Market GMs, especially Canadian ones, have to do what they have to do to compete with the more desirable locations, it's not that they are dummies who don't understand what they are doing.

The salary cap was meant to even things out. But with everyone having the same salary limits it actually can hurt a Canadian team if taxes and city intangibles put other places ahead. All the Canadian teams can do is offer bigger and better contracts. The cap limits Calgary or Ottawa in that they can't overbid, or if they do it hurts them down the roster. So all they have left are less favorable terms or incentives like NMCs.

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

NTCs hurt small-market Canadian teams more than they help them.

It hurts the business of the sport. NBA /NFL player movement is far more frequent and exciting. NHL is such a boring league when it comes to the offseason.

[1qqaaz]

Warrener says he thinks Stone has a spot in the organization, but that he's not going to be playing.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

It hurts the business of the sport. NBA /NFL player movement is far more frequent and exciting. NHL is such a boring league when it comes to the offseason.

It also hurts the ability for teams in some markets to be competitive as it restricts the ability for those teams to improve their product through trades. It has created an uneven playing field and tiered league similar to the time before the salary cap. When you consider that 60% of the TV revenue comes from 7 teams that are probably the common teams on NMCs, I really don't think it is good for the long term. There may come a point that competitive disadvantage starts hurting the league as a whole if interest starts to wane in those markets.

You know if it was the other way around, and say that 7 U.S. markets in the south were on most NMCs, the league would have changed it so it was more in line with other professional leagues.

[AndyM]

Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

Warrener says he thinks Stone has a spot in the organization, but that he's not going to be playing.

That's great to hear. Perhaps a development role? Michael Stone is a really good dude.

[liamenator]

Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle

It's part of what less desirable locations can offer up to a player to get them to sign. People often judge GMs for example like everyone has the same set of tools to work with, but they don't. Small Market GMs, especially Canadian ones, have to do what they have to do to compete with the more desirable locations, it's not that they are dummies who don't understand what they are doing.

This was true for the first decade or so of the cap era. But then everyone figured it out and it became industry standard. Now, as others above point out, trade protection hurts small and Canadian markets far more often than it helps.

Even Yzerman, who everyone says hates no-trade and no-movement clauses more than any other GM, currently has ten contracts with trade protection on the Wings roster.