[GDT] The 2022 NHL UFA Tracker ... Guess Who's #1?

[dfsflamesfan]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

So Kadri still doesn't have a job.

Is the leverage shifting to clubs now rather than the player? I imagine he's running out of dance partners willing to pay what he wants, plus are a competitive team.

I’m fairly confident that he’s gonna sign with NYI. They waited until Sept 1, 2021 to announce all their signings last year. Palmieri waited until then too. NYI had $11M of cap space available for Kadri+their RFAs.

[Hack&Lube]

I think Tre has learned his lesson from UFA signings like James Neal, Troy Brouwer, and Mason Raymond not to pick up those types of UFAs who look good on paper but declined immediately.

The remaining offerings aside from Kadri appear to be of the same ilk.

I think our best bet is to trade Valimaki or make some other moves with the excess D and some other assets to get us a good player.

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

I think Tre has learned his lesson from UFA signings like James Neal, Troy Brouwer, and Mason Raymond not to pick up those types of UFAs who look good on paper but declined immediately...

He can't be blamed too hard for signing those three. The team needed players in those positions and he had them signed. The real lesson to be learned there was to not give those players long-term contracts, which, of course, is contrary to players' objective of signing those long-term contracts...

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Icon

Frankie Milano

‘I bet you anything that 10 times out of 10, Nicky, Vinny and Tony will beat the #### out of Todd, Kyle and Tucker.’ —George Carlin

Frankie definitely could hang with Nicky, Vinny, and Tony.

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by dfsflamesfan

I’m fairly confident that he’s gonna sign with NYI. They waited until Sept 1, 2021 to announce all their signings last year. Palmieri waited until then too. NYI had $11M of cap space available for Kadri+their RFAs.

I'm kinda thinking this too. I also think Josh Bailey might be playing for a new team soon, and the more I think of it, he might just be a nice consolation prize to whatever team gets him.

[OILFAN #81]

Well, about a month into free agency.....

Top 25 forwards updated:

Most gone now. Kadri, Stastny, and Kessel are the only 3 remaining of the top 25 available.

1. Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) - Columbus
2. Nazem Kadri (COL)
3. Claude Giroux (FLA) - Ottawa
4. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) — Pittsburgh
5. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) - Boston
6. Evander Kane (EDM) — Edmonton
7. Vincent Trocheck (CAR) - NY Rangers
8. Ondrej Palat (TB) - New Jersey
9. David Perron (STL) - Detroit
10. Andre Burakovsky (COL) - Seattle
11. Mason Marchment (FLA) - Dallas
12. Nino Niederreiter (CAR) - Nashville
13. Dylan Strome (CHI) - Washington
14. Ryan Strome (NYR) - Anaheim
15. Reilly Smith (VGK) - Vegas
16. Andrew Copp (NYR) - Detroit
17. Ilya Mikheyev (TOR) - Vancouver
18. Max Domi (CAR) - Chicago
19. Paul Stastny (WPG)
20. Phil Kessel (AZ)
21. Andreas Athanasiou (LA) - Chicago
22. Dominik Kubalik (CHI) - Detroit
23. Calle Jarnkrok (CGY) - Toronto
24. Frank Vatrano (NYR) - Anaheim
25. Vladislav Namestnikov (DAL) - Tampa Bay

Top 10 Defenseman
Just Subban left!

1. John Klingberg (DAL) — Anaheim
2. Ben Chiarot (FLA) — Detroit
3. Nick Leddy (STL) — St. Louis
4. Josh Manson (COL) — Colorado
5. P.K. Subban (NJ) —
6. Brett Kulak (EDM) — Edmonton
7. Olli Maatta (LA) — Detroit
8. Nikita Zadorov (CGY) — Calgary
9. Erik Gudbranson (CGY) — Columbus
10. Justin Schultz (WSH) — Seattle

Top 10 Goaltenders:
Top 10 all signed!

1. Darcy Kuemper (COL) - Washington
2. Jack Campbell (TOR) - Edmonton
3. Ilya Samsonov (WSH) - Toronto
4. Jaroslav Halak (VAN) - NY Rangers
5. Kevin Lankinen (CHI) - Nashville
6. Eric Comrie (WPG) - Buffalo
7. Martin Jones (PHI) - Seattle
8. David Rittich (NSH) - Winnipeg
9. Louis Domingue (PIT) - NY Rangers
10. Dustin Tokarski (BUF) - Pittsburgh


Islanders boards are saying Kadri is all but a done deal and they just need to agree to terms with Dobson for that deal to be announced. Stastny and Kessel still don't have deals. I anticipate they will sign with playoff teams.

Some other names who haven't signed yet who weren't on the original list are guys like Milano and Rodrigues.

[CroFlames]

If no other suitors exist, couldn’t NYI slash their offer by 25% and say take it or leave it bud.

[foshizzle11]

I'd take Kadri if we could get him for like 5 years and about $6 mill per, but that won't get it done I don't think after reading the other threads.

I would give Kessel a shot for a 1 year deal, show us you can still produce and keep up with the systems Sutter wants to play.