Hey fellas, you guys think it'd strangely quiet regarding us for this deadline? We have a bunch of players potentially being traded and I'm not seeing a single bit of talk about it...
Posted Feb 28, 2023, 7:13 PM UTC
You're welcome guys, Verbeek saw this post and was like "oh shit I forgot" and started doing stuff.
Haha ya seriously like 2 moves in 15 minutes after your post
We dont have high end pieces we're trying to move. That originally was going to be klingberg, but for his play and cap hit he isnt as highly wanted as before the season started.
Besides Klingberg, there's Henrique (who is now injured and probably staying), Gibson (who has term so it's alot trickier to move), Kulikov, Comtois, and maybe someone else.
So not much going on, but moves will happen. Just dont think they will be big ones. Even if Gibson leaves (which will be sad) he's not going to garner a huge return in assets. Goalies typically dont.
Actually the issue with Henrique seems to be that he isn't injured enough! If he's out until the playoffs then teams will be jumping at a deal due to the lack of cap considerations in the playoffs (whereas they'd be able to just store him on LTIR until then). If he comes back sooner then it'll require some additional money moves for the team that gets him.
The league is apparently “cracking down” on LTIR until the playoffs trades. Whatever that means.
We have no good pieces to trade.
Winter of Verbeek. Brace yourselves
Not really. I’d be willing to bet there are fewer players moved than were think let alone all of the ones who have been spoken about by fans.
Also worth noting the ducks don’t have big pieces they’re likely to trade. Mostly depth defencemen which are likely to pick up ~3rd round picks. It’s not exactly prime viewing for the larger NHL audience.
Also… small market team with very little media presence.
teams don't want our players. we're literally the last resort for teams. that's what happens when you keep a coach like Eakins around who lowers the value of all our players.
As others have said, plus Anaheim is a very tight lipped organization. Not much gets out. Real or fake.
This is how it’s been for YEARS now. It sucks as a fan cause you wish there was some hype but you learn that stuff is just gonna happen whether we as fans know beforehand or not lol
Pat Verbeek went to the Yzerman Hockey Executive Academy