[Matt Didier] Would you rather have Zellweger at 3.1 million per year, or Mintyukov for 7.2 million per year? They had the same stats, with Zelly having better metrics last year.
[Alex Ohári] If I were an NHL GM I would move quick to offer sheet Ducks D man Pavel Mintyukov. Just throw an absurd one-year number at him and back the Ducks into a corner. 22-year old stud who can really continue growing his game. Makes the Olen Zellweger trade so much more questionable.
Finally arrived: Game-used basketball for Kel'el Ware first NBA point. Kel'el Ware played his 2nd career NBA game and scored his first NBA basket with this ball on Nov 2nd 2024 Heat vs Wizards.
Elliotte Friedman: Re Leo Carlsson offer sheet: I heard there was another team considering seven years at a $17.5 million AAV, and honestly, I believed someone would think about the max ($20.8 million) - Sportsnet (7/3)
[Vinnie Parise] Leo Carlsson's Offer Sheet Must Make Blackhawks More Urgent With Connor Bedard: Not only has Bedard been more productive, but he is also on a significantly worse team. Perception that Carlsson is a better player is not correct. Bedard is the better player
[Bill Meltzer] Cutter Gauthier is not eligible for an offer sheet. Ducks were thinking $10-$12M each for Carlsson & Gauthier. It's going to come in more than a trifle higher than the Ducks figured for Gauthier. Essentially that means Anaheim is, well, a sitting duck for a Mintyukov offer sheet.
[Mark Scheig] Blue Jackets Face Ripple Effects From Flyers’ Record Leo Carlsson Offer Sheet:Fantilli was waiting for Bedard and Carlsson to get a sense of what his next contract. There were multiple teams considering a Carlsson offer sheet. Those same teams now look at Fantilli
[Big Head Hockey] Anaheim Ducks this offseason: • traded Olen Zellweger for a 2nd round pick • traded Mason McTavish for two first round picks • lost Jacob Trouba to free agency • lost John Carlson (traded his rights for a late pick) • Leo Carlsson signed a $90m offer sheet. Disaster.
[TSN] Bryan Hayes: Leo Carlsson chose to accept the deal. He could have said I'm not doing that out of good faith to Verbeek. There's a history of players said no. Brayden Point didn't accept said he wanted to be there to build it. Carlsson said "screw it, i don't care about Verbeek or the Ducks"
[SneakyJoeSports LockedOnSabres] Wonder if the Ducks thought Zellweger might get offer-sheeted by someone when they traded him to the Sabres. It's never made sense why a team that had three d-men under contract at the time and tons of cap space did that.
[Andrew Fillipponi] Opinion: The Penguins should offer Connor Bedard the max salary of $20.8 million per year. And force the Blackhawks to match it. If they don't. The Penguins would get one of the great young talents in hockey history.
[Mitch Gallo] Anaheim put themselves in this situation. Good GM should be asking: Is relationship with player worth more than saving $1M? What is the cost of leverage for another team? Am I negotiating against player or against entire league? Price never goes dow. Deal should have signed 12-mo ago
[The Hockey Guy] Usage of offer sheets it's that thing that we talk about often that GMs just won't do. All GMs want to get along with each other. They don't want to cause any kind of strife. Well, Danny Briere decided he doesn't mind a little bit of strife if it means adding Leo Carlson to the team
[Ben Pope] So Bedard, Carlsson, Fantilli and Gauthier were waiting for each other to set the market. Does this set the market? Or is this just a crazy one-off? It is interesting that Carlsson was willing to sign the offer sheet — I wonder if the Flyers tried with the others too or not.
[Frank Seravalli] It’s fun canvassing the league on what Pat Verbeek might be thinking. “Easy match, but it jams up their cap. Wonder if 3 years was a more potent offer.” - one GM “I think Pat takes all four picks and works out a deal to go after Dylan Larkin.” -another GM
[Kevin Kurtz] The ironic part of all this is that Cutter Gauthier, who is still public enemy No. 1 in these parts, could now help the Flyers if he demands a similar deal to this offer sheet. And at this rate, if you're Gauthier, why wouldn't you?