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<p style=”line-height: 27px !important; transition: all;” data-userway-s17-styled=”true” data-line-height-feature-value=”1″>So that huge 2026 UFA forward class is now down to Kempe, Panarin and Necas. Unless you want to include Nick Schmautz as a difference maker.
<That’s why drafting is king, especially as the cap rises, teams will be signing their guys.
Yeah, the thoughts most of us had the past few years about signing that “Hossa like player” or a scoring forward through free agency likely won’t be happening due to the cap increase.
Now, I think the way to get other players to fill gaps in the lineup will be via trade. And the trade bait will be the accumulated draft picks and/or the stable of prospects.With Moore, Greene, Lardis, Kantserov, Boisvert, Vanacker, Frondell, Nestrasil, West coming up the next few years there will be more forwards than spots on the team.
Can say the same with goalies within a couple of years. A couple among Knight, Soderblom, Commesso, Gajan and the 2 young Russians (assuming the last three develop into something) will be available.
I could argue that the defense has the least assets to trade. Vlasic, Kaiser, Lev and Rinzel will probably be 1-4. EDM, Allan and KK are 5th and 6th types. And depth is still needed justifying keeping the last guy around.
So that huge 2026 UFA forward class is now down to Kempe, Panarin and Necas. Unless you want to include Nick Schmautz as a difference maker.
That’s why drafting is king, especially as the cap rises, teams will be signing their guys.
Unless you are Vegas.
So that huge 2026 UFA forward class is now down to Kempe, Panarin and Necas. Unless you want to include Nick Schmautz as a difference maker.
That’s why drafting is king, especially as the cap rises, teams will be signing their guys.
So that huge 2026 UFA forward class is now down to Kempe, Panarin and Necas.
I just updated my 2026 UFA dream list today, have a look.
So that huge 2026 UFA forward class is now down to Kempe, Panarin and Necas. Unless you want to include Nick Schmautz as a difference maker.
Well, we played one good period (the 2nd) in that first game. The first period was rough and made worse by the weak penalty calls on Levshunov. The team still looked a bit disorganized in their own end, forwards late to get to coverage. We got burned for a goal on Grzelcyk being out of position, which is pretty much the book on him (or so I’ve been told).
While there were a couple bright spots, that was a sound beating the Knight kept close.
That’s going to happen for a while with a team this young.
Well, we played one good period (the 2nd) in that first game. The first period was rough and made worse by the weak penalty calls on Levshunov. The team still looked a bit disorganized in their own end, forwards late to get to coverage. We got burned for a goal on Grzelcyk being out of position, which is pretty much the book on him (or so I’ve been told).
While there were a couple bright spots, that was a sound beating the Knight kept close.
In the first period, which had a bunch of flubs, Knight saved their butts. They played better in the second but let down a little in the third. I see progress and that’s all that matters at this point. Bedard was just a couple of inches away from scoring the first goal. Nazar. Can you say anything more about this kid? I even noticed Bedard playing defense.
