2026 NHL UFA/Trade Thread

[Sal_Butera]

CBJ have $13.5M cap remaining, Fantilli’s rumored to sign a deal around $14M

Does that open up a potential for Monahan to be dangled? Turns 32 in Oct, 3yrs remaining at $5.5M always been an excellent two way C, and was highly respected in the locker room when he was here

Would obviously prefer a top-6 player in the cores age group but Monahan would serve as a transition piece for Hage over next couple of seasons.

Granted a long history of being injury prone though…

 

[lecoqsportif]

Surely they can convince him to come down 500k to keep roster players.

 

[Krustchev]

CBJ have $13.5M cap remaining, Fantilli’s rumored to sign a deal around $14M

Does that open up a potential for Monahan to be dangled? Turns 32 in Oct, 3yrs remaining at $5.5M always been an excellent two way C, and was highly respected in the locker room when he was here

Would obviously prefer a top-6 player in the cores age group but Monahan would serve as a transition piece for Hage over next couple of seasons.

Granted a long history of being injury prone though…

Been there, done that.

 

[Alan C]

CBJ have $13.5M cap remaining, Fantilli’s rumored to sign a deal around $14M

Does that open up a potential for Monahan to be dangled? Turns 32 in Oct, 3yrs remaining at $5.5M always been an excellent two way C, and was highly respected in the locker room when he was here

Would obviously prefer a top-6 player in the cores age group but Monahan would serve as a transition piece for Hage over next couple of seasons.

Granted a long history of being injury prone though…

No thanks

 

[GrandWazoo]

Yeah, it would be a betrayal to those players to go through the entire season with a bunch of cap space. It's one thing to get it wrong, it's a whole different story to not even make a move. These guys took haircuts so that they could do everything possible to win, not so that the team could spend less.

I fully expect a move that will use up a good portion of that cap space, hopefully prior to the season starting.

I think there will be opportunities after the start of the season when some teams are tumbling out of the gate and suddenly become sellers.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Some teams don’t know they’re in a rebuild.

 

[CH1]

Some teams don’t know they’re in a rebuild.

It gets foisted on them

 

[GrandWazoo]

Every team is optimistic at the beginning of the season. Then reality sets in.

 

[GEEMAN]

Surely they can convince him to come down 500k to keep roster players.

14 mil is moronic him

 

[GEEMAN]

Some teams don’t know they’re in a rebuild.

or how to rebuild

 

[GEEMAN]

I think there will be opportunities after the start of the season when some teams are tumbling out of the gate and suddenly become sellers.

Hugo isnt going to force a move

 

[GrandWazoo]

Hugo isnt going to force a move

He'll jump on opportunities if they present themselves.

 

[GEEMAN]

He'll jump on opportunities if they present themselves.

Me thinks he has stuff on the table but has no interest in overpaying Marchenko`s next contract

 

[lecoqsportif]

Me thinks he has stuff on the table but has no interest in overpaying Marchenko`s next contract

Likely needs a 3rd team.