Blackhawks absolutely killed it this off-season, made all the right moves to support the young offensive core while brining in Martinez for the young d core. Kyle Davidson cooked
Brian Maclellan doing an incredible job for my Capitals lately. He also signed Duhaime for like 2x1,8 and Taylor Raddysh for 1x1 today, when you add these to that amazing Logan Thompson trade and a high risk high reward PLD trade I think we have improved so much. ( also correction, Matt Roy signed for 6 years not 7 which makes it even better)
@@MikeBartner I think the make or break will be PLD, because now our d core is up there with the best in the league, goalie tandem is very solid with a lot of potential, but the offense still concerns me. But if Dubois can go back to being an average 1C I could see us being an actual contender. ( especially if someone like Wilson and Mangiapane bounce back a bit so we don’t have to rely on Ovi and Strome to score all the time)
@@Mcbikey24And not to mention we have so many prospects now compared to what we had less then 2 yrs ago. And on top of that we pretty much unloaded most if not all the bad contracts. And in couple years ovi and carlson contract will be off the books and considering the fact the cap going up we will have plenty of cap space by then and majority of our prospects would be only be on entry deals. Only contract that is risky is PLD but like u said if he can produce like he used to that will be a steal. It exciting time to be a caps fan.
@@Unsc-gq2rt15 Well Wilson contact is quite bad but yeah we are in a very good spot. But I still think in 2/3 years when Ovi hangs them up we completely tear it down, because even though we have a lot of solid young guys apart from Leonard and maybe Miroshnichenko we don’t really have any actually star players. Maybe Cristall or Parascak but they are both big projects and could turn into nothing just as easily as they could turn into stars.
@@Mcbikey24 I think it depends also how our prospects turn out. If one of them turns into star players then I think we will be competitive but if PLD doesn't pan out and our prospects don't turn into anything then I could see a tear down. Definitely risky but I'm all for it.
Bruins fan. You’re wrong. Long term actually means the annual cap hit goes down with cap inflation and those are foundational players and a few years from now their contracts will be low making them trade friendly
As a Habs fan im very satisfied with the free agency so far. We sign Barré-Boulet to a minimum contract deal in the NHL which i think is nice. Maybe a 20ish point guy in Montreal seeing as how we probably put him in our bottom 6 for 70 games. And Slafkovsky a fantastic 8x7.6 million contract. To me. Reminds me of Mackinnon. Was a 1st overall pick coming off a 50 point season and then went on to have the best contract in the NHL value wise. Even if he dosent become a 120 point guy. A future 40 and 40 guy with good physicality and defense and high potential is a steal. Also feel like a winner because they reconized the playoffs arent happening and made 0 big signings. However next free agency i expect WAY more activity from the Habs.
No offense but boston is definitely a winner. Lindholm paired with Pasta is scary good plus getting some nasty in the back end is good for them. You have to pay to get good players.
Yeah, how do you call the Bruins losers with these signings? Are they overpaying? Maybe a little. But not for Zadorov. Are they gambling? Maybe a little. The most important question is: "Did they get better?" I would say yes. They had needs and they addressed them with players that fit their team. If Mike is calling the B's one of the top 4 biggest losers I can only assume he doesn't like the bruins and he's not being impartial in his analysis. Or he doesn't understand the parameters of the title of his video. But, according to Mike, the Islanders are "winners" because they made two deals for bottom 6 players that will not change the team's fate. Oh, and saved the team hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sorry, I'm taking Boston to win any and all games vs the islanders. (with the caveat that the B's actually sign Swayman). ala Charlie Sheen:"Winning!"
I feel like Carolina qualifies for both halves of this list funnily enough. They’re losers because SIX important contributors to last year’s team (Guentzel/Skjei/Pesce/Teravainen/Noesen/presumably Necas) are gone. Even if a couple of those guys’ new deals are overpayments, having that much roster turnover is brutal to a team that wants to contend for a Cup. And yet…they’re also kinda winners too?? They signed three of the best value contracts given out all day (Walker 5x$3.6, Ghost 3x$3.2, Carrier 6x$2); 4 if you count Slavin’s 8x$6.5 extension. The forward group still desperately needs another signing or one of the prospects to take a leap but they somehow ended up with a blueline that’s 95% as good as last year’s
Disagree on what you think is the going rate, for example, we paid Matty G 4.2m last year, so 5m seems like a great price for Zedorov, and getting the best center on the market is a huge win.
I would say this is more from the draft days but Utah has been quietly putting together some really decent depth today. They addressed the top 4 with Sergachev and Marino on day 2 of the draft and now Armstrong is filling in the cracks and I think they are gonna be a shocker come October
@@MikeBartner Yeah Bill Armstrong has quickly become one of my favorite GMs to pay attention to in the last couple years. I'll bet the move to Utah is gonna supercharge some of those guys
i’ve never played hockey and i’m considering picking up the stick to play RHD, could probably get a bag with the contracts that are being thrown around 😂
Overall the Oilers were the big winners, signing Arvidsson, and Skinner, and also retaining Henrique. They will be the favourites to win the Cup next year. They signed some very good players, on what is an already Cup contending team.
The Oilers won't be the only team with 2 players with the same surname (Stu [goalie] and Jeff [winger, ex-Sabres] Skinner), with the Bruins (with Elias [centre] and Hampus [d-man] Lindholm [neither related to the other, but both originally from Sweden]) another.
@@Canessnz skjei is definitely better. better defensively, playoff producer, similar production just that ghost played PP1 and skjei PP2. remember the market will go up but ghost is definetly a good deal
I'm perplexed that the ducks didn't do anything today. Especially after what Verbeek said about adding a top 4 D and top 6 RW he fell flat today. I think we need to start building our team soon so this is not looking good
@@edited1325 problem is that Krecji was a 2C who played at 2C, and he was a more consistent player than Lindholm. Bruins have trouble scoring and they’ve done nothing to help with that, especially with losing debrusk they’re screwed
@@goldtigre4979 Krejci could’ve easily hit 1k points if he played 1C he was underrated A 2nd line scoring winger can always be acquired later if needed Poitras on the second line would be best imo
@@edited1325 Poitras or Coyle as 2C would both be great for sure. He maybe could’ve gotten more points but it’s his consistency that I really loved. I’m just worried that Lindholm lacks that extra offensive punch, I know he’s good defensively
This dude does not know hockey at all the bruins had a much better offseason than islanders. You’re adding Anthony Duclair after getting bounced by car😂😂
Sorry but I disagree with alot of this the Bruins are definitly winners here as they got Lindholm a guy they always wanted and will fix the top 6 problem plus he wasn't happy in Vancouver and was probably affected by the deadline which was the reason his points total was down this year and Zadorov will add pysicality to the team which they seriously need at this point to go anywhere in the playoffs and I say the Islanders are losers Mike Reily sucks and Duclair is not the type of player that will change a team honestly since he been switching teams every year at this point and the Devils got players noboby wanted there also losers too but the biggest winner has to be the Nashville Predators as there now a fully loaded team with Stamkos, Marchanssault and Skeji I expect them to be the best in the west next year and just because the Bruins and Predators gave to much money away doesn't make it bad you know.
Good riundup as always. Esoecially agree on your take on the Capitals, Kraken, and Devils. Also agree Zadarov is expensive. He's a fine 3rd pairing borderline top-4 defenseman but was too hyped based on some highlight reel making hits and goals in this past playoffs. Very happy my Devils stayed away from him. Sabres ownershio are the biggest skinflints in hockey! They never spend to the cap to give all their kids a shot at tasting the playoffs. Penny wise abd pound foolish and a NYS-tax subsidy welfare team.
Foegle is fucking awful. The only reason he scored 20 is because he played with Draisaitl a lot. Dude was scratched a few times in the playoffs because of how bad he is. Massive LOL at the kings
@MikeBartner a defensive specialist who has signed with a team that has possibly one of the best defensive systems in the league. Plus it gives them depth down the middle where they were lacking it. I'm quite happy with him signing.
Sabres didnt need any top 4 dmen lol(Byram - Dahlin, Samuelsson - Power, with RyJo and Jokiharju also good enough for 2nd pair duties) , that said their offseason so far is a F-, overpaid for everyone, hyperfocused on addressing only one need, while creating more holes for no reason
Blackhawks absolutely killed it this off-season, made all the right moves to support the young offensive core while brining in Martinez for the young d core. Kyle Davidson cooked
Agreed solid veteran adds, they should be competitive next season.
They just signed T.J. Brodie as well.
Meh overrated because hawks were just in a hard rebuild it can hurt them a lot with no more top 5 picks added to this squad
@@MikeBartnerguess on where they’ll finish? Made a lot of moves but I’m guessing Hawks still aren’t in the top 20
@@marcussilva4011they have had 8 1st rounders in the last 3 years. They will be fine lol
Sharks are absolutely on track to be top 31
HAHAAHHAHA
Probably top 32
Brian Maclellan doing an incredible job for my Capitals lately. He also signed Duhaime for like 2x1,8 and Taylor Raddysh for 1x1 today, when you add these to that amazing Logan Thompson trade and a high risk high reward PLD trade I think we have improved so much. ( also correction, Matt Roy signed for 6 years not 7 which makes it even better)
Yup they should be competitive while also getting mainly guys still in their 20's.
@@MikeBartner I think the make or break will be PLD, because now our d core is up there with the best in the league, goalie tandem is very solid with a lot of potential, but the offense still concerns me. But if Dubois can go back to being an average 1C I could see us being an actual contender. ( especially if someone like Wilson and Mangiapane bounce back a bit so we don’t have to rely on Ovi and Strome to score all the time)
@@Mcbikey24And not to mention we have so many prospects now compared to what we had less then 2 yrs ago. And on top of that we pretty much unloaded most if not all the bad contracts. And in couple years ovi and carlson contract will be off the books and considering the fact the cap going up we will have plenty of cap space by then and majority of our prospects would be only be on entry deals. Only contract that is risky is PLD but like u said if he can produce like he used to that will be a steal. It exciting time to be a caps fan.
@@Unsc-gq2rt15 Well Wilson contact is quite bad but yeah we are in a very good spot. But I still think in 2/3 years when Ovi hangs them up we completely tear it down, because even though we have a lot of solid young guys apart from Leonard and maybe Miroshnichenko we don’t really have any actually star players. Maybe Cristall or Parascak but they are both big projects and could turn into nothing just as easily as they could turn into stars.
@@Mcbikey24 I think it depends also how our prospects turn out. If one of them turns into star players then I think we will be competitive but if PLD doesn't pan out and our prospects don't turn into anything then I could see a tear down. Definitely risky but I'm all for it.
Oilers brought skinner and yanny back crazy plays by them forwards look deadly
Jeff Jacksons gotta stay as GM lmfaooooo
Drai finally has some support
Yup!
If Arvidsson can score 20 in a trapping team like LA he should score 40 with Drai (if he stays healthyish)
Bruins fan. You’re wrong. Long term actually means the annual cap hit goes down with cap inflation and those are foundational players and a few years from now their contracts will be low making them trade friendly
Random question, but what is your early Stanley Cup final prediction for next year after free agency today? Mine is oilers rangers
Oilers vs Devils, Oilers in 6.
Stay off those alberta opioids
😂@@michaella5799
@@michaella5799we have meth here, not the opioids lol
Nashville got a ton better today. They should be near the top of the central this coming season.
Got better but overpaid heavily to do so
@@MikeBartner So being overpaid doesn't mean bad again.
@@MikeBartneroverpaid is pretty debatable. They just signed a 40 goal guy and a 42 goal guy. Preds need scorers, they went out and got them.
As a Habs fan im very satisfied with the free agency so far. We sign Barré-Boulet to a minimum contract deal in the NHL which i think is nice. Maybe a 20ish point guy in Montreal seeing as how we probably put him in our bottom 6 for 70 games. And Slafkovsky a fantastic 8x7.6 million contract. To me. Reminds me of Mackinnon. Was a 1st overall pick coming off a 50 point season and then went on to have the best contract in the NHL value wise. Even if he dosent become a 120 point guy. A future 40 and 40 guy with good physicality and defense and high potential is a steal.
Also feel like a winner because they reconized the playoffs arent happening and made 0 big signings. However next free agency i expect WAY more activity from the Habs.
No offense but boston is definitely a winner. Lindholm paired with Pasta is scary good plus getting some nasty in the back end is good for them. You have to pay to get good players.
Yeah, how do you call the Bruins losers with these signings? Are they overpaying? Maybe a little. But not for Zadorov. Are they gambling? Maybe a little. The most important question is: "Did they get better?" I would say yes. They had needs and they addressed them with players that fit their team. If Mike is calling the B's one of the top 4 biggest losers I can only assume he doesn't like the bruins and he's not being impartial in his analysis. Or he doesn't understand the parameters of the title of his video. But, according to Mike, the Islanders are "winners" because they made two deals for bottom 6 players that will not change the team's fate. Oh, and saved the team hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sorry, I'm taking Boston to win any and all games vs the islanders. (with the caveat that the B's actually sign Swayman). ala Charlie Sheen:"Winning!"
Boston did good. Lindholm signs for 8 to 8.5 anywhere else and General Zod is gonna be a beast for Boston. Also both guys WANTED to be Bruins
I feel like Carolina qualifies for both halves of this list funnily enough.
They’re losers because SIX important contributors to last year’s team (Guentzel/Skjei/Pesce/Teravainen/Noesen/presumably Necas) are gone. Even if a couple of those guys’ new deals are overpayments, having that much roster turnover is brutal to a team that wants to contend for a Cup. And yet…they’re also kinda winners too?? They signed three of the best value contracts given out all day (Walker 5x$3.6, Ghost 3x$3.2, Carrier 6x$2); 4 if you count Slavin’s 8x$6.5 extension. The forward group still desperately needs another signing or one of the prospects to take a leap but they somehow ended up with a blueline that’s 95% as good as last year’s
Disagree on what you think is the going rate, for example, we paid Matty G 4.2m last year, so 5m seems like a great price for Zedorov, and getting the best center on the market is a huge win.
How are we not winners?!?! We got our 1st line rw in Carrick ‼️‼️🍾🍾🔥🔥🔥
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
You should do a video on the 16 playoff teams and if they got better or worse after free agency
I really like what Sweeny has done but HOLY SHIT CAN WE PLEASE SIGN SWAYMAN
HAAHAHAAH that won't happen for a while, RFA's take a while
@@MikeBartner ik I'm just stressing lol
Bruins signed 8 guys today, Average height…..6’3 - Average weight….212, they got a lot tougher
@@MikeBartner Swayman going to be signed reguardless he ain't going nowhere.
Swayman going to be signed reguardless he ain't going nowhere also nice Pomni pfp.
I would say this is more from the draft days but Utah has been quietly putting together some really decent depth today. They addressed the top 4 with Sergachev and Marino on day 2 of the draft and now Armstrong is filling in the cracks and I think they are gonna be a shocker come October
Agreed love what Utah is building this summer
@@MikeBartner Yeah Bill Armstrong has quickly become one of my favorite GMs to pay attention to in the last couple years. I'll bet the move to Utah is gonna supercharge some of those guys
Please updated standings predictions for next year soon! :)
In a week or so definitely!
i’ve never played hockey and i’m considering picking up the stick to play RHD, could probably get a bag with the contracts that are being thrown around 😂
HAHAHAHAHAAH
Overall the Oilers were the big winners, signing Arvidsson, and Skinner, and also
retaining Henrique. They will be the favourites to win the Cup next year. They
signed some very good players, on what is an already Cup contending team.
Oilers also just signed Adam Henrique to a 2 year @ 3M/y
bro carolina got a huge addition in tyson jost, william carrier, and eric robinson to make up for necas teravainen noesen and guentzel
HAHAHAHAHHAHAS
Bro hates the bruins so much 💀
I can't believe Edmonton singed Skinner to a 1 by 3 million deal
Steeeeaaaalll
The Oilers won't be the only team with 2 players with the same surname (Stu [goalie] and Jeff [winger, ex-Sabres] Skinner), with the Bruins (with Elias [centre] and Hampus [d-man] Lindholm [neither related to the other, but both originally from Sweden]) another.
Shades of Duchene to Dallas
@@wainber1shouldn’t be too big an issue for fans, since Stuart Skinner has been “Stuuuu” for years now 😂
Opinion the the ghost contract? I feel like we got the same guy as Skjei just for 3.4 while skjei's getting 7m. I feel like thats a steal but idk
I really like it, on my top 10 signings list
@@Canessnz skjei is definitely better. better defensively, playoff producer, similar production just that ghost played PP1 and skjei PP2. remember the market will go up but ghost is definetly a good deal
Caps and Islanders did really good! Cant believe the stephanson signing
Bruins losers? You’re delusional they filled 2 big needs with a team that gave Florida a run for their money awful take
You're living in 2022 with the way you value Lindholm
@@MikeBartnerhe’ll be playing with pasta and will be on a team that’s well suited for his two way style
He’ll be just fine
If the oilers can get rid of ceci and kane and somehow get a legit top 4 rhd who can help nurse, they’re the best team in the league
Bouchard
@@YTGamingCenter hes playing with ekolhm
Isnt nurse a right defenseman though? How would another right defenseman help
@@YTGamingCenterNurse is LD. He played all year with RD Ceci and they were the drizzling shits together
@@YTGamingCenterhe’s a lefty
1:34 What makes you think Roy will have any more time in Washington? Carlsson is the one defender ahead of Doughty in TOI lol
Both 💙🧡 Winning Today! NYI 🤝 Edm
Yup!
I'm perplexed that the ducks didn't do anything today. Especially after what Verbeek said about adding a top 4 D and top 6 RW he fell flat today. I think we need to start building our team soon so this is not looking good
Think he didn't want to give too much term like he did with Killorn
The Ducks look destined to wallow in mediocrity unless they actually do something to improve themselves.
The Bruins’ contract to Lindholm is insane. The zadorov one is fine
Considering they were paying krejci 7 million back in the day to be the 2C I’m fine with the aav but the 7 years is gonna age poorly
@@edited1325 problem is that Krecji was a 2C who played at 2C, and he was a more consistent player than Lindholm. Bruins have trouble scoring and they’ve done nothing to help with that, especially with losing debrusk they’re screwed
@@goldtigre4979 Krejci could’ve easily hit 1k points if he played 1C he was underrated
A 2nd line scoring winger can always be acquired later if needed
Poitras on the second line would be best imo
@@edited1325 Poitras or Coyle as 2C would both be great for sure. He maybe could’ve gotten more points but it’s his consistency that I really loved. I’m just worried that Lindholm lacks that extra offensive punch, I know he’s good defensively
Kings just, Idk no words to express this horrible day
Skinner is Now An Oiler Babyyyyyyy !!!! Cuppppp,Cup,Cupppppppp Arvidsson also Baby and he is healthy !!!!
Steal
I can’t help but feel like no star player is willing to sign with the Sabres, even if you offer them an absurd amount of money.
Don't need a star though just a solid RHD
Oilers js signed janmark if we can keep henrique we’re 3 lines deep.
Henrique deal is penned, lfg
This dude does not know hockey at all the bruins had a much better offseason than islanders. You’re adding Anthony Duclair after getting bounced by car😂😂
Sorry but I disagree with alot of this the Bruins are definitly winners here as they got Lindholm a guy they always wanted and will fix the top 6 problem plus he wasn't happy in Vancouver and was probably affected by the deadline which was the reason his points total was down this year and Zadorov will add pysicality to the team which they seriously need at this point to go anywhere in the playoffs and I say the Islanders are losers Mike Reily sucks and Duclair is not the type of player that will change a team honestly since he been switching teams every year at this point and the Devils got players noboby wanted there also losers too but the biggest winner has to be the Nashville Predators as there now a fully loaded team with Stamkos, Marchanssault and Skeji I expect them to be the best in the west next year and just because the Bruins and Predators gave to much money away doesn't make it bad you know.
Good riundup as always. Esoecially agree on your take on the Capitals, Kraken, and Devils.
Also agree Zadarov is expensive. He's a fine 3rd pairing borderline top-4 defenseman but was too hyped based on some highlight reel making hits and goals in this past playoffs. Very happy my Devils stayed away from him.
Sabres ownershio are the biggest skinflints in hockey! They never spend to the cap to give all their kids a shot at tasting the playoffs. Penny wise abd pound foolish and a NYS-tax subsidy welfare team.
Agreed David funny how some are extremely high on Zadorov, don't get it.
Mo tour is a Bigggg Overpay and long term , C !!!
Ottawa's off-season is very underrated
God I love Jeff Jackson
Needs to stay as the GM lmfaooo
WennBerg signing with the Sharks is not that bad
For the Sharks it’s a good deal but man when I saw that cap hit I was cracking up for a minute
Solid veteran add but 5M is crazy lmfaooooo
Thanking God it was only 2 years and not 5+
Foegle is fucking awful. The only reason he scored 20 is because he played with Draisaitl a lot. Dude was scratched a few times in the playoffs because of how bad he is. Massive LOL at the kings
Bruins did good! Gotta disagree with you. Caps going up every year these contracts should age well.
Penguins obviously won with a Blake Lizotte signing
Beauvillier Isles legend
@@MikeBartner besides that they did sh*t they need to get Crosby another cup
Your way off. Bruins did very well.
bruins take is absolutely horrid😂
Lindholm has been trending downwards and you just handed him a mega deal, good luck lol.
Yeah this guy is clueless lindholm is basically Bergeron and zadorov is Chara light I’m more than satisfied with the signings
@MikeBartner a defensive specialist who has signed with a team that has possibly one of the best defensive systems in the league. Plus it gives them depth down the middle where they were lacking it. I'm quite happy with him signing.
😂 Oilers need to sign a pylon for their defense, instantly top 2 on that dcore.
I can live with Lindholm it will age decent with cap hit but Zadorov was not the move we needed offense
Panthers will still be a headache to deal with
Oilers absolutely cooked
Sabres didnt need any top 4 dmen lol(Byram - Dahlin, Samuelsson - Power, with RyJo and Jokiharju also good enough for 2nd pair duties) , that said their offseason so far is a F-, overpaid for everyone, hyperfocused on addressing only one need, while creating more holes for no reason
Kinda disappointed in my knights not being able to keep literally anybody
Hey I know a guy on the leafs who has a number 16 we could offer ya.
carolina in the same spot
Was kinda expected though
@mil2172 Honestly I'd take anyone woth experience
@MikeBartner Ya I thought they would be able to keep Marshy or Stepho so for both to leave just really sucks
🔥 had good day .
Mantha getting traded at the deadline gonna be elite
@@MikeBartner yup
It did not start at 12 lol it started at about 10
Fire Ron Francis. Hope he doesn't pass next year.
Leafs winners or losers ?
Definitely winners because our defense looks the best it has looked in the core four era
Medicore winner good plays questionable prices in my opinion
Don’t matter what they do losers
@@kowynvibes1502I wonder with oel I hope we get rid of Lilly he needs to go he’s terrible and terrible cap hit
Winners in the short term but those Tanev and OEL deals will age horribly lmfaoooo
Canucks, winners or losers?
Vegas were very big losers
True but everyone knew they weren't going to keep anyone
@@MikeBartner Marchessault would beg to differ and despise it being predestined, it was still a bad day
Hawks WIN !!
Great veteran adds
Your thumbnail is backwards.