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2026-27 General Trades & Signings

I don't have any empathy for Verbeek here, he's been in the game for decades and should have known this could happen if he didn't take action.

I have some empathy for the fans, and Verbeek should have dealt with this issue months ago...make a signing deadline of June 1, or else I'm trading the player.

I don't know how he deals with Gauthier if he chooses to keep Carlsson, and even then how that reverberates throughout the dressing rooom.
 
Frank E said:
I don't have any empathy for Verbeek here, he's been in the game for decades and should have known this could happen if he didn't take action.

I have some empathy for the fans, and Verbeek should have dealt with this issue months ago...make a signing deadline of June 1, or else I'm trading the player.

I don't know how he deals with Gauthier if he chooses to keep Carlsson, and even then how that reverberates throughout the dressing rooom.
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And people dunk on Dubas for signing 34 and 16 to those crazy second contracts.
 
Guru Tugginmypuddah said:
And people dunk on Dubas for signing 34 and 16 to those crazy second contracts.
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Those guys, and even Nylander holding out until the literal last minutes, used their leverage.

It's their right within the CBA structure, and if teams like Philly are gutsy enough to play havoc with their cap/team structure, that's their right too. You don't have to like it, but that's just the way the agreement works.

And there's pressure on Carlsson too if he can't deliver as a 21 22 23 year old over the next few seasons...ask Mitch Marner about that...but I don't know how you don't sign that offer sheet if you're Carlsson, pressure be damned.
 
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