2026 Draft Week Recap

Going back all the way to Darren Raddysh, which again, feels forever ago.

It was a little while ago, 10 days ago.

Sign and trade, Toronto.

Ended up with an eight-year, 8.5 million average annual value contract.

Came in, that came in a little bit above our projection I believe.

Yeah, so we, we pretty much had six years, 8 million.

Um, so ended up getting the max term with the sign and trade, and then about, we'll call it 500K above.

So I think real quickly it would be good to point out we're closing in on the deadline to be able to give the max term.

I don't know for pending unrestricted free agents, I don't know who else would necessarily be out there.

I guess maybe the one name still out there that could potentially get it is Rasmus Andersen with Vegas.

I think he's the only one that could be a discussion about.

We'll s- we'll see what happens there.

I wouldn't necessarily advocate for that, but he's at least a level of player that you could justify giving it to.

So once midnight strikes between June 30th and July 1st, the longest any player except a restricted free agent can sign is a seven-year contract, and that's very important.

So I t- I, we'll get that out of the way, and then I guess, I don't know, any other thoughts on Raddysh before we get into the Father's Day madness?

Yeah, I, I would just say with Raddysh that's an, that's one that I think there were positive and negative reactions towards.

Um, if, if he comes over and plays like he did this past season, more than worth it.

Toronto's happy.

There's a little concern that going to Toronto he might not keep up the same numbers, specifically power play numbers that he had in Tampa playing with the likes of Kucherov and Guentzel and Point.

Um, assuming he's given that top power play time though, he should have some pretty good offensive players in Toronto as well.

So I, I lean towards it should be a decent transition.

And even if there's a slight step back in production, it's still a deal that's worth it.

Uh, but the, there's a level of riskiness, hesitancy, uneasiness around that.

I think one thing that I was trying to make sure was pointed out is yes this, this year was scoring wise unbelievable.

Probably a little bit of a flash in the pan.

Going back all the way to Darren Raddysh, which again, feels forever ago.

It was a little while ago, 10 days ago.

Sign and trade, Toronto.

Ended up with an eight-year, 8.5 million average annual value contract.

Came in, that came in a little bit above our projection I believe.

Yeah, so we, we pretty much had six years, 8 million.

Um, so ended up getting the max term with the sign and trade, and then about, we'll call it 500K above.

So I think real quickly it would be good to point out we're closing in on the deadline to be able to give the max term.

I don't know for pending unrestricted free agents, I don't know who else would necessarily be out there.

I guess maybe the one name still out there that could potentially get it is Rasmus Andersen with Vegas.

I think he's the only one that could be a discussion about.

We'll s- we'll see what happens there.

I wouldn't necessarily advocate for that, but he's at least a level of player that you could justify giving it to.

So once midnight strikes between June 30th and July 1st, the longest any player except a restricted free agent can sign is a seven-year contract, and that's very important.

So I t- I, we'll get that out of the way, and then I guess, I don't know, any other thoughts on Raddysh before we get into the Father's Day madness?

Yeah, I, I would just say with Raddysh that's an, that's one that I think there were positive and negative reactions towards.

Um, if, if he comes over and plays like he did this past season, more than worth it.

Toronto's happy.

There's a little concern that going to Toronto he might not keep up the same numbers, specifically power play numbers that he had in Tampa playing with the likes of Kucherov and Guentzel and Point.

Um, assuming he's given that top power play time though, he should have some pretty good offensive players in Toronto as well.

So I, I lean towards it should be a decent transition.

And even if there's a slight step back in production, it's still a deal that's worth it.

Uh, but the, there's a level of riskiness, hesitancy, uneasiness around that.

I think one thing that I was trying to make sure was pointed out is yes this, this year was scoring wise unbelievable.

Probably a little bit of a flash in the pan.