That hurts to only get a 3rd, but at the same time at least ET pulled something off to get at least some kind of return for him. Otherwise he’d just walk away and sign with Tampa tomorrow anyway
ghcfc88
Fucked about and found out
anivoflean
he strung us along. he was never going to extend.
not sure why everyone is blaming the front office. we did what we were supposed to do. guentzel said 8×8. even if we didn’t put that on the table until thursday, our reported offer weeks ago was “a little under 8 million”. i refuse to believe he decided to walk over a couple hundred thousand.
CasTimber
At least they ripped the bandaid off before I got out of bed today so I didn’t have to spend the whole day stressing.
all1good
Why can’t we have nice things? NC professional sports are approaching Cleveland levels of cursed
ShrillRut
RIP GAS and GAJ 🙁
Extra-Sea2167
maybe a skjei announcement could cheer us up
all1good
I fail to see how this makes sense for Tampa. They have many needs. This contract will create holes they can’t fill and will handicap them in 4 years once this contract becomes an albatross
fogent94
Oh come on. Not Tampa
Alum07
Playing stupid games with high end talent never ends well
Should have met his demands a month ago, not at the last minute after the market had already changed. And we are right back to needing a high level offensive talent to pair with Aho (no, not Necas, that ship has sailed as there is no hope of him signing long term here after everything that has happened this summer) on top of the gutted defense we are already looking at
Oh, and we are breaking in a new GM
nbogie055
I mean jake made it clear he is after the biggest paycheck he can get. We should have all known we weren’t going to be the highest bidder.
framingXjake
Thanks I hate it
mindseyecoil
I fucking hate this.
Ashrelm
I really don’t think Jake was going to re sign. He’s after the money. Can’t blame him I guess. Time to move on.
DrewCrew62
Today is a good day to start drinking at noon I think
Should’ve done a one for one trade for Stamkos’ rights haha
nbogie055
Wonder if we will try for marchessault now
Nilzy16
Well at least we ripped the bandaid off now instead of tomorrow
LookitsJ0SH
kill me now
Positive-Step-2522
I’m honestly pissed they couldn’t get this done given how close it was. Should’ve been upfront with offering what he wanted weeks ago if we were that serious about it. Looks like f around and find out to me
JumpingTheShart
Sorry guys I bought a Guentzel jersey when they were having the adidas jersey sale to try to will him to stay but they canceled my order due to incorrectly stating their inventory
Carolina_913
I’d also like to point out that we are not the leading candidate for any of the top free agents of any position, and we are not linked to any major trade targets in a significant way. Makes you wonder
ryanc_1
Glad it’s over, this is what happens when you play hardball and it backfires. Hopefully we can use the cap on some other big names hitting the market tomorrow.
Additional_Ratio_743
Just fell to my knees in the middle of a cookout parking lot
adsheppa
I mean, I’m gonna boo him now
jrfowle3
I mean, I had doubts about the wisdom of signing Guentzel to 8 years and potentially regretting the second half of that deal. But I was excited to potentially have him for the next few seasons.
Surprised we got a third, makes the rental basically Koiv and a swap of our 2nd for TB 3rd? If he didn’t want to reup, that’s not much to pay for a fantastic rental 🤷🏻♂️
NeouiGongwon
Holy… some of these redditors need to lay off the doomer juice. If the FO offered him what he asked and he still said no, then that’s on him. He doesn’t want to play here and that’s OK.
The Canes will be fine without him.
canestros
Its so dumb…he gave us his ask. We agreed to the ask. And then he said no thanks ill go somewhere else.
👋🏼buhbye
H_Man247
Fuck it, sign Stamkos for 2 years. Hit em where it hurts
connor8383
Jake the Snake.
Fuck off kid
NotAMythOrLegend
Pretty bummed about this. I thought he fit like a glove with Aho, Svech and Jarvis. A full season with them would’ve been electric.
adsheppa
So with rights traded, not sign and trade, he can only sign 7 years with TB. They gave us a 3rd rounder for 12 hours of exclusive discussions with him and his agent more or less.
aenand15
This sucks but not the worst. I thought Guentzel was fantastic for us but we can’t fill out the rest of our lineup as needed because we’d be paying our top 4 forwards so much.
I’d love to see us go for Stamkos and see if there’s 2 strong duos on different lines in Aho/Svech and Stamkos/Jarvis.
CC1X312
Lock up jarvy quick to give us something to be happy about
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Tampa is stupid.
https://i.redd.it/e89pam9o7q9d1.gif
I’m sad.
That hurts to only get a 3rd, but at the same time at least ET pulled something off to get at least some kind of return for him. Otherwise he’d just walk away and sign with Tampa tomorrow anyway
Fucked about and found out
he strung us along. he was never going to extend.
not sure why everyone is blaming the front office. we did what we were supposed to do. guentzel said 8×8. even if we didn’t put that on the table until thursday, our reported offer weeks ago was “a little under 8 million”. i refuse to believe he decided to walk over a couple hundred thousand.
At least they ripped the bandaid off before I got out of bed today so I didn’t have to spend the whole day stressing.
Why can’t we have nice things? NC professional sports are approaching Cleveland levels of cursed
RIP GAS and GAJ 🙁
maybe a skjei announcement could cheer us up
I fail to see how this makes sense for Tampa. They have many needs. This contract will create holes they can’t fill and will handicap them in 4 years once this contract becomes an albatross
Oh come on. Not Tampa
Playing stupid games with high end talent never ends well
Should have met his demands a month ago, not at the last minute after the market had already changed. And we are right back to needing a high level offensive talent to pair with Aho (no, not Necas, that ship has sailed as there is no hope of him signing long term here after everything that has happened this summer) on top of the gutted defense we are already looking at
Oh, and we are breaking in a new GM
I mean jake made it clear he is after the biggest paycheck he can get. We should have all known we weren’t going to be the highest bidder.
Thanks I hate it
I fucking hate this.
I really don’t think Jake was going to re sign. He’s after the money. Can’t blame him I guess. Time to move on.
Today is a good day to start drinking at noon I think
https://i.redd.it/pcx9qvyu8q9d1.gif
Rentals are gambles. Ultimately we got 1/2 a season of Guentzel, Ty Smith + a 2025 3rd out of the slot machine.
Man this sucks
oh 😖
https://i.redd.it/y7tavefz8q9d1.gif
Should’ve done a one for one trade for Stamkos’ rights haha
Wonder if we will try for marchessault now
Well at least we ripped the bandaid off now instead of tomorrow
kill me now
I’m honestly pissed they couldn’t get this done given how close it was. Should’ve been upfront with offering what he wanted weeks ago if we were that serious about it. Looks like f around and find out to me
Sorry guys I bought a Guentzel jersey when they were having the adidas jersey sale to try to will him to stay but they canceled my order due to incorrectly stating their inventory
I’d also like to point out that we are not the leading candidate for any of the top free agents of any position, and we are not linked to any major trade targets in a significant way. Makes you wonder
Glad it’s over, this is what happens when you play hardball and it backfires. Hopefully we can use the cap on some other big names hitting the market tomorrow.
Just fell to my knees in the middle of a cookout parking lot
I mean, I’m gonna boo him now
I mean, I had doubts about the wisdom of signing Guentzel to 8 years and potentially regretting the second half of that deal. But I was excited to potentially have him for the next few seasons.
Surprised we got a third, makes the rental basically Koiv and a swap of our 2nd for TB 3rd? If he didn’t want to reup, that’s not much to pay for a fantastic rental 🤷🏻♂️
Holy… some of these redditors need to lay off the doomer juice. If the FO offered him what he asked and he still said no, then that’s on him. He doesn’t want to play here and that’s OK.
The Canes will be fine without him.
Its so dumb…he gave us his ask. We agreed to the ask. And then he said no thanks ill go somewhere else.
👋🏼buhbye
Fuck it, sign Stamkos for 2 years. Hit em where it hurts
Jake the Snake.
Fuck off kid
Pretty bummed about this. I thought he fit like a glove with Aho, Svech and Jarvis. A full season with them would’ve been electric.
So with rights traded, not sign and trade, he can only sign 7 years with TB. They gave us a 3rd rounder for 12 hours of exclusive discussions with him and his agent more or less.
This sucks but not the worst. I thought Guentzel was fantastic for us but we can’t fill out the rest of our lineup as needed because we’d be paying our top 4 forwards so much.
I’d love to see us go for Stamkos and see if there’s 2 strong duos on different lines in Aho/Svech and Stamkos/Jarvis.
Lock up jarvy quick to give us something to be happy about