The WORST Signing From Each NHL Free Agency

[@OhNyquist]

(This video was supposed to come out yesterday) Thoughts on the Ullmark trade at the end of this video for those interested!

[@Metal4Life198821]

…ulmark take…finally

[@jackconrad2667]

I feel like that 25% retained helped the ullmark trade. I think Boston wanted a 1st and a goalie to place as backup to swayman. And like u said only a handful of teams really needed goaltending. And if Detroit tried the same trade Boston would get husso. I think ullmarks cap hit will be pretty high going forward as well. Probably played a part

[@jackconrad2667]

We need to see how the rest of the offseason goes to see what’s happening with that walman trade. That might be this years worst.

[@Kenny_D27]

As a bruins fan I'm torn cause we need a 1st but also taking on 3 years of korpisalo at 3 aav is brutal. If you can't flip him it's bad. Kalestic is a big body mean bottom six center but he's not a game changer. Just shows how little organizational value goalies carry

[@jackconrad2667]

@@Kenny_D27 it is possible that he bounces back with a better bruins team. And that swayman is there starting helps. If Korp bounces back to alil above average. It wouldn’t be too hard to move him.

[@PowerPat221]

As a Habs fan, I feel kinda disrespected that our massively garbage contract given to Karl Alzner didnt beat out Marleau, who did more than Alzner.

[@nickholmes5610]

Alzner was pretty awful

[@maed204]

That and unfortunately Gallagher... Love the guy and he is still trying and I always hope he can continue. But 6m a season for another what is it 4 years ? Ouch

[@Capain_D00dle]

Scott Darling, I'd argue, is even worse. He got a 4 year deal to be the starter, and got ousted by a 35 year old Cam Ward one year, and then 36 year old Curtis McElhinney for the back up spot the next year, who was even picked up on waivers. Then they traded him to Florida to be bought out and retire.

[@ariccua6101]

Aye.

[@larrywilliams8063]

@@Capain_D00dle Chicago has a habit of keeping an AHL goalie on the roster for too long. When they gave up on him, I was surprised anyone else would pick up a career backup.

[@tytylerchan]

Fun Fact: Louie Eriksson's first goal for the Canucks was an own goal in his regular season debut... just to foreshadow how poorly his time in Vancouver would go

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

Karl Alzner in 2017 has age like milk...i still think it's worst than Marleau since it gave nothing to Montréal and even stop them to sign any other defensemen that year...

[@samwilley8748]

The Zach Parise and Ryan Suter contracts, one of the reasons there's a limit on term for a contract

[@seanragsdale5636]

Weren’t those two contracts signed before the lockout in 2012-13? Insult to injury.

[@empire0]

They were 2012. Terrible deals, both of them

[@samwilley8748]

@@seanragsdale5636 Speaking of injury, I think combined they only played above about 70 games 1-2 seasons

[@Yokes27]

Good ol' Chuckie 2 trades still hurting 2 different franchises. Both Flyers and Wild are still dealing with his signings and trades and the repercussions of those many years later

[@Vincent_Gagne]

That and Dipietro

[@waynemclean1799]

Sens fan here. Amazing deal by Sens new management team.

[@IHateMyAccountName]

Big thing is Melnyk is gone, so his penny pinching and meddling aren't a factor.

[@yelling3874]

I'm always really surprised when Campbell's contract doesn't come up in "worst contract" videos just given that he is literally unusable.

[@OhNyquist]

Man I literally forgot about that one lol, to be honest that should be the pick over Copp.

[@jonmendelson1104]

1:48 Torey Mitchell was a legend in San Jose. They had a promotion where if they scored in the last two minutes of the second period everyone in attendance got two free tacos from Jack in the Box. For whatever reason, he had a knack for scoring those goals and nobody else did to the point where he got the nickname "Taco Torrey."

[@EffinAssNinja]

Dude was an absolute stud with San Jose

[@gocanuckurself1]

The Loui Eriksson disaster still haunts me. So bad.

[@RLJ96]

We were 1 year away from having move on from the contract completely but Benning decided to trade for OEL and now we are on the hook for it until 2031.

[@boomy1405]

@@RLJ96 I was thinking it would be fun to do a video where he said the worst signing per team. we would have a lot to choose from

[@RLJ96]

@@boomy1405 2018 was horrible too. We signed both Beagle and Roussel to $3 million x 4 years. All these are horrible signings that hampers the team's ability to contend.

[@boomy1405]

@@RLJ96 yep :(

[@Canucksnate]

Same

[@kidcanucksingh]

On the open market, Myers is expected to get around 3.5-4 mil a year. Say what you will about his play, hes always played 20 min or more regardless of team or coach. I believe he also had the second or third most points for pending RHD UFAs.

[@robertrouthier2603]

I know enough about both Boston and Ottawa to confidently predict that because of this trade, Kastelic will blossom into a legit 2C, Korpisalo will outperform Swayman and Ullmark will slip on some dog poo outside the Canadian Tire Center, rendering him out for the season after only 6 games.

[@Rangerstown00]

I'm actually from the future, and all of this is spot on.

[@gioknows]

Sounds about right.

[@CapsCoverage]

Honorable mention to Richard Panik's deal with the Caps in 2019 Also I would say that you're a little harsh on Copp. Is the deal great? No. Is it better than someone like Jack Campbell? Absolutely.

[@OhNyquist]

Yeah I missed Campbell, I keep forgetting about him because he hasn’t even been in the NHL lol.

[@ooddwweee5275]

Copp isn’t a bad player but his cap hit is high though. Hes good at the pk and face offs also solid bottom 6 player.

[@jakewinokur5481]

as a wings fan, the Yzerplan frustrates the hell out of me

[@ouzi9122]

And what Ken Holland was doing made you feel what? Happy ? Since 2002 we've been lucky and I mean insanely lucky how Zet and Pav dragged us through so sketchy years, but outside of those 2 we haven't done anything since the salary cap started. I rather be patient and see what he has planned

[@theramplocal]

Blues fan, I loved Walman and was bummed when we traded him to you guys.What are your thoughts on the trade yesterday? I admittedly don't watch much red wings hockey outside of game highlights, but did he decline that much for you guys? I am surprised he was traded

[@ouzi9122]

@@theramplocal we're all wondering what Yzerman has planned because as it stands now that trade was insane lol especially since technically NHL got rid of future consideration trades . We have no idea what is going on 🤣

[@jackconrad2667]

@@ouzi9122ya that walman trade looks horrendous. There are many reasons it could be. But just looking at it today is a wtf moment.

[@jakewinokur5481]

@@theramplocal our coach stretched him down the stretch for whatever reason, I thought he was our 2 or 3rd best D man last year. He was great w Seider on the first line and had a solid contract. Idk why we did that trade honestly, we have way worse contracts

[@shrekthenoob]

Loui Eriksson looks like hes 55 in that pic you chose.

[@tonyhoiland7481]

He played like it too!

[@_Kakoosh]

Y’know we don’t hate Andrew Copp, we just hate his contract

[@OhNyquist]

Exactly

[@mikerr193]

Good thing about no free agents wanting to come to Winnipeg is that we dont sign any bad FA contracts

[@snach9700]

man, when copp played with jets he played 1st line pk...... shocker note he played with lowry

[@gakk8658]

Watched a few of your vids now and hit subscribe. It's nice to see hockey content! Thanks for making entertaining stuff

[@xellossm8444]

There's Bergevin albatross pairing: Gallagher and Anderson for 2021-22 onward at a cap hit of $6.5M and $5.5M/year each. Their contracts don't end until end of 2026-27 season. Think they got no more than another season with the Habs as their combined cap hit of $12M a season is weighing down the team.

[@meatmanmagoo]

Vancouver buys out OEL and he wins the cup, it’s a matter of team fit imo

[@saschaganser9671]

Sekera is a bad pick. He was actually good till he had 2 really bad injuries and never became the same again. If Draisaitl sings for 14m over 8 tomorrow, scores another 100 next season when someone takes out his knee and he`s done, is it a bad signing then or bad luck?

[@Loopholez91]

That Torey Krug contract is so bad. The and the fact Krug is being so just unfriendly about his wanting to be traded, etc. Dudes very unliked. Yeah he had a decent season this past year for the Blues but he was still so bad.

[@Squerk_]

You should do BEST Signings from each year! Love the videos :)

[@xFenix1016x]

Bruins fan here. I think the devils were the best trade partner for ulmark and as soon as they signed markstrom ulmark's trade value was significantly reduced

[@danb239]

Red Wings can't get a top 3 pick but at least they give out the worst free agent contracts

[@jacobouellette4430]

As a Bruins fan the Ullmark trade is a real head scratcher for me. The whole point of moving on from Ullmark was to free up cap space, and you are only freeing up 2 million, 1 million including Kastelic

[@devonrickett7692]

Before even watching the video I’m bracing to see a lot of the flames between 2014 & 2017 lol

[@anthonydemaio4631]

If we went back to 2011, Brad Richard’s had the worst contact that offseason without a doubt

[@Rangerstown00]

Have you heard of Ville Leino? Because at least Brad Richards was serviceable.

[@eliaminator2313]

Staios patience on making moves paid off big time cant believe they shed that Korpi contract for 25th overall and the got a major upgrade in net. Staios cooked here even with Ullmark's numbers naturally regressing behind the Sens dcore to a .905-.910 its still so much better than Korpi

[@JD200_]

I was worried about Ulmark and the sens D but then someone’s mentioned how his worst season is still a massive upgrade over the sens 2024 goaltending

[@ouzi9122]

Thanks for these videos been out of the game for a few years due to moving and being busy and im using you and rob to catch up , thanks eh ❤

[@JunkratJoules]

You are a Red Wings fan right? You seem to have a lot of reasons for making this video.

[@RuthieElz]

I’m really glad the kings got rid of PLD lmfao his contract was awful

[@PunknotWoke]

Its very strange it didn’t work out for Louie Eriksson in Vancouver… Before that he was a proven 20-30 goals per season guy and he had AMAZING chemistry with the Sedins in the Swedish national team when they played together.

[@kassi420]

Serkera was just unfortunate with injury but with LTIR it wasn’t the worst signing of 2016… the worst signing of 2016 was also the Oiler in Milan Lucic $6 million 7 years had one good season then fell off a cliff to single digits scoring couldn’t even put him LTIR…

[@filmbuffs9759]

I would argue the Kevin Hayes signing in 2019 was pretty bad, coming from a flyers fan

[@ayroau]

Will be interesting to see how Boston's defense helps Korpisalo's stats

[@nicholasbozec2828]

Sekera doesn't really deserve to be on the list since he played well until the injuries when you sign a guy into his late 30's there's always that risk one wrong injury and that's it no matter who you are and a torn acl for a defensman is about as brutal as it gets

[@TMJ32]

There's the ones where the team pays a player based on what they've done and then it doesn't continue. And then there's ones where it's obvious from the day they signed the deal it was a stupid enormous disaster.

[@Kmoten10]

You have no idea what your talking about sekera was our best defenseman for a couple years and he got hurt. Him getting hurt doeosnt make it anywhere near the worst free agent signing that year.

[@t1carlou47]

Good choice but certain was how they were move in the end that made the cut.i think alzner and korpisalo was really bad signing

[@AMan_629]

From an isles fan, It’s gotta be the ladd contract from 2016. If isles never sign him, we wouldn’t have had 5.5 mil in essentially dead cap during the 2020 and 2021 ecf runs. We could’ve had a real contributor in the lineup. Even if we didn’t use that money on another ufa, we would’ve had enough money to resign Devon Toews. Only reason I say it’s worse than Louie’s is bc that deal only kept the nucks from competing for a playoff spot. For the isles, it not only kept them from getting over the Tampa hump, but it also shrank their contention window with having to give up a young all star level defenseman for next to nothing (we got the jj moser draft pick which was flipped a year later in the Ladd cap dump).

[@sheaandrus-oak6546]

Absolutely FLEECED!!!!! Call the cops. Staios Master-class

[@keksittynimi]

Mark my words, Korpi's coming back with a vengeance

[@vrooman7134]

That would be interesting, he’s never played with any vengeance before in his career..

[@keksittynimi]

@@vrooman7134 my mans holding the NHL record for most saves in 1 game, he hs that dawg in him, somewhere…

[@eggskenny1151]

Tucker Poolman

[@absolutelymassivet2350]

imo 2022 shouldve been jack campbell. just aged so poorly

[@JustinMogollon199]

Most of the contracts I can agree. I would have said Milan Lucic instead of Louie Eriksson, but when we have the most infamous free agency class, there are so many arguments. But I disagree with 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023. Patrick Marleau was good for the Leafs. Sure he was getting old and was past his prime, but still. To have Patrick Marleau??!! It is awesome. Even if he did nothing, it is still great to have him. The worst contract of 2017 was Karl Alzner. A 5 year, $4M per year for a 3rd pairing defenseman who does the bare minimum? It was terrible as soon as it was announced, and it got worse from there. He got sent to the minors 2 years into the contract, and was bought out the next year. He hasn't played since. Tyler Myers wasn't that bad with the Canucks. To me, the worst contract of 2019 was Brandon Tanev. 6 years, $3.5 million for a 4th liner. Sure, he did decent with the Penguins and the Kraken, but still. That is a contract given to Top 6 guys, not a bottom sixer. Philip Grubauer, I can understand. He sucked in the regular season, but his saving grace was his playoff performance with the Kraken, winning half of the games he played, a save percentage of over .900, and he was good enough to give the Seattle Kraken their first ever Stanley Cup series win, and to also push the series against Dallas to 7. I don't care if he was bought out, Barclay Goodrow's signing is still the worst, not only of 2021, but the worst contract in Rangers history. Trading for him was not bad. I was happy we got him. But I was pissed about the gross overpayment. Just like Brandon Tanev, you don't pay $3.6 million per year for 6 years to a 4th liner. It was terrible when it was announced. To be fair, he played his best hockey in the first 2 years, scoring over 30 points and at least 10 goals. It's good, but the only way this contract would be a winner is it the first 2 years happened throughout the rest of the contract. But this past season was his worst as he only scored 4 goals, 8 assists, and 12 points. Even with his shockingly god performance in the playoffs (6 goals, 2 assists, and 8 points, 2ND IN GOAL SCORING!), it was time for him to go. Even if he did well, he was the main reason why we had to let players like Frank Vatrano, Andrew Copp, Patrick Kane, Vladimir Tarasenko, and others go, because we couldn't afford them thanks to Goodrow. That contract should have gone to Pavel Buchnevich, you know, A TOP 6 WINGER THE RANGERS DESPERATELY NEEDED EVER SINCE HE LEFT??!!! Thank god the Sharks took Goodrow from us. Now we have the cap space needed to keep Ryan Lindgren and Braden Schneider. And it is more helpful since Igor, Lafreniere, and Miller need contracts as well. Even though I will miss Goodrow, getting rid of him was the right move. As for 2023, I can agree that Justin Holl's contract is bad. He was barely around and he, along with Jeff Petry, Ben Chiarot, and Ollie Maata were terrible on the blue line, and if it wasn't for Moritz Seider and Jake Walman (who shouldn't have been traded, especially for FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS!!), the Red Wings would have the worst defense this season. While Holl's is bad, to me, the worst contract is Pierre Engvall. If the Tanev and Goodrow signings are problematic, then Engvall's contract is as well. But it is even worse when Engvall is signed $3 million for 7 YEARS!! 7 years for a 4th liner. I was watching Free Agency last year, and as soon as that signing was announced, I was laughing so hard (because it's the Islanders). I still find it funny, even to this day.

[@sashaluskade5405]

Justin Holl, that signing was disgusting.. and developed just as expected. Get rid of that contract RW.. yikes.... LGRW!

[@jimclarence5441]

I was supporter of Holl when in played for the Leafs. But in his last year as a Leaf....he hit the wall, his skating had declined. I was surprised the Wings pro scouting didn't notice and gave Holl that three year contract.

[@sacredalien8011]

As a Canucks fan, I would choose Messier as worst free agent signing 1000x before I would choose Myers. Agree with Loui though

[@tboss54]

JACK CAMPBELL?!?!?!

[@raymondleemanpaper]

I was pretty sure Benning is responsible for more, Myer, Loui Ericsson, OEL just to name a few. In fact OEL is the worst ever!

[@60secondcinema_]

Can you do a free agency prediction video?

[@OhNyquist]

Will be doing that on the 30th! Day before free agency.

[@ripapa6355]

Is it a bad signing if they played well then get injured (Sekera)? I would call it bad luck, not a bad signing.

[@aralornwolf3140]

Yeah... repeated injuries could effectively end the career of an otherwise good player. :/

[@BwoahGuy]

As a jets fan idk if our recent contract to Dylan Demelo is worth it, 4 years at over 4 mil a year for a 31 year old who’s not even our second best defencemen imo (Neal Pionk) I just feel like it’s an over pay when we could get somebody at his level of play in free agency for about 3mil

[@xjustinian995x6]

Ville Leino, Matt Moulson, Kyle Okposo, Jeff Skinner. Only one organization can over pay all of these bums almost in consecutive years 😂 Go Sabres

[@lessthantom2]

The Marleau signing wasn’t bad. The leafs just weren’t responsible with managing their cap. Signing a player to just a 3 yr deal shouldn’t be a problem but of course the leafs made it into one.

[@maxentiusdecimus9341]

Seeing Justin Holl there (as a Leafs fan) makes me happy. My guy caused us so much pain. Thank god teams took him and Campbell off us 🙏

[@daniellemieux1911]

As a sens fan I was hyped to hear we moved that awful contract but I can’t help but have a bit of tarasenko ptsd with the ntc ullmark has. Hopefully we can resign him without having to overpay too much.

[@koz9682]

As a sens fan, I was shocked that’s all the sens gave up in that trade. I was expecting chychrun plus a draft pick. Staios has won me over officially.

[@dominic64tblightning24]

I love hockey but haven't had the time to watch as much the last 3 seasons. You're bringing me back in. I appreciate your channel.

[@casewojo6186]

I am NOT a believer in the “yzerplan”. I have moved on. Kane was awesome, but that’s probably over with.

[@DrewNye]

Are you gonna do a 2024 NHL Draft Rankings before the Draft?

[@zhobaire]

Not a bad call on the Myers contract. 3 years at 3 million. Probably a little longer than expected but the figures were close enough

[@TheBigRig19]

Honestly really liked Sekera

[@AD_RC]

and now TyMy is on for 3 years...

[@frankdeboer1347]

Do one for the worst free agent signing for each team since 2005. I think the Lucic signing is the worst for Edmonton.

[@kolbydavis4132]

Wish stamkos went with th e wing s

[@bowser2onrs]

and now OEL is a cup champ!

[@mayhempsilocybin5118]

Hello :)

[@111oooo]

Loui Eriksson the worst

[@jimbodangle178]

People dont get to hype about Ullmark. Ottawa cant defend.

[@MrHbkfan17]

As a Rangers fan from the way he played on my team, seeing this fued between OhNyquist and Andrew Copp is looking like fued of the past two years

[@JD200_]

Tyler myers next contract is going to be one of the best of this FA

[@michaelli9316]

i think damon seversons signing last year was pretty bad too

[@NickRants]

as a leaf fan, patrick marleau was the start of the problem with the leafs. We lost JVR, couldn't afford others, it was a joke

[@jimclarence5441]

Marleau wasn't worth his contract when he played, never mind giving Carolina a first for taking him in his third year, Shanahan screwed up big time by hiring Babcock. Marleau was the spy in the dressing room for Babcock, the reason that Babcock wanted Marleau on the team.

[@NickRants]

@@jimclarence5441 yeah, marleau was horrible

[@FroggerHFW]

2023 worst contract had to be my team giving Ryan Graves 4.5 for 6 years he played like shit the first year hopefully a bounce back this year but i do not believe

[@michaelkeller5927]

Seems like this could have had a few more oilers on the list lol

[@nahiyanishtiaque1283]

Apparently someone had the Korpisalo/Forsberg tandem ranked 31st, but soon after the trade, they ranked the Ullmark/Forsberg tandem at 7th 🤯

[@aralornwolf3140]

It wasn't that bad... but close to that (stat wise). As for how it is with Ulmark as the starter... probably mid-league level. But Ottawa doesn't really need stellar goal tending, it needs good consistent goal tending.

[@icewyre]

Saw 2016 coming a mile away lol

[@derrickmartin9296]

Panthers parade baby! WOOOOOOO GO PANTHERS

[@wolfiehatesgoogle]

ryan suter erasure

[@AMUHighlights]

Nothing is worse than jack Cambell Most expensive AHL player ever

[@turkeykaiser]

No way that James Neal contract was worse than the Jack Johnson Pens contract.

[@ffej4895]

Did you ever see Neal play? The guy did not belong in AAA let alone the NHL.

[@zacharistalker9158]

Should do a video thats every teams worst free agent signing

[@Yokes27]

Chuckie Fletcher will have to be on at least 3-4 of these seasons

[@ariccua6101]

What's funny here is the guy that VAN traded for Eriksson was bought out, then won a Cup with FLA right away.

[@michaeljordan6239]

Referring to OEL as "the guy" is kind of crazy ngl

[@goose3246]

It’s all about the Yzerplan 😂

[@PaulGeorge-v6v]

2 Benning contracts. Classic

[@Joehan-ie7sn]

I’d be down to have copp on the hawks

[@BranNew1]

Wings going for the 3peat this year in worst Free agency signing., 😢

[@OhNyquist]

😖 let’s hope not lol

[@JD200_]

The worst FA signing is the one you don’t make

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

So imo I dont think Ottawa needs to fix their goalie situation. What they should be doing is fixing their gosh darn defense. I say this as A Leafs fan but PLEASE OTTAWA MAKE THE BATTLE OF ONTARIO MEAN SOMETHING AGAIN!

[@zachhaist6426]

They need a good coaching staff. The roster on paper is good, the execution on the ice is lacking

[@aralornwolf3140]

I don't know... how many games did the Leafs win last season against Ottawa?

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

@@aralornwolf3140 lol touche my friend. What I mean is back like it was in the early 2000s when both teams were good.

[@60secondcinema_]

Tyler Myers is him. Don’t care. That save in game 6 vs Nashville mail always make that contact worth is.

[@jacktharp3484]

James Neal, haven’t heard that name in awhile

[@TMJ32]

The term was the killer on that one. Based on his previous stats the AAV was in line, but then he didn't produce and there was no escape from that length.

[@Sphinxy17]

Loui ekriksson “the empty net assassin”

[@francescoravenda5070]

Now a best free agent singing video!!

[@OhNyquist]

Tomorrow!

[@francescoravenda5070]

@@OhNyquist yesssss go leafs🥹😍

[@ooddwweee5275]

@@francescoravenda5070 biggest chokers

[@michaelgoldberg7127]

BG

[@canadianbehaviour8280]

Absolutely agree. If Korpi didn't get dealt for Ullmark his signing woulda been the worst for 2023-2024 IMO

[@seiyulyu4854]

Two of these disasters were the work of Jim Benning. 🤦‍♂️

[@dallassylvestre8155]

Wanted to see Bussi back up swayman so not a good trade at all as a bruins fan

[@russw8813]

As a kraken fan I’ve tried to defend Grubauer throughout the years, but man you see that cap hit and immediately any argument I make falls apart lol.

[@krakenspectacor]

It’s sad you think that. He’s a solid goaltender and the only reason we’ve been even remotely competitive

[@russw8813]

@@krakenspectacor Grubi's a great personality and has had some fuckin' dynamite games (also, the Grubi steins and Lederhosen were swag). But when you're paying $6 million for a goalie, you're expecting consistency, and I can't say he's provided that. He literally was on the Athletic's "buyouts to watch" list from a few weeks ago (not a chance in hell it's happening), which just shows he's still not living up to expectations.

[@krakenspectacor]

@@russw8813 he’s been pretty consistent. The team hasn’t. I’ve literally been to every home game. I don’t think Gru has had any more off days than any other goalie I’ve watched. Any article saying Joey won the starter job should be tossed in the trash. You want to talk about inconsistent…Joey was unplayable after the all star break. Even The Athletic sadly on looks at stat sheets which is so incredibly sad tbh

[@michaelb5119]

​@krakenspectacor "the only reason we've been remotely competitive" ?!?!? That is straight delusion he's been one of the leagues worst goalies the two seasons before and this has been his best season when he was only below average. Yea stats matter unfortunately. Stopping ghe puck and all that. Seattle has been competitive because of its forwards overachieving

[@krakenspectacor]

@@michaelb5119 thanks for confirming you don’t watch the games and don’t understand hockey stats at an elementary level. Can’t wait for your journey of discovery. You’re in for a real education!