Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[mvossman]

I think the jury is still out on this, personally. It could be that the deal was atrocious, but at this point I still feel some hope that Martin will be a key contributor this year. He's probably the best POA defender on the team, currently, and while it might not be easy to envision a regular rotation spot for him, I'd have absolutely no qualms about him playing if an injury or unexpected ordering of the depth chart occurred. 

Point being, I still think there's a chance Martin will actually perform in the role they wanted to pay Grimes to play. If Martin ends up being the end-of-bench ballast people assume he will be, then yes, he's an expensive way to fill the roster and they'd probably have been better off just letting Grimes expire.

I suppose this is possible, but it does not seem likely.  He is a low volume, low efficiency offensive player, which is not a good combination.  For a team that will probably be starved for spacing, his POA skills will not be worth going 4 on 5 at the other end.