Nino for Rask was horrible, you have my sympathy.

Interestingly, although the common theme around here is that "So and so would be amazing with McDavid and get a bajillion points!", they have yet to find someone that has done it.

I tell you what.... that VGK trade might just be the worst trade ive seen on this site

i dont know how much more embarrassing can this team get. like the trade vegas i cant see trading tuch. edm cap problem again but i like it. the way staals playing i cant see him geting a first back right now. maybe a conditional pick. honestly who you think will be the next traded?

I'll release my inner troll here....but how could it get worse?

Zach Parise's wife could publicly harass Ryan Suter's wife and their dead baby. Both get traded later for spare parts. The owners could fight and sue each other over money while your assistant GM is arrested for being a pervert....Dumba, Coyle and Brodin could be caught on video making fun of the coaching staff....and the team could bottom out and have a top 3 pick in the draft...that is owned by another team because you traded it away for a player who is leaving to play somewhere else next year.

It could always be worse

Ok lets not exaggerate. Neiderreiter is good but he's not that good. Yeah they probably could got a better return for him but their must have been some other motives like cap saving and such.

Nino's had a couple 20 goal seasons but other than that 1 year where he scored 50+ points and earned that big contract, he hasn't done anything that amazing. Not that Rask has either but Rask is a faceoff winning center that can score pretty much in the same ball park as Nino can and will do it for approx 6M less over the term of his contract.

Can't just look at this years stats and make a judgement on a player. Rask may have less points than Nino but he is not that far off in terms of quality of player. The only reason people are crying bloody foul is because Rask, with the season he's had thus far, should have been worth a little less. So technically since Nino is not having a terrible year, Carolina should have had to add a pick IMO. With that said, it all depends how much money is a factor. Like I said, Minny just saved approx 6M over the course of that contract and replaced a winger who are much easier to attain with a decent center whose younger and cheaper.

Yeah Minny may have "lost" the trade in the public court but its by no means a steal either. Rask could very easily come in and score the same pace Nino has been this year and Nino could very well have trouble scoring the same way Rask and Carolina as a team are having. That isn't a stretch. Who here thought Tatar would be outscoring Pacioretty? Who here thought Domi would be outscoring Galchenyuk?

Slow clap.

People like to over exaggerate on here.

Nothing will come close to Ottawa's past 18 months. Nothing. That was as much a inperfect storm of negative events a team could possibly have.

You're an embarrassment..

https://i.imgur.com/z79vTRX.png

I was making a point...

Well, in my defense, 2 of your trades aren't that far fetched. Chiarelli is totally capable of being that dumb lol

The only idiotic trade I made is the Vegas one...and that was meant as a big FU to former GM Chuck Fletcher

What are your thoughts on trying to get Draisaitl by using Granlund in a package? He's a left shot but he could be the young 1C this franchise has never had.

I would be 100% in favor of that! Granlund plus what would you offer?

Not entirely sure. My guess is Edmonton would want Spurgeon too... Maybe Granlund, Spurgeon, and JEE for Draisaitl and Puljujarvi? We might have to add a touch more. Then trade Staal for a 1st

Any of these trades with the Oilers interest you? https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/988559

Possibly the Draisaitl one, although I'd still ask for Puljujarvi since we're taking on Spooner. I also wouldn't hate the Zucker for a 1st trade.