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Barnacle_Ed

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Forum: Armchair-GM18 mars à 14 h 57
Sujet: Sennies Retool Redditor Disapproved Edition
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Beargold</b></div><div>I'd love to see Ostapchuk play that 4C role over Kastelic tbh. Maybe we could buy out Korpi and use Kastelic to get bargaining rights to Desmith out of VAN? Sign him to run a tandem with Sogaard/Forsberg with the threat of AHL demotion for the latter two as incentive to pull it together. We can survive the one more year of Forsberg so I'd rather just keep him and the 4th and with our goalie injury history, the depth would be nice.

As an aside, if we waive Forsberg and someone claims him then problem solved anyway.</div></div>

The only thing I don't like about waiving Forsberg is if no one claims him we have another potential AHL goalie logjam. So hopefully we'd see Soggy and Merialainen get starts instead.

I personally think DeSmith is overrated - his numbers in Vancouver haven't been particularly compelling. Trading Kasty to acquire bargaining rights for someone then promoting Ostapchuk seems like a pretty reasonable idea however, since I don't have a lot of faith in Kasty at this point.
Forum: Armchair-GM18 mars à 14 h 4
Sujet: Sennies Retool Redditor Disapproved Edition
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Chabotrrorr</b></div><div>No need for Hakanpaa or the 3rd round pick. Keep Bernard-Docker. This allows the Sens to keep Chychrun and still sign the UFAs. The only problem: We haven't solved the goalie problem. I do like the addition of another solid forward (Toffoli), but I still think we need a solid goalie.</div></div>
JBD honestly hasn't impressed me this year; he's been wildly inconsistent, struggles to make safe passes, and routinely gets outmuscled in puck battles. I think he can grow into a solid shutdown guy in another 2-3 years but the Sens frankly don't have that kind of time to spare rn.

I fully agree that the goalie situation is a total ****ing mess, no mistake about it...Dorion really screwed the pooch between the Murray and Korpi signings. My hope here, as stated above, is that a new coaching team will help achieve some positive goalie voodoo for once and avoid the Sens making a desperation trade or buyout (which I feel like is the exact kind of shortsighted thinking that's caused this rebuild to stall out).

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leafsfan98</b></div><div>This a a projection for next year though... When Norris can return</div></div>
I don't follow. This is for the 2024-25 season and I assume Norris will be rehabbing his shoulder all through it, as stated above. If he does return for 2025-26, the cap rises and Giroux's contract falls off so there's plenty of space to bring him in while also bridging Greig.
Forum: NHL Trades28 févr. 2023 à 13 h 7
Forum: Armchair-GM13 mai 2022 à 13 h 52
Sujet: Using New Knowledge this time
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lambchopz</b></div><div>Depends on where that pick falls for Ottawa but if that isn’t a top 10 pick that’s pretty weak value for Fiala. The guy has been at or around PPG for what, the last 2 or 3 years? Very solid player. I think their 1st this year with the other 2 things work. Boucher isn’t that good I hate to say it. A lot of people had him as a projected 3rd rounder or around that going into the draft and while his value is higher than that, it’s not super high. Was a horrible pick at the time and looks even worse rn. His ceiling I would say is a 3rd liner who hits and fights (maybe like a Greenway at absolute best case scenario? Or a Foligno but instead of elite defence just average?)</div></div>

Yeah I absolutely take that trade proposed by OP if I'm the Sens' GM - I think Boucher has a chance to turn it around and find his game, but that's an underpayment for Fiala IMO even if he was pretty bad this past playoff run for Minnesota.

Adding in this year's 7oa is asking too much though. I think 2022 7oa pick + 2023 2nd + Boucher, or 2023 1st with top 5 protection + a better prospect (Grieg or Sokolov perhaps) is more even.