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Forum: Armchair-GM2 févr. 2021 à 18 h 46
Sujet: i mean skinners not the best
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>This might sound like overkill, but with COVID and teams needing depth. Do you think EDM should go out and get a couple of PKers and Bottom 6 guys that are only focused on defense/possession? Stopping the opponents top line and winning draws?</div></div>

Me personally?

No.

Skill wins games. Playing keep away or (worse yet) the trap is a foolish way to play the game. And if you have a bunch of offence optional players then they're bound to be burned eventually and unable to score in response.

We need some better performances from the likes of the personnel here already. If the bottom six can revert to their established norms we'll be fine.

Otherwise we get a good bit of cap space available, for the first time in Holland's tenure, to do some serious roster revisions next season.
Forum: Armchair-GM2 févr. 2021 à 15 h 3
Forum: Armchair-GM2 févr. 2021 à 13 h 23
Sujet: i mean skinners not the best
Holy.

Chia, is that you? Maybe it's Millbury...

Bringing back Chiasson is enough of an unforced error.

Then you sign Barrie AND Larsson? I could see Larsson signing that deal but highly doubt Barrie takes another discount, let alone for term.

But stop the presses.

What on earth has you thinking Skinner is A) anything other than our fourth string goalie, who's actually working to establish himself at the AHL level but forced to play all of one game due to Holland waiving Forsberg, and B) trade bait requiring a 1st (!) <em>and</em> a 3rd for Subban, of all people? Why wouldn't you just sign a UFA goalie; literally any goalie? Hell, even Konovalov has a better shot next year at being backup for Koskinen.

Wow.

PS

Nuge isn't resigning for less than he's making now. Like, do you even follow the team? LOL. Must be trolling...
Forum: Armchair-GM1 févr. 2021 à 17 h 17
Sujet: Gudbranson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NunyaBitness</b></div><div>Do you have any ideas on how you would help the D core during the season? Gudbranson is just a suggestion. There's plenty of salary next offseason but a little defensive stabilization now would give Holland a better idea of what he really has on the back end. We have some great prospects coming up but I can't see one of them being a great leader right off the bat. We need someone with experience, that will likely cost more than their play on the ice (see; Shea Weber). I can't find a good Veteran leader that they could bring in on D and no I'm not suggesting thats Gudbranson. Who would you target?</div></div>

Honestly I run the group as is. Losing Klefbom is a bigger hole to fill than many people realized, which is odd because the win-loss record clearly reflects his importance any time he goes on LTIR.

If we're grabbing someone it's not going to be an end of career "leader" who can't skate or pass. It would have to be a swing for the fences kind of deal, like RNH for Seth Jones; I bet NSH regrets choosing Ryan Johansen instead. Wrong Ryan!

I still have time for Barrie to put it together. He looks better playing with Nurse, although OTT isn't the strongest of competition to make a firm assessment against.

But forced to make a trade, maybe I'd look for someone like Brandon Montour, maybe Sami Vatanen. All depends, really. Nurse's next contract is going to be critical to the cap structure going forward. Everyone else will need to fit in around his cap hit.