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Forum: Armchair-GM22 déc. 2020 à 15 h 46
Sujet: Brave New Holland 1 of 2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CD282</b></div><div>You're better off sending guys like Chiasson and Neal and Khaira and Russell to the taxi squad to start the season - you'll save more against the cap than sending Yamamoto et al down.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CD282</b></div><div>Sure, but you save $1.075M against the cap with guys like Neal, Chiasson, Russell and Khaira. That starts to add up.</div></div>


The savings only materialize if the replacement players' AAV is &lt;$1.075M.

Point of my roster was to show it's unnecessary to demote (even just on paper) veterans like Neal, Kassian, Chaisson or Smith to be cap compliant on day one.


To be fair the sticky wicket comes along if guys with performance bonuses get sent down, since (to my understanding) bonuses must be accounted for in-season once recalled as opposed to in the off-season as usual so it's essentially a small cap penalty.
Forum: Armchair-GM22 déc. 2020 à 15 h 27
Sujet: Brave New Holland 1 of 2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Timmah007</b></div><div>Bouch I could see start in the taxi squad given sone concerns of early injuries. For veterans like larsson and Russell haven’t played much since March could see pulled groins those types of injuries. If everyone gets started and avoids that early on I could see bouch sent to Bakersfield when their season starts. Benson and Mcloed are in a very similar situation.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Timmah007</b></div><div>Holland won’t want a young guy like bouch sit for extended period of time so starts with taxi squad for a month if the team avoids injury bug he gets sent down when ahl fires it’s season up. Timing of ahl season if it actually happens as planned is really handy in this case provides time for bouch to either steal a job or provide a safety net in the event of injuries before any decision needs to be made. Benson contract wise makes sense to keep with taxi squad he’s coming off his elc and needs to be in the mix before waivers become an issue with him. Mcloed is the biggest wildcard in my opinion.</div></div>

Bouchard is 4RD so he'll start on the taxi squad -- especially since he's waiver exempt. He's going to play a substantial number of games, either due to injuries/slumps or on merit by forcing the issue.

McLeod has virtually no shot at a roster spot. He's best served playing all year in Europe, or the AHL if/when they get up to speed. RMc won't begin to enter the conversation until next season, at the earliest.
Forum: Armchair-GM22 déc. 2020 à 15 h 20
Forum: Armchair-GM19 oct. 2020 à 2 h 42
Sujet: Minor Tweaking and a high risk high reward player
Kovy wouldn't sign here for a million, and truth be told I don't think I'd take the risk. He's not the fleetest of foot and the aging-performance curve is real.

Also agree with the other commenter that Jones is primed for more minutes, especially so with the likely absence of Klefbom. Fantenburg is redundant, not to mention Lagesson waiting in the wings for 6/7 duty.

I'd avoid Sheahan at all costs. Word is he's pushing for a hefty raise, which -- PK prowess or not -- is not warranted when you consider the gaping chasm that he represents on the 5v5 GF-GA. He was the single biggest problem on the team last year, besides needing an actual bonafide 3C (which is now covered by Turris). Considering EDM went from historically bad on the PK in 18-19 to second in the league in 19-20 with largely the same player personnel and a new coaching staff, my money is on the suits to be able to get the roster to perform well with or without Sheahan. We can do better for a million AAV or less. See, Haas, Gaetan... for example.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JmoneyTalk</b></div><div>Sam never wants to come back to Edmonton. Jones is ready to play more minutes this year, probably more then Russel. Kolvy would be sweet but is the Oilers can get someone younger that has produced similiar they would. Chassion gets flips for a LW. Khaira will get hurried in the AHL. Sheahan would be sick as the 4th line center. Retain him just for his pk abilities.</div></div>

Sam "guy who married his doctor wife from Edmonton" Gagner never wants to come back to Edmonton?

LOL

The actual point to make would surround the fact that while he's a character guy and had a good run here, the game has passed him by. He's done an there's no role here that can't be filled by someone already on the roster or available for no assets and at a lower cap hit.
Forum: Armchair-GM27 sept. 2020 à 17 h 2
Sujet: Trade Rumors plus some prospect depth
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tryxii</b></div><div>To answer the backup question, I'm completely guessing with Rodruige, maybe he plays a few games, maybe he doesn't. I wanted Konovalov but like you said, he's a year out on his contract and I'm not sure who the Oil could reasonably bring in as a backup
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Sheahan, he's a good PK guy and I'm sure Holland could find someone to replace him in terms of 5 v5, but I don't see him doing that (I had Mikael Granlund on a 1 year deal previously, but I doubt he signs)
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EDM should have 2.5M or less to spend on a backup. So Dell or better. Holland hasn't yet ruled out bringing back Mike Smith, unfortunately.

At $3M or less a competent 3C should be available as a UFA (think: J. Larsson, Haula, Koivu, etc) or in a trade (Derek Ryan, Turris, Sutter (please no lol), Bozak, etc).
Forum: Armchair-GM27 sept. 2020 à 16 h 49
Sujet: Trade Rumors plus some prospect depth
Benning is a great 3RD, but you've massively over paid him. More like $1.75-2M x2.

Bringing back Sheahan is merciless insanity. He was -20 at 5v5, and the single biggest spot to upgrade on the roster.

As noted, Russell (likely) won't waive for OTT -- his stated preference is a western Canadian team to be close to family.

Lavoie will have a great chance at being Connor's trigger man, but more like two or three years down the road.

Why on earth would you have Rodrigue as a back up when he's never played a single NHL game? He'll probably need more time than Lavoie to make The Show. Konovalov is closer, and he'll need another year to burn off his KHL deal. Need a one year stop-gap for a backup.

Just some thoughts that come to mind when I look over your roster. :)
Forum: Armchair-GM27 sept. 2020 à 16 h 27
Sujet: Improving after moving Staal
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MelonVK</b></div><div>I don't think Deangelo is bad (at hockey), but I do think the Rangers need a LHD to eat minutes. Trouba isn't getting moved - although he's the one that should be, and Fox is their best D by far. ADA would improve the oilers PP and even strength offense, while Klefbom is the more suitable and defensive stable partner for Fox, which allows him to play his best game.</div></div>

There's no way EDM would do this without NYR adding something. Klefbom's on an incredible value contract with term, and he's the most complete defenseman on the team who's relied on in all situations. ADA won't add much to one of the best PP in the league (29.5% this last season, just shy of the best in history by a dynasty NYI team) that Klef didn't.