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Forum: Armchair-GM11 oct. 2022 à 12 h 29
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CapFriendlysFinest</b></div><div>I understand the want for picks back for cap relief but this is more of a situation of getting better for both teams. Leafs don't need to move Engvall at all, Lilly is likely weeks away and makes a strong case to be a player the Leafs rely on for PK and possibly PP. He does not have a high cap hit for what he will likely produce making him a player of value, not a negative value. I hate this idea of every bad team HAS to get picks back for players. It is not true. Arizona is in a situation where Engvall immediately makes them better. This isnt a Ritche situation or a Marzek one where the Leafs are actively looking to move them because their bad. This is a situation that allows Arizona to get better at a cheap price for someone who likely plays on their top 6. If you were a rebuilding GM and someone said he would you like a young, speedy, large player who will likely play in your top 6 this season and onwards play in your top 9 for a 4th round pick, and you said no! I want picks back, the other GM just hangs up the phone.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Dan_the_Man</b></div><div>Does AZ want to get better this year or do they want to suck and be much better 2-3 years from now.</div></div>

I think where you're missing the point of my post, you're assuming Arizona wants to get better.

What Dan the Man said, Arizona doesn't want to get better, they are in a Bedard contest with Chicago and Montreal.

if anything, they want to get worse, and they want draft picks to help stock the system for the future as they are going full rebuild, not re-tooling.
Forum: Armchair-GM7 oct. 2022 à 10 h 9
Sujet: Comply
Forum: Armchair-GM5 oct. 2022 à 21 h 56
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>WhoCares_ItsAFantasyGame</b></div><div>My biggest concern with Drouin is the logn factor. Teams may be hesitant to move on him knowing he has the potential to go out of the lineup at any given time. While yes he's a very good player, the value he has given that factor puts his value way down. Retention of his salary isn't an issue since it's for the current year only, plus if he does well and stays in the line-up they may even flip him again to a potential contender for another retention of salary making him a bargain at 1/4 price for any cup contender that may need a winger.

Habs can take the chance to keep him on board, and flip him themselves, but at some point his mental health in MTL is an issue, so why stress him out for the current year if you can move him now and get cap space. You never know if another team could potentially want to move a player at trade deadline and give back a few picks at the same time to get a bigger fish on their team.

As for Martinez I'm not overly concerned about cap compliance now, but more next year also. If they can move him now and get compliant, they can start looking to sign RFAs long term before their value explodes if they have a good year come summer time.

But yeah.. It was more of a "what if" move for him..</div></div>

I don't disagree with moving him now, but the point still remains, he has value beyond "future considerations"

His mental health will likely improve being out of the Montreal spotlight, so, I get the impression with his skillset, teams might be willing to take that chance of him being in or out of the lineup, ie, see my original 2nd or 3rd rd pick.

Vegas won't have to worry, cap is going up, Brossoit and Hill are off the books (with Lehner likely back next year, with Thompson), Patricks career is done, and Kessel is off the books, so, clearing $7.2M off the books, not having to re-sign any goalies, and maybe getting a bottom-6 forward or two, with the cap likely up $1-2M.

They'll be fine moving forward.
Forum: Armchair-GM4 oct. 2022 à 13 h 11