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Forum: Armchair-GMmar. à 9 h 30
Sujet: acquire a marginal centre and or D w cap space
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NJDevils1317</b></div><div>The problem with the 10th overall pick is, there is no goalie I deem worth that in a deal outside of Askarov, but I imagine NSH is moving on from Saros to move to Askarov. The issue with solid goalies like Ullmark and Saros are neither can be extended before the draft, so with no guarantees, I can't in good consciousness move that pick without a guarantee. Any talk of "well they can talk about a deal before" means nothing as there is no legal recourse to an agent pulling out of a verbal agreement.</div></div>

If the 10th OA asset is just too valuable, which is fair, you just risk not getting a goalie before the next season starts. I like the gamble; ignore the 24 draft as a deadline, make your pick, and then start talking to the teams with goalies to trade.

It’s the kind of risk that puts the GM’s job at stake though, if a trade doesn’t come together, and you enter the season without a strong goaltending duo on paper, that’s the end of your job if you don’t ascend to the contender status that NJD has/should have.
Forum: Armchair-GM7 avr. à 23 h 46
Sujet: Eriksson Ek LT 1C
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dk325</b></div><div>I'd say the biggest hurdle to his game right now is whatever personal issues he's currently dealing with and injuries. His game has significantly developed during his time in Columbus and the effort he gives at both ends of the ice is hugely improved compared to where he was in 20-21 when he joined the team. The idea that he is slow is also provably false when looking at his Edge stats. The last two season he was in the 60-80 percentile of speed bursts of all categories while only playing 55 and 56 game seasons. With a full season those numbers only go up. He is a very fast player who appears slow due to his lankiness.</div></div>

This is very interesting. Thanks muchly! So would you say he’s increased his defensive IQ as well then? He’s not a liability in the D zone?
Forum: Armchair-GM7 avr. à 11 h 27
Sujet: Eriksson Ek LT 1C
Yeah Tks for writing. I threw the Laine deal in there because it was interesting seeing that the Wild had some cap space for a “free winger” similar to the Bjorkstrand deal last summer.

Laine is a much better hold when you look at asset management from the perspective of him as a sole asset but honestly I think the value to the Jackets for all their other assets with addition by subtraction and finding a better top six asset than him (I would target Centre) is all around worth it for me.

And yeah, that kind of retention is bananas. But whereas the retention has its own value when you take a player’s cap hit below it’s fair market value, in Laine’a case it’s just retaining to try to get his cap hit down to what he’s worth today.

Hes a really bad player in today’s game. Way too slow. Way too disengaged. But man, that shot. If he could just back check and play positionally well enough to be a strong defender you could even live with his terrible up ice and back pressure but he can’t even defend the zone well. Painful.
Forum: Armchair-GM4 avr. à 10 h 47
Sujet: Rumours of trades for offence - Necas Hutson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>I'm going to disagree with with statement. And believe me, I'm a fan of the Holland MI native! I hope for his sake and MTL, he turns into a Quinn Hughes! The single EASIEST prospect to find these days is the undersized puck moving Dman. And that's BY FAR the easiest. Is he special amongst that group. I'm more agreeable with that...AND...is this situation in MTL perfect for his development. Yes absolutely. So maybe this is a technicality, but it's not easy to find Necas. It is easy to find an undersized puck moving dman. For his sake and MTL I hope he turns into a Quinn Hughes, but he could just as easily turn into a Ghost, Barrie, Erik Gustafsson.</div></div>

This is the thing that makes GMing in real life so so hard. The 10% chance that he’s Quinn Hughes is why you hold him. But then his first two to four years really hurt you either way. And the 80% chance he’s decent but a defensive liability is just too high a percentage to ignore. Especially with so much talent coming on that Montreal blue line. Logan Mailloux would be the kind of stud future QB that most fanbases would be drooling over. And he’s almost an after thought in the Habs’ team design.

I would be targeting Necas personally. But any big fast forward that is in the right age bracket that is cost controlled for years is a good enough piece to grab for Hutson IMO. This team is right there as a contender. So close. Such great pieces. I wouldn’t gamble on the 10% chance that Hutson is Quinn Hughes. I wouldn’t even do it if it’s a 49% chance.

If it’s a 75% chance like most Habs fans seem to expect than yeah, I’m way out to lunch!
Forum: Armchair-GM4 avr. à 10 h 42
Sujet: Rumours of trades for offence - Necas Hutson
Great dialogue.

I’m not saying Wifi is the reason you trade Hutson but I am saying that building Stanley Cup contenders with small Dmen is very dicey.

Hutson’s age is not the problem obviously, it’s that a small dman developing sufficiently to not be a liability in the defensive zone is asking an enormous amount of him.

I just personally don’t think the juice is worth the squeeze with these stud QBs that anchor your third pair come playoff time. They are amazing AMAZING reg season pieces that are almost too painful to bear come playoff time.

I liked the responses that Necas just simply isn’t worth it. I like big fast forwards like Kempe and Necas. I get that his points don’t pop off the page. I think he could anchor a top six line as a centre much like Elias Lindholm was forced to do for the Flames.

Left Canes as a winger, similar career path.

If it’s not Necas, I just wonder out loud which centre with top six potential that plays a strong defensive game with speed is out there to dangle Hutson for? Maybe a team with cap constraints. Maybe a team desperate for a QB that is ok with the playoff liability. It’s a fun thought experiment.

If I can think of another besides Necas, I’ll post it.

Actually maybe Anton Lundell and Spencer Knight are an interesting package to target. That would be a blockbuster and a half. Gallagher or Anderson at half retained would sure look good down there as part of making the cap hits closer.
Forum: Armchair-GM1 avr. à 8 h 33
Sujet: Expensive LT deals for Seider and Raymond
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>I agree with you on give long term to Dmen at age 30.. Some just hit the wall....suddenly. Leafs have with Brodie this season. Holl for the Wings. Sure some will defy the wall till latter.
Holl half retained might happen, but players have M NTC for a reason.</div></div>

10-teamer NTC. So probably most of Canada and a few other spots (sometimes high tax, sometimes personal preference like NJ, etc etc). That leaves a lot of teams that would like Holl at 2 X $1.7M I figure.

I had assumed Yzerman was just going to further bury Holl and then possibly bury Petry. But the waivers status and Edvinsson making the team mean a move is more likely.

Here’s a longer list of teams I could see liking Holl at 2 x $1.7 w/o the Canadian teams and assuming roster holes this offseason:

Minny
STL
PHI
FLA
PIT
LA
SEA
Forum: Armchair-GM31 mars à 16 h 58
Sujet: Expensive LT deals for Seider and Raymond
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MoSeider53</b></div><div>I think Seider gets the Larkin deal 8 x $8,700,000 Raymond gets 8 x $7,500,000 or around 3 x $6,000,000 on a bridge deal.

And noway is Joe Velebo taking a 1 x $900,000 offer rumor has it that he'll get close to the Rasmussen deal probably 4 x $2,200,000.</div></div>

Tks - glad Veleno has turned a corner a bit this year. The fans wanted him out last offseason!

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>Yeah, I think Roy is logical choice. Still have the cap and maybe don't have to Petry to make it work.</div></div>

I like Roy and watch him a bit but the slower dmen I always worry about term. He’s going to get six or seven years which is of course really risky.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pavelisgoat</b></div><div>I'd be satisfied with those deals but I do question if Seider has earned it this year. I know we put him in tough situations, but many games he just doesn't have the urgency he needs to play with, and gets himself out of position a lot thanks to Lalonees system.

As decent as Veleno was to start the season, I'd consider making him expendable as he may be one of the easier guys to clear off for both cap and roster spots reasons. Him and Fabbri. Both decent players but I think spots we need to improve internally on with likes of Kasper and Mazur/Sodes/Bergers.

Curious to see if Kane/Perron return and I'm guessing no chance on Sprong now that a good season turned into being a healthy down the stretch.

Ideally if we could retain half on Holl and dump him, we could consider an upgrade on D. But it's tricky with AlJo losing his waiver exempt status, we would still surely have to carry 8 D.</div></div>

This was the line of thinking that made me build out a roster and take a peak. I personally would target Pesce on something like 5 x $7.5M (high cap lower term)
And wanted to see if you need to move a dman to make the cap work.

You don’t really need to from a cap perspective but good point re: roster construction.

I don’t think it would be hard to find a home for Holl at half-retained. Calgary Vancouver and Seattle all come to mind immediately.