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Forum: Armchair-GMil y a 15 heures
Sujet: Got a little carried away making cap space
"I shipped Gudbranson because I think he blocks Jiricek." -> I disagree, Gudbranson is the clear 3RD, and Jiricek needs to play in the top-4. If he's not ready, he plays on the top pair in Cleveland until he can slot into the 2RD spot. He, Severson, and Gudbranson should be fine for the time being.

"But both of Bean, Boqvist seem like misses and I would be realllllly curious about overpaying for a really solid D like a Pesce." -> Pesce would block Jiricek, but I wouldn't necessarily mind that. The major problem is this team isn't a Pesce away from competing. There's a lot of growth that has to come from all the young kids before we're ready.

I'd be fine with moving Laine, but it really feels like we should pick either Levshunov (long-term 1RD or 2RD, with Jiricek the other, Severson on the 3rd pair) or Lindsrom (long term 2C or 3C with Sillinger the other, Fantilli on the top line), whoever is available at 4. Werenski and Mateychuk should hold down the left side for a while.
Forum: Armchair-GMjeu. à 21 h 5
Sujet: Can you find space for a dman
Love what Harley has become for Dallas this year, but he's not getting an 8-year deal after 1 good year. Oettinger and Robertson both had MULTIPLE solid years on their ELCs and got bridge deals. Harley is getting a 3-4 year bridge deal that allows Dallas to retain his rights as an RFA when it expires. He'll see between $4-5M on a bridge deal, so that saves Dallas a bit of cap.

Lundkvist also isn't seeing that kind of pay raise. He's spent a good chunk of the season as a healthy scratch and has essentially been held on the bench for the entirety of the postseason. I don't think Dallas completely cuts ties with him and allows him to test free agency, but he's not going to get anything more than a 1-2 year deal worth MAYBE $1M per year.

On top of that, if Dallas wants to add some more cap space, Ryan Suter should be buyout target #1. His cap space would go so much further addressing other needs on the roster.

Dallas plays their cards right and they'll actually have a decent amount of cap space to use this offseason on getting their guys re-signed as well as potentially addressing the hole on the right side of their blue line.
Forum: Armchair-GMjeu. à 9 h 57
Sujet: Sign Lindholm Thin out the wingers
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DopeGM</b></div><div>I believe this team has too many wingers. Was reading a Portzline article last night that said the same thing. If you draft Lindstrom, how does he develop into anything but a third liner with all the depth? Catton might bust trying to get through all this depth. You can have too many prospects and players to develop in my opinion.

When I think about teams developing all of the right pieces, and I look at this team, I see a glaring need for defencemen that can suppress the other team. I don’t follow the prospects closely but Silayev looks perfect for that role.

Don’t buyout Elvis! Those extra three years are when the Jackets are going to be great!</div></div>
We do have a lot of wingers, and trading from that strength to build up the defense would therefore be a good idea. But that doesn't appear to be what you've done with this AGM; in particular, that Chinakhov trade is a very poor one for the Jackets. We'd be better off targeting a good defensive second-pairing guy somewhere (free agency or trade) and letting the blueliners we already have in the pipeline develop and force their way onto the team.
Forum: Armchair-GMjeu. à 8 h 36
Sujet: Sign Lindholm Thin out the wingers
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DopeGM</b></div><div>I believe this team has too many wingers. Was reading a Portzline article last night that said the same thing. If you draft Lindstrom, how does he develop into anything but a third liner with all the depth? Catton might bust trying to get through all this depth. You can have too many prospects and players to develop in my opinion.

When I think about teams developing all of the right pieces, and I look at this team, I see a glaring need for defencemen that can suppress the other team. I don’t follow the prospects closely but Silayev looks perfect for that role.

Don’t buyout Elvis! Those extra three years are when the Jackets are going to be great!</div></div>

I'm not saying you should draft a winger but definitely take BPA and Silayev won't be that