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Forum: Armchair-GM8 août 2018 à 13 h 19
Sujet: Maximal Change (from the opposite side)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Truebeliever</b></div><div>It's trading future for present. It makes sense because the window for the Ducks to win another Cup with Getzlaf, Perry, Kessler and Cogliano is closing over the next 2-3 years. Pacioretty is 3 years younger than the first three and would fit under the cap on re-signing. Byron is 5 years younger and faster than most anyone on the Ducks, which was a clear deficiency last year. Reilly is better right now than Larsson, though Larsson's upside is higher. Comtois and Larsson are the only sure bets. Jones is lagging in the skating department and needs time (think Kerby Rychel) and Groulx is a typical 50/50 second-round prospect.</div></div>

The issue is, if Patches doesn't re-sign then the Ducks basically gave all that away for nothing. I would rather have Larsson, Jones, and Comtois then 1 year of Patches.

GMBM also said he would not trade the future away for a rental player. There was a reason why he didn't go out and grab any players at the TDL last season and hasn't made a big splash in FA. Larsson is 21. Reilly is 25. I hope Reilly is better than him. Still not trading away Larsson for that package and no extension on Patches.

Yes, Patches and Byron are younger but so are Steel, Terry, and Jones who could all make the jump to the NHL this year. Once again no need to trade the future away right now. Plus, if Kesler is out for the whole season you don't make this trade and you let the kids come up and play to gain experience.

Byron is no better than Cogliano. I would rather keep Cogs before trading for Byron. Larsson has a higher ceiling than Reilly. The trade then turns Patches for Jones and Comtois. On paper is an okay trade but you still need that extension from Patches before you pull the trigger
Forum: Armchair-GM12 juill. 2018 à 10 h 52
Sujet: No one ever does Ducks AGM, lots of great prospects..but can they still compete?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jp_harvey</b></div><div>We're talking about a long term deal here. He would not be given that type of money on a 2 year deal, at least not right now. That's a good signature for both party and the risks aren't that high for the team since it's a relatively low cap hit (3.3M$/year is the NHL average now). Still, he's a first round pick, big, physical, can score goals in dirty area...these are hard to find and almost always gets rewarded when the time comes. You say he can never put up more than 15 goals...he played only 2 full NHL seasons, he's only 22 years old with 186GP behind the belt, not even playing PP minutes yet, plays mostly on the 3rd line and still puts up those numbers.

ANA has two choices :
1) Sign a bridge deal at 2x2.3M$ or 3x2.9M$ (seach for same type of player and you find they all got around those numbers)
2) Take a small gamble and sign him long term 6-7 years at around 3.8-4M$ a year. (Again, search for similar players and you'll see for yourself)

And we all know that the Ducks loves to extend their players long term right after their ELC. History speaks for itself.</div></div>

Wait a second here....are we watching the same Ducks team? Also, we aren't watching the same Nick Ritchie that you are talking about. The Nick Ritchie we see every game takes a dumb penalty in the offensive zone and then gets benched.

I would rather bring back Kevin Bieksa to play forward then bring back Ritchie for $3.9 a year...