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Forum: Armchair-GM28 août 2022 à 16 h 5
Sujet: Deadline acquisition
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>A very lively conversation over a second round pick.
One would not expect to generate this much banter if the post was McDavid for Matthews.
last year Okposo's 21 Goals, 45 pts, 104:24 min SH TOI and 16:47 TOI/gm ranked, 24th, 29th, 12th and 38th in the NHL last year, among all RW's.
Let's see 32 teams, 32 RW, unless there is a different counting system all those appear to be top line statistics.
His primary line mates were Girgensons, Eakin, Caggiula, Asplund, Murray, so I guess he was a fourth liner.
So what is the value of a RHD whose offensive output ranks him as a top liner but his team mates are fourth liners.
Please take your best shot to convince me a second and a 23 yo LHD with 82 NHL games played is an over pay!

Okposo kept his family in St. Paul, MN nine years he played on the Island, once traded to Buffalo he move his family.
One may have to drag his body out of Buffalo only after he is as cold as the clay.
The trade would only be made if Kyle accepted it at the TDL.</div></div>

I agree with your assessment.
One note is that there aren't a lot of players listed as RWs as more players are listed as primarily centers or left wings, so his stats are more likely 2nd line than top line.
I think Valimaki's value is underrated, he's still a recent first round pick with a lot of upside who should be able to make Buffalo's roster.

A lot of people have pointed out that Okposo is a leader and potential captain for the Sabres, and I could see them keeping him for that reason.
Like you said, the choice is mainly his, whether he wants to stay as a veteran leader or leave to pursue the Cup. If it's the latter, the trade makes a lot of sense for both teams.
Forum: Armchair-GM22 août 2022 à 15 h 50
Sujet: Nyquist to LA
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>The strategy is not merely harmful, it's based upon a false premise, which is that Nyquist is an improvement on Moore. That view is dubious as to offense, and ridiculous as to defense. Moore is an excellent two-way player and tied for the league lead in shorthanded goals last season, which only happens when you spend a lot of time on the penalty kill. No one has ever accused Nyquist of having any defensive ability at all.

Merely measuring Nyquist vs Moore (and adding him, which would require returning TWO young forwards to Ontario instead of one) makes this plan bad. However, since it requires discarding Matt Roy, the plan becomes downright terrible. Los Angeles is cap compliant now. Adding Nyquist and thereby becoming non-compliant is both myopic and absurd. It would be like your team adding 24-goal-scorer James van Riemsdyk for one year and then having to trade away Neal Pionk as a cap casualty.</div></div>

I see what you're saying. Nyquist has better production than Moore, but I didn't realize that he's bad defensively. As for Roy, I guess he's an underrated defensive Dman, because Kings fans seem to value him pretty highly but I haven't heard much about him from other sources.
Say the Kings did get Nyquist at the deadline, because I think they need another forward (if they can make the cap work), in order to go further in the playoffs. Would you still be opposed if Walker was traded to make room instead of Roy? Would getting a 50-pt scorer in Nyquist at 50% retained still be a worthwhile add? If he's really that bad defensively you can play him on the 3rd line instead and he could add some scoring. I would also suggest that if he's subpar, maybe putting him with an elite 2-way player in Danault would be a good idea.
Or does Nyquist just not work at all and you would rather add someone else or not add at all?
Forum: Armchair-GM22 août 2022 à 11 h 43
Sujet: Nyquist to LA
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PuckLuck_77</b></div><div>Don't know much about Columbus or their players, but in a quick look that looks like a lot of capital for a guy who scored a career high 21 goals 5 years ago, is 32, and has only a single year left on his contract. Not to mention that he takes a spot from a younger guy that the Kings would be trying to incorporate when there's already not enough room on the roster. And finally, it messes with what was one of the best 2nd lines in hockey last season by pushing Moore off of Danault's wing. That's gonna be a no from me.

Also, you have absolutely zero idea on the value of Matt Roy. He's worth a 1st and a good prospect at a minimum. However, he's nearly as safe as Drew Doughty on the roster right now. If the Kings want to move a defenseman for a 2nd round pick, put in Sean Walker.</div></div>

Nyquist is an upgrade at 2LW over Moore imo. I don't follow the chemistry of Kings line combinations, so if Moore is a better fit with Danault they can be switched in the lineup. The point is increasing scoring on the wing.
The Roy trade is to keep the Kings cap compliant. He's been surpassed by Durzi and maybe even Spence by the end of the season. They're moving a player they don't need in order to help their forward depth.
You could trade Walker instead, but he has less cap and you'd need to make 1 more subtraction to make the Nyquist deal.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 août 2022 à 7 h 42
Sujet: Deadline sellers
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>Nonsense. Nyman was a startling stretch at #49. None of the 5 mock drafts I referred to had him going in the second round, and here are some of the guys drafted after him that were and still are regarded as better prospects: Jack Hughes at #51, Tristan Luneau at #53, Elias Salomonsson at #55 and Lane Hutson at #62. In fact, Seattle's own third pick in the second round (#61, David Goyette) was and still is regarded as a better prospect. If you think that anyone but Seattle thinks Nyman is worth a second-round pick now, I think that you're mistaken.

Kole Lind, a third and a fifth doesn't get you a second-round draft pick. Jeremy Bracco put up GREAT numbers in the AHL, as did Martin Frk. Except for the still-unsigned players from the second round of the 2017 draft, it's hard to find more than two or three who've had a less distinguished career so far than Lind.</div></div>

Lind had a better point/game in the NHL last year than Comtois did.