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Forum: Armchair-GM12 juill. 2021 à 11 h 34
Sujet: Hollands Road
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PeterK</b></div><div>The fact that Caleb Jones is even a topic of conversation wrt this trade means that there will be retention. There is no world in which you give up assets for Keith. He was a great Dman and could be a great mentor but I can't help but think that is what coaches or trainers or staff is for. The mentors on the ice need to be good. Keith is no longer that and carries a significant cap hit. I could see Keith working for a team like Ottawa since the actually $$$ owed is quite low but Keith wants to be out West. Which again means you DONT give up ANY assets for him.</div></div>

I personally think Keith would be a great addition for the Oilers. A lot of people/reports are saying that he's still a good player, at least a great fit for the 3rd pairing with Bouchard. Add that to the fact that he's kind of a mentor like you said and I see him as a good option.
That being said, Holland has to play hardball here (which he apparently is and I like it). I hope there will be some retention. At the very least, that deal here would probably be enough to get Keith (at least according to a few other AGMs).
Forum: Armchair-GM9 juill. 2021 à 12 h 12
Sujet: Sack kicking the off season
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Anus_McLeod</b></div><div>Bottom line for me is that the off season trades haven't been yielding a huge return when there is a significant cap hit involved. I'm not sure Edmonton does that trade, as their weakness is not goal scoring. Maybe though. The BJs were near the bottom of the barrel in goals for, which is why I picked them.

Perhaps you can adjust to the Leafs pick and take out the 5th from Colorado. I don't think Burakovsky gets what others think. If he does though, then I'm even more inclined to move him.</div></div>

First of all, I like what you did here and especially the Oilers trade (actually it favors EDM a bit, but I'm fine with that:D). It's all reasonable and mostly fair.

Actually, the Oilers are looking for secondary scoring behind McDavid and Draisaitl, so Burakovsky would make a lot of sense as a winger for McDavid. Considering you probably have to pay Hyman or Saad 5+ Mio, it would be a good fit salary cap-wise. But because he's a UFA next year I don't see EDM (or anyone for that matter) paying that much for him. In EDM's case, you probably don't spend the assets, when you can sign a UFA.
I think Burakovsky is a streaky scorer (correct me if I'm wrong) and his defensive game isn't that good. But I have to admit that I don't know him that good, so what kind of a player is he?