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HypotheticalImpossibility

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Forum: Armchair-GM28 janv. à 19 h 54
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Garak</b></div><div>Haha. I mean... I wouldn't call that a "tinfoil hat theory." It sounds pretty legit to me. Among other things, It's this whole "Influencer" culture infiltrating every aspect of society, not just media. Although, media is probably the most visible because it's everywhere. You can see everything going downhill in quality from food to goods to services to skilled labor (or should I say unskilled). There's good stuff out there too, but everything is so oversaturated with millions of people trying to do the same things. Most of them can sell themselves all day long, but they aren't actually capable of doing those things. Everything is a sales pitch now.

So, yeah, they are spiraling. Even organizations like The Athletic should be feeling the pressure. The New York Times won't hesitate for a second to let the athletic go under and write it off on their taxes, if subscriptions fall below a certain threshold. Which I predict is probably going to happen in the next year or so. They already did all those layoffs last year, subscription prices are going up, quality is going down, and consumers barely have money to eat, let alone pay for a subscription to the athletic. It's not crazy, or a conspiracy theory, if you pay attention, it's just obvious that things are not ok.

lol. Can I take my tinfoil hat off now before I have a stroke?</div></div>

Sad part is, that's all entirely reasonable and makes a lot of sense. Higher cost for lower quality product is kind of the name of the game now, and inflation has everybody more broke than ever. Add that into everything being bought out by larger corporations, I can't remember exactly where, but I had heard advertising revenue was somewhere around half of where it was about a year ago, which would support the push for subscription services. Add all these factors together, and you have a downward spiral for all these companies.
"May you live in interesting times" combined with a Monkey's Paw. If you start to smell toast, definitely lose the tinfoil hat lol
Forum: Armchair-GM15 janv. à 18 h 25
Forum: Armchair-GM7 janv. à 18 h 3
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Garak</b></div><div>Yeah. Idk. Some fans complain and some are on board with being patient. I think some of the CHI beat writers make a bigger deal out of poor performances because, well, that's their job and there isn't currently a whole lot to write about unless they are willing to dig deeper, which most of them don't seem to be. Everything I see seems to be very surface level and reactionary, none of them seem to actually watch juniors or college prospects. None of them seem very interested in profiling draft eligible players, and/or speculating on what they are trying to build/what the finished product could look like/etc.

Personally, I am on board with the patient approach. I am in no rush for any results. I fully realize how long this is going to take if they are going to do it right, and I am very intrigued by scouting, development, and the entire rebuild process, really. In discussions, people are always putting deadlines on things where there doesn't need to be. Like "oh, they gotta be better this year" or "they gotta be better next year", "there needs to be tangible steps taken", etc. Players take time, and we can't rush this. Plus, I don't want some late 20's dude getting overpaid because they had a really good season and then their contract becoming a boat anchor when we are actually ready to start competing again because their career is winding down.</div></div>

Something similar is happening in Detroit, I think. Both teams have been bad for awhile, but recently went through a regime change after starting a rebuild way too late. Parts of the fanbase could be a bit restless, but it's not like either team will suddenly be good overnight. Beat writers might just be looking for clicks.
Forum: Armchair-GM7 janv. à 17 h 54
Forum: Armchair-GM3 janv. à 20 h 14
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RipNasty</b></div><div>I think the credit he gets in Tampa is unfairly heaped onto his shoulders. I haven't liked his moves in Detroit and I fully expect it will prove to be a flawed rebuild. The signing of old guys will hurt him. They haven't had enough low picks. Other rebuilding teams will pass them by and they will be either bubble teams or miss the playoffs entirely. There is no way to substantiate that until it happens. It's called a prediction. You do understand what that is right?</div></div>

And why was the credit unfairly given to him? He was the GM, he brought in the staff, execs, coaches, and players. Do you think he just sat there while everyone else did everything?
You've listed three moves that were "bad" and nothing else. You haven't mentioned how half of his draft picks in Detroit have overperformed their draft position, the fleecings of trades (Fabbri for Jacob De La Rose, Walman and a 2nd for Nick Leddy, Bertuzzi (for a first) and spare parts for Alex DeBrincat, Hronek for 3 draft picks, one of which is setting records in the SHL, by the way). Did any of that factor into your prediction? Or that all of the "old guys (of which, Perron was by far the oldest, at 34) are all off the books in 4 years or less. Not every move he's made has been good, but he's made far more good moves than bad.

Every bit of information you've placed into your "prediction" is baseless, incomplete speculation lacking any credible evidence, context or insight. Anything you have provided has been easily disproven through basic google searches. Your "prediction," quite frankly, sucks. You might as well just say you think Yzerman is bad because he isn't working for the Leafs.
Forum: Armchair-GM3 janv. à 19 h 46
Forum: Armchair-GM3 janv. à 16 h 33
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Garak</b></div><div>Yeah. My jaw was on the floor when Moore was still available at 19th OA. He is on the smaller side and isn't having the greatest freshman year, but I'm still hoping he can be a future Selke-type for us. I really think we have a few years before KD thinks about making any long term UFA signings or making any trades for RFA's. Though, this summer will be interesting, given that CHI's gap to the salary floor is even larger than last summer. I also don't know if they can get away with another tank year. I think there needs to be some progress or else CHI fans and maybe even the players will start getting pretty angry. But, building through the draft seems like an important aspect of this rebuild to CHI brass. So, the players and fans might just have to deal with it. Personally, I have fully bought in and I am fine with getting as many high picks as possible before these kids start joining the NHL ranks and the team starts improving organically. I just don't know how they get to the salary floor without some massive overpayments on short term deals. Plus, they gotta be eyeballing at least one or two of the next couple summers UFA classes.

Also, yeah, Raymond is underrated. But I also don't see DET moving him at all. So, that is part of why I don't engage even the most vague notions of acquiring him. Teams like NJD and CAR I could see moving some of their young players for depth and picks if they think those young players are gonna break the bank.</div></div>

Moore dropping like he did was a shocker. I wouldn't be too worried about his D+1 production, could be a number of things. Could very well be like what happened with Jonathan Lekkerimaki. His D+1 was pretty unremarkable in the Allsvenskan, but this year, he's almost doubled his point total while playing in the SHL.
As far as what the Hawks do next season, they have almost too much flexibility. $52M for 17 roster spots is just insane. Davidson may have to overpay a few guys on short term just to get to the floor, or pick up a few bad contracts for more picks. Can't say I have a finger on the pulse of the Hawks fandom, but having Bedard ripping up the league should placate things for a couple seasons, right?

As far as Raymond, Detroit would have to be full firesale before considering moving him. Kid took a huge step so far this season, and is by far the best young forward on the team. I agree though, the notion of trading for him just doesn't make sense from either side.