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Forum: Armchair-GM21 mai 2021 à 1 h 37
Sujet: Sandin replaces Reilly next season
I don't mean to be rude but that is a very very easy no from NJ. Kerfoot is a decent player imo but he plays a position NJ is stacked in with young talent. Also Devils drafted him and he left as a college FA so I don't think the organization has any interest in him. So he's basically not in the equation. Engvall is....eh? Devils have tons of their own young players on LW who are better than him or have the potential to be. Top 4 LW's on NJ right now are Zacha, Bratt, Sharangovich, Wood. If one of those guys plays on the right (which usually happens) they have Kuokkanen, Nolan Foote, Andreas Johnsson. I would rather any of those guys than Engvall (maybe with the exception of Johnsson which ain't saying much) so he is basically of no value for NJ.

Which means the only piece coming back of value is Morgan Rielly. And while I really like that player there is no planet where he is worth Miles Wood and Damon Severson. Wood was the leading goalscorer on a team that can't score goals and plays that mix of grinder/fighter/skill that every team seems to want. Severson is by far NJ's best defenseman at the moment and pretty much the only good RD here long term. Devils have some potential on the left with Ty Smith, Kevin Bahl, Nikita Okhotyuk, Shakir Mukhmodoullin. The right is weak. After Severson it's Subban (one more year) and....not much.

Add in contracts and NJ simply can't do this deal. Severson is signed to a team friendly deal for 2 more seasons. Wood is still young enough he gets RFA status so no worries about losing him. Rielly expires after next season, a season where NJ will almost definitely not be competing for the Cup. And then he gets a big new contract on the market which the Devils might not even be interested in bidding on. Simply put, can't trade 2 huge future pieces for a guy who will probably either sign somewhere else or decline by the time the Devils are competing.

Alllllllllllll that said, I am not completely against a Rielly trade to NJ if the circumstances were right. Severson is an absolute no but if TOR wanted to talk about a deal with Rielly and Wood as the centerpieces NJ would probably listen.
Forum: Armchair-GM10 mai 2021 à 19 h 17
Forum: Armchair-GM2 mai 2021 à 10 h 2
Sujet: Tkachuk
Oof
Forum: Armchair-GM2 mai 2021 à 10 h 28
Forum: Armchair-GM1 mai 2021 à 8 h 30
Sujet: The more I think about it the more I like it
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PeterK</b></div><div>I agree on the lines. I didn't realize I messed that up.

Giroux is from Ottawa and might want to go back for the last couple yearas of his career and help a young team take the next step. Ottawa will be good next year, I think they will be a playoff contender.</div></div>

I agree that Ottawa could/should/would make the playoffs next season with the addition of Giroux. And you're not wrong, hometown boy, exciting young team... but Giroux might be more inclined to take a pay cut and go play with the AVS or something. It would just be too much for Ottawa to give up the 1st rounder if Giroux wouldn't sign and we were forced to move him at the deadline. I'm just doing some math on where we'd be if we extended him for 3 years...
Forum: Armchair-GM16 avr. 2021 à 16 h 43
Sujet: Players Most Likely to be a HOFer
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>koremoo</b></div><div>Difference is Suter is considered one of the best American dmen of all time. I don't think his value comes from his career necessarily because he has had a similar career to Weber's. It's his importance to his country. However, even then, he is a better dman all time than Weber. With injuries and consistency, Suter is far and away a better dman over his career.</div></div>

Countries don't really matter. Sandis Ozoliņš didn't get any special treatment because he was the best player his country produced.
He wouldn't be the best American defenseman over Chelios, Leetch or Housley.
As for the Weber comparison, Suter actually started to slow down first. They both have multiple years left. Not sure what makes a Suter a better defenseman at all.