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Forum: Armchair-GM11 févr. à 20 h 4
Forum: Armchair-GM29 mai 2023 à 16 h 22
Forum: Armchair-GM29 mai 2023 à 13 h 37
Sujet: toronto maple leaks this team is doomed
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>Though I disagree with some of your assessments, I agree with you Dubas was poor GM. Poor trades, poor negotiator, poor UFA signing has left the farm system barren, and has traded away good picks till 2023.</div></div>

Great points! I didn't even talk about the UFA signings or the picks or the farm system!

At the end of the day a GM (and the team) should be judged on playoff performance and what the trajectory of the team is moving forward.

No team in the entire league pays $40 million to 4 players and if they did, they sure as hell better have more than 1 playoff series win in 5 years!

If I could trade Matthews, Marner and Nylander for a shot at the Eastern Conference Final in the foreseeable future, I'd do it in a heartbeat!

Year after year, it was playoff disappointment after playoff disappointment and we have to come to the conclusion that we can't win with these guys.

The worst part is that they're all going to be asking for raises in a year or 2!

What the hell are we paying for!?
Forum: Armchair-GM29 mai 2023 à 12 h 59
Sujet: toronto maple leaks this team is doomed
If Tulski became the next GM, I'd have absolutely no problem with it In fact, I'd applaud the decision 100%. The work that Tulski did in Carolina is absolutely amazing and look at the runs that they've had over the last few years. If the Leafs went as far as Carolina did in the playoffs, nobody would be complaining about the Core 4.

Dubas' problem wasn't that he was analytics-based, it was that he didn't manage his assets well. He didn't sign Matthews, Marner or Nylander on 8 year deals and now there's the possibility one or more of them could walk because we can't afford the raises they're going to demand. He signed Tavares for 7 years, 11 million and now with his no-move clause we can't trade him. He traded Marchment for Malgin which is a stupid deal. He protected Holl and Kerfoot over McCann which was very stupid. He let Hyman walk for nothing and now we're all regretting that. Lastly, he traded for Matt Murray and now the next GM has to clean up his mess.

I don't understand why this guy gets as much praise as he does, he was a mediocre GM at best. Most GM's, if they had a young core of Matthews, Marner and Nylander would be able to build a team that wins more than 1 round in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

In short, I'd love Tulsky as GM of the Leafs any day of the week.
Forum: Armchair-GM21 juill. 2022 à 15 h 19
Sujet: Trade Muzzin for Larsson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>No, I'm saying that you've got two problems with any Muzzin trade. (This one has a third -- Larsson's NTC -- but that's not important to this discussion.)
(1) Muzzin's NTC.
(2) Muzzin's value to the other team and its cap space.

The general impression is that Muzzin is an Ontario guy and he probably doesn't want to uproot his family unless he's going to go to a contender for the Stanley Cup. Therefore, although this is speculative, the generally-accepted "wisdom" is that Muzzin isn't likely to waive for a bottom-feeder like Anaheim or Arizona or Chicago or Seattle or similar no-hopers. How he would feel about nearby Buffalo or Detroit or Ottawa is unpredictable.

A player can have different value to different teams, and that difference can vary widely. To Toronto, and to a similar contender needing a solid defender (especially one soft at LD), Muzzin is still quite valuable. (My personal opinion is that it would be a serious mistake for Toronto to trade him away because I don't see how you're going to replace him -- in particular, the LD UFAs left are a pretty sorry lot.) But to a team which isn't getting near the playoffs this year and unlikely to make them in 2024, what's the future benefit of having him on the team? Going from 27 wins to 31? So his value to non-contenders is pretty minor compared to his appeal to the contenders.

To me, the most likely scenario is something like the Mrazek transaction, whereby Toronto moves back in the 2023 draft in return for moving Muzzin. But that presupposes Muzzin proves us all wrong and accepts a trade to a team willing to do that and able to afford his cap hit.</div></div>

You make a good argument but I think it might be easier to move Muzzin next year without having to do what we did with Mrazek.

Muzzin has the same Modified NTC that Mrazek has (10 team no-trade list)

However, unlike Mrazek who had a dreadful year last year, Muzzin's performance is typically acceptable. So I think it will be do-able to find a trade with the 21 remaining teams in the NHL by adding a draft pick or a prospect as a sweetener to a Muzzin trade.

The reason that getting rid of the Muzzin contract this year is of some importance is that there is a log jam on the LHD side and Sandin doesn't see a spot for himself to play big minutes in the lineup. We could always get rid of Holl but that doesn't automatically solve the Sandin situation since he's not a RHD.
Forum: Armchair-GM21 juill. 2022 à 14 h 31
Sujet: Trade Muzzin for Larsson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>It's not true that players waive their NTCs to go from a contending team to a non-contending team "all the time." I'll bet you can't come up with 3 examples in the last 5 years. Moreover, speaking of bets, if you think that Seattle is going to have a sniff at the playoffs this season or the next, there are a lot of wagers I'd like to place with you.

McDonagh didn't sign his current contract with his current club. Larsson and Muzzin did, when they could have gone anywhere.</div></div>

Okay, you got me, I can't name 3 examples off the top of my head in the last 5 years.

I didn't say Seattle is gonna make the playoffs soon but I think Beniers and Wright are pretty good for them to build around.

So do you think Dubas is stuck keeping Muzzin this year and just move him next year when his NTC becomes a Modified NTC?