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Forum: Armchair-GMmer. à 11 h 1
Sujet: wild 22-23
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RazWild</b></div><div>No...

Jesus. Does literally no one know anything about this team? It's been pretty blatantly stated for multiple weeks now what the likely lines will be.

Kaprizov - Hartman - Zuccarello
Greenway/Jost - Eriksson-Ek - Foligno
Gaudreau - Rossi/Steel - Boldy
Dewar - Jost/Steel - Duhaime

Brodin - Spurgeon
Middleton - Dumba
Goligoski - Merrill/Addison

Fluery - Gustavsson

1) Greenway and Merrill are only expected to miss the first 5-10 games or so.

While they're out. Jost is already been stated that he'll get slotted into Greenway's spot on the Eriksson-Ek/Foligno line and Addison likely fills in for Merrill.

2) If Rossi makes the team. It's going to be at center, because he's a damn centerman. He won't be playing wing. And he won't be on the team if he can't beat out Steel for the 3rd line center spot either.

3) Gaudreau is expected to play wing this year because they want to give either Rossi or Steel a shot at the 3rd line center spot next to Boldy.

4) Evason stated before training camp that they planned to play Brodin and Spurgeon together on the top pairing so they can go against other teams high-end, speedier type players. While Middleton and Dumba would be paired to play against other teams bigger/grittier lines on the 2nd pairing.

5) Why the f**k would Addison play his offside? He's a right handed shot RD, they NEVER play well on their off-hand side. You can get away with that sh*t with left-handed defenseman but never righty's.

Furthermore, Goligoski is fully capable of playing his natural left-handed side. Same for Merrill when he comes back. Both are capable of playing either side.

Addison does not.

A little knowledge goes a long way. Even a cursory Google search would tell anyone what I said here.

I get that neither of you are fans of the team. But a simple quick 20 second search would have at least allowed you guys to have an idea of what you're talking about.</div></div>

I'm curious if the Brodin/Spurgeon pairing will actually stick this time. They've tried them before and the problem usually ends up being Brodin covers a lot of Dumba's mistakes so they end up going back to that pair. Middleton/Spurgeon worked out pretty well so it's entirely feasible they go back to those 2 pairings if Middleton/Dumba doesn't work out.
Forum: Armchair-GM22 sept. à 9 h 28
Sujet: Leafs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mikearky</b></div><div>Wow another Kerfoot to Minny, how creative and out of the box.

I do not know for how long Wild fan's have been saying no thanks, but Leaf fan's keep beating that drum. Minny is cap strapped also but they are going to do this why?</div></div>

The Wild absolutely could afford Kerfoot this year and he's on an expiring contract and would help their roster, so it makes sense for them to acquire him. It doesn't make sense to give up ANY assets considering teams have been trading players for nothing just to clear cap. If the Leafs do trade him, it's because Sandin's extension forces them to and they likely won't get anything back. If they don't need to trade him because they're content to let Sandin sit for the year or have some LTIR to use, they should keep Kerfoot because he's a good player and helps their roster.
Forum: Armchair-GM21 sept. à 9 h 8
Sujet: The people acting like sky is falling cap wise post MacKinnon contract are odd
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BCAPP</b></div><div>Just like people who say Crosby did. When he had a higher cap percentage than other stars and had a deal that would be illegal today artificially suppressing his cap hit with 3 years of 3 mil at the end. Every year before that is above his 8.7</div></div>

There may be more of argument to the Crosby deal since he was already a star and probably could have asked for even more despite getting a lot of money. Same with McDavid for that matter, what were the Oilers going to do if he said he wanted a $16m AAV or w/e the max contract was when he signed his deal? They're certainly not going to say no so he did take less money.

MacKinnon hadn't established himself as a franchise player yet and was coming off of a 52 point in 72 game season so he was still a bit of a question mark for what his ceiling actually was. I get what you're saying, but not really the same situation.
Forum: Armchair-GM9 sept. à 14 h 15
Sujet: Looking at them a year after
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Dutchies</b></div><div>Personally, I think he's going to have a better season with more responsibility and PP time.
The issue with bridges now (at least based on current trends) is that young players want long term security and to be paid before they earn it. Bridges used to be "Show Me" contracts, now young kids see them as a slap in the face that their team doesn't take their future potential seriously.</div></div>

Maybe, but that only really applies for a team that actually has cap space to work with. Ottawa and Buffalo had the cap to gamble their young players will continue developing into stars, Minnesota doesn't. If Minnesota had $20m in cap and was trying to low-ball him that makes sense but if they're working with $10m to sign 6 players, common sense says you're not getting $8m and a 2 year bridge makes the most sense to get him closer to a big payday.
Forum: Armchair-GM9 sept. à 8 h 28
Forum: NHL Trades30 juin à 8 h 19
Sujet: (MIN/LAK) - Fiala for Faber
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>futurehofer</b></div><div> Without the buyouts, Fiala would have been gone last year anyway. The buyouts bought us 1 more year of Fiala. Kevin has been playing here on borrowed time. It's been clear for a while that this day was coming, it was just a matter of when as opposed to if.</div></div>

This is the part most people don't seem to understand. The buyouts allowed them to keep Fiala one more year to make another attempt at a playoff run. Maybe Guerin could have gotten a bit more last year (doubtful imo) but there was simply no way to keep him. With Boldy being due a pay raise next year, even if they moved Dumba and Jost to free up cap space to keep Fiala another year, how do you make it work next year when you have to replace them AND give Boldy a raise as well as account for a little bit more in dead cap for the buyouts? Simply put there was no reasonable way to keep Fiala and whether this deal ends up being good or bad for the Wild will be seen in a few years when we see what the pick ends up being and if Faber becomes a contributing presence on their defense.
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