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Lenny7

Lenny7
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Forum: Armchair-GMHier à 12 h 24
Sujet: Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ritzy</b></div><div>Or, TOR could sign Campbell at that money and keep their prospects and picks.</div></div>

But, Ka-whi would you want to do that!

As a Ducks fan, I get that Gibby's name is out there a bit right now, but don't see him being moved anyway. Gotta be an overpay for it to make sense for Anaheim, and that seems unlikely given the market for goaltenders. There's really no gun to Verbeek's head saying "You gotta trade 'em!", so again, unless someone does something hilariously stupid, Gibby will be with the Ducks to start the season next year. I also think it's worth keeping in mind that he has a 10 team NTC, which, if we've learned anything about NTC's, more than likely covers every Canadian team.

Also: This isn't just an overpay, it's an extreme overpay. I'll take it though...
Forum: Armchair-GMjeu. à 10 h 29
Sujet: Offseason moves
These Nylander-Chychrun trades that have been on here make very little sense to me. Don't get me wrong, Nylander is an excellent player, but if you were guaranteed to be a bottom 5 team next year with or without Nylander, would you:
A) Trade Chychrun for the pick/prospect haul that he should command, giving you a whole bunch of team control over future players
Or,
B) Trade Chychrun for Nylander, who is under contract for 2 years before he walks as a UFA?

Sure, with B, you could always flip Nylander down the road, but why not just skip that step? There's about a 0% chance that Nylander's value is going to improve playing down there, especially as the contract gets closer to the end, which ends up just being extremely poor asset management on Arizona's part. Any combination of a decline in offence, an injury, poor usage, etc. turns this gamble into a huge L.
Forum: Armchair-GMmer. à 12 h 58
Sujet: The Kawhi Move
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GRIFFIN95</b></div><div>Well, if toronto is giving up picks + top prospects, i think the ducks would have to retain, which they arent going to be willing to do. I dont see Knies, Robertson, Amirov or Niemela going the other way. (Or liljegren or Sandin but they arent really prospects anymore i guess)

If gibson was putting up 920sv% every year, then yes the leafs would need to throw in much more.</div></div>

Well then it simply doesn't happen...very simple. Trading a player away for a less than ideal return makes little to no sense, especially when you're not handcuffed into doing it. There's no reason for the Ducks to move him without being overpaid on him. If the Leafs want him, they can pay for him. If not, no sweat :)
Forum: Armchair-GMmer. à 12 h 24
Sujet: Of course Shanahan stays
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wreckless</b></div><div>Yes it would give time to negotiate, but still likely fruitless. Why would Matthews want to extend in Toronto? Too much opportunity in NYC, if I had to guess his first pick.
If he gets to July 2023, pretty much 1 year away, full NMC kicks in, and Leafs can’t even more him for an elite rental price. Yet another example of how horrible a contract negotiator Dubas is, crippling his leverage right at the end of the deal.
Trading him this off-season is the only move here. This team can’t win.</div></div>

Ah yes, potential Hart trophy winner Auston Matthews having a NMC was a huge bogey by the Leafs no good, very bad, horrible GM. Connor McDavid's NMC was a horrible move in Edmonton as well...they're cap strapped and can't possibly improve, just like the Leafs!

Must be a slow day for the crew in "Trade Petry for a great return because yeah, he wasn't good for the majority of the season, but holy moly did you see that week where he was good because St. Louis is a god even though the team went 2-9-0 in their last 11" land, eh?

There's just as many reasons for Matthews to stay as there is to go. Trolling Leafs fans about it seems like a waste of time.
Forum: Armchair-GMmer. à 12 h 9
Sujet: Hold my back Zegras
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ritzy</b></div><div>Is ANA really that far off from competing? I would think that a guy like Forsberg would be a nice big addition to help the process along.</div></div>

At minimum I'd say they could compete for a wild card spot in 23-24...too many subtractions at the deadline (not that that's bad, Verbeek did a great job doing what had to be done) to immediately flip the script.

I'd be targetting someone young like Hague with an OS to fill the Lindholm spot long term, I'd absolutely sign Forsberg if the opportunity was there, but I can't imagine it will be, and I'd be going with a stop gap RD instead of something long term, since there's not much available. Probably add a short term cap dump or two to acquire a few more assets as well.

Next offseason? Replace Eakins and see what comes together.
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