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Lenny7

Lenny7
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Forum: Armchair-GMil y a 4 heures
Sujet: Adams running out of options
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JokiStan</b></div><div>He has options, and I don't think Anaheim will be the team. Keep Comtois and finish last in scoring again</div></div>

Not overly concerned about scoring at this point. Developing the kids, and continuing to add young cost controlled assets through trades/drafting should be the focus. It's how rebuilds work. You make major additions when the time is right, not just for the sake of doing it.

Ask Toronto fans about the Phil Kessel trade. You rush a rebuild you end up having someone who can score a bunch, but also end up with a roster of player who can't support him, leading to giving up major assets like the Seguin/Hamilton picks. It's not the right time to be blowing the prospect wad to get Eichel.
Forum: Armchair-GMil y a 4 heures
Sujet: Adams running out of options
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>eVANder</b></div><div>Do we think Eichel is playing another game for the Sabres though? I get that his NMC doesnt kick in until next year and that he has term left but I think he needs to be gone by training camp or the price tag is going to drop. There's no rush for the teams enquiring either and, in fact, alot of them are moving on because they need to build a team and can't plan for a $10 million buffer.

They need Eichel to get healthy and play some games if they want to get what they're asking for.

This is much different than the Duchene situation.</div></div>

Yeah, I don't disagree at all. Eichel certainly isn't making it easy on Buffalo, but they've either got to rush and pull the trigger in the next month (Which is getting harder because of what you said above), or wait until the draft next year when he's hopefully healthy. An in-season trade is a near impossibility because of the cap hit.

If I'm Adams, I'm sitting down with Eichel's representative ASAP, mainly to tell them to the shut the heck up. I get that the relationship is fractured, but Buffalo isn't going to trade him until the value is there, and them meddling in the process is affecting his value.
Forum: Armchair-GMil y a 4 heures
Sujet: PIT Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sensonfire</b></div><div>Ottawa declines.

Henrique in Anaheim hasn't proven to be any better than Tierney in Ottawa.</div></div>

I'd honestly say both teams decline. There's really not much point in retaining on Rico for 3 years if you're not getting anything back. Might as well keep him, and let him eat up some of the tough minutes as a buffer for Zegras. Same deal with Manson-If you can't get good value for him (Which Drouin isn't right now), then keep him to eat minutes to ease Drysdale in.

Only trade I'd be into here is the Rakell trade, though I'm fair certain at that price NJ might want an extension in place. The Pens trade offers some potential value, I just don't think creating cap space for them should be a huge priority right now, unless there's a pick or prospect coming back. Not saying Zucker doesn't offer some upside, especially when he's healthy, I just don't think it's a priority right now.
Forum: Armchair-GMil y a 8 heures
Sujet: Alot of ifs
Lots of good questions. Not a Leafs fan, but IMO:

-Bunting is probably a bottom 6 guy. Banking on that 26.3% shooting percentage is dangerous. Banking on him for below a mil per year isn't a bad move, it probably just doesn't have as much upside as some people think.
-Spezza and Simmonds are who they are at this point. I'd fully expect Simmonds to end up in the press box as a regular at some point this year. If the team is playing him regularly, it's because something went drastically wrong.
-The next two, Kase and Ritchie, are kind of funny to me. As a Ducks fan, I've seen them play a bunch, and they both have shown that they're very solid, but then flip around and disappear. Kase is the better of the two, but obviously the concussion issues are a thing. He's been the victim of a criminally low shooting percentage the past couple of years, so he's probably more of a 15-20 G/40 pt guy *if he's healthy*. The potential to slide up in the lineup could be a good opportunity for him to break out as well. He's solid both ways, but if this is the way the lineup is put together, I'd be a bit worried about having that 3rd line starting in their own zone too often. As for Ritchie, he's going to make Leafs fans love him, then absolutely loathe him. He's a 10 game spurt guy. He'll look like a solid top 6 guy for 10 games, then absolutely disappear for 10 games.
-Dermott can play that bottom pair, no problem, but is it time for Lilly? Sandin was decent, but had a couple of major gaffs in that first round that led to Montreal making him look like a fool. I'd imagine he'll be able to take the next step this season, and potentially be ready to step up if (when?) Rielly walks.
-I wouldn't be too concerned about the goaltending *yet*. Campbell was solid all season, and wasn't bad in the playoffs (He just ran into Carey Price). I was pretty surprised that it was 3 years for Mrazek, but time will tell.
-I have no issue with Kampf on the 3rd line, but IMO, putting Robertson there with him isn't a great idea. Switch him and Ritchie?

Honestly, the Leafs look solid, but man...that division is going to be tough this year. Tampa is still great. Florida is solid and has improved. Boston *may* take a step back this year based on whether they can either fill that 2C hole or have Studnicka step up, Montreal could ride their hot playoffs into the regular season? If I were to peg the division right now, I'd say:

-Tampa
-Florida
-Toronto
-Boston/Montreal
-Montreal/Boston
-Ottawa
-Detroit
-Buffalo