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Forum: Armchair-GM24 avr. 2018 à 19 h 24
Sujet: Habs Shock the world...
There is many options to shed money here:
1. BUF are interested at Schlemko, just have to find the right pick for him and no need to retain salary;
2. Many teams would be interested at Benn like NJD or NYI and again no need to retain salary;
3. Andrew Shaw would help the bottom 6 of VGK but you need to give some picks and take one of their overflow of defensemen. They have Brad Hunt who is short but very good offensively and can play both sides. You might have to retain 15 to 20% of Shaw's salarie to close that deal but great for both teams;
4. Alzner is a tough one with his NTC 7 teams no trade list. I would try a team who tries to get rid of a bad contract like Lucic or Ladd with NYI who will possibly lose two LHD (De Haan and Hickey) through UFA on July 1st. Alzner list would have 23 teams he can be traded to, so who knows. NYI would have to retain salary to match 4.6M$ for Alzner. Get rid of Alzner and gain a bottom 6 winger with Ladd. I think it would be better then keeping Alzner.
Forum: Armchair-GM22 avr. 2018 à 16 h 18
Sujet: WHAT MTL NEEDS
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>math731</b></div><div>We need cap marging and you're getting a 7,5 millions 2C, a 5 millions Eriksson, a 7 millions Kovalchuk and a 5 millions Perron? Oh god, hope you're not the next gm...</div></div>

WOW, I don't understand why you're trowing this comment. There's definatly something you mist or didn't catch / interpret.
Here a better explanation:
Margin = to get better players, you need to shed contracts of player you don't need anymore and use the new margin to hire new contracts and in this case, many expensive contracts. Hope this clarifies the margin misunderstanding.
If you did not see the move for Eriksson, I don't know if you were old enough to have seen him play in Dallas and in Boston with Claude Julien as a coach where he had a good season and earned his large contract he is on presently. The idea here is Alzner is not as fast and reliable Mtl was expecting of him and Eriksson is not the goal scoring winger Van was hoping for. On my lineup Alzner would be the 8th Def (sitting in the bleachers) but he would be in the lineup if Juoleivi plays in AHL this year or not. Alzner is from BC and would probably waive his non trade agreement or have Van in his list of team he could be traded to. In return they (Van) get rid of his (Eriksson) contract and Mtl gets a winger with potential who would probably be happy to waive his waiver and leave a team who did not appreciate him and come to Mtl with a coach he had success with.

Hope you have a better understanding now.
Forum: Armchair-GM21 avr. 2018 à 17 h 19
Sujet: BERGEVIN, CHECK THIS ONE!
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>F50marco</b></div><div>Can I just say one thing?

You can't just trade players for picks like that. Its a cliche on this site that so many people do and its annoying. Some of those guys have value yes, but not in a "trade for picks" type of way. Except for Benn since he's already pretty cheap. Pending UFA's at the TDL are a different thing because the contract is almost over and teams are just bulking up for the playoffs. But with players with long term contracts......rare rare rare! (just traded for picks that is)

I don't think there is one single team in the league that will take Alzner for even a 7th round pick in 2025. Why? Because they know MTL doesn't want him anymore. Therefore they will make the price to take him off MTL's hands: NEGATIVE VALUE. Alzner may very well be still a decent bottom pairing guy that could help a team but convincing anyone of that is tough due to his crappy and predictable season. Its not about what you paid for him or what you think he's worth. Its about what is the market for a player like that. I'm no expert but if im simply going on what I've gathered and seen, I wouldn't trade for him under almost any circumstance unless another bad contract of mine was going the other way.

That also goes for the other side! Petry is good dman. IF you don't like him, fine. You don't have to like him. Trade him if you want but do it knowingly that he has value and teams would love to have a guy like that. Maybe not for 1st rounder but for another player you may like who is also good! Some teams have a ton of centers that they can afford to trade one for a RHD. See Henrique for Vatanen for example.

So do the hard work of actually trying to move those players for fair value and not just wishing them away and resigning a whole new set of UFA's to big contracts. In reality, we won't be able to do all this. Its virtually impossible. Some of the trades could work but simply trading 20M of contracts away for nothing is wishful thinking.</div></div>

You might be right about ALZNER but you are so wrong about everything else. Good luck day dreaming, I have to give it you, you have a great imagination.
Forum: Armchair-GM21 avr. 2018 à 12 h 4
Sujet: BERGEVIN, CHECK THIS ONE!
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Truebeliever</b></div><div>I like all of the personnel results, but not how you got there.

I agree that you've probably overvalued ROR and could hold onto Drouin. You've overpayed for Nash ($1M) and probably are $1.5M high on Carlson, especially if you're giving 7 years. On Stastny, if you're willing to give $7M, then you're way long on term. Try 3 years.

I am not convinced that Hanifin is the next Bobby Orr the way that some Carolina fans do. My inclination would be to trade Pacioretty for a top 4 LD (Shea Theodore, maybe?) and keep Chucky on the LW.</div></div>

All you're saying makes perfect sense but would not be enough to convince a player to come to Mtl. Mtl is like the Bermuda triangle: Income tax, Climate, Agressive medias.
There is a team who will offer 6.5M$ or 7M$ for 5 years to Stastny, Nash will stay in Boston for 3.5M$, Carlson will be offered 8.5 or 9M$ for 7 years.
Alzner should have been signed for 3.5M$ max, but Mtl had to give him 4.6M$ to convince him.
Remember how Ladd, Ericksson and Okposo got overpaid IOT get them.