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Forum: Armchair-GM21 janv. 2019 à 14 h 2
Forum: Armchair-GM12 janv. 2019 à 22 h 25
Sujet: Bos19
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Maniac23</b></div><div>I knew someone will criticise me for the McAvoy contract. He's great and I will definitely have him here long term, but the reality is, he was injured a lot in his young career and you never know... Second of all, Krug eats up the major minutes on the PP. Haven't seen much of him on the PK either. I get that 4.5 is a bit low but 7 is just too much in my opinion.

Don't know if Chara re-signs, I hope he does. Not much left of the Big Bad Bruins... I like Acciari tho.

The STL trade is fair imo. They don't get the best prospects, but they have decisions to make. More than 2M retained on Backes is not too bad for STL.</div></div>

I fully agree about Mac. Just 2 years would be better and at a higher price, or we can take advantage of that by not signing him until Sept. Its a way to manipulate the system... I know we want bigger stronger bodies but there are no spots for him... Cehlarik is 100% NHL ready and he is going to want to go for the NHL. He is only 23 and is going to become a better player. Don't get me wrong, I really like Acciari but... It would be really hard to see him go if it was so. STL trade looks fair, just that I don't think they want Backes back... Maybe it will work? maybe it won't but anyways, Backes probably won't want to go back... I like how you really lowered the value of Schenn because he isn't looking to crack 50 points this year and every blues fans think that he is a 70 point player, gotta credit you on that. Great job overall, I don't know how the roaster next year would look though, lets see what Sweeney has to offer us (hopefully not another Backes or Belesky deal...)
Forum: Armchair-GM29 nov. 2018 à 11 h 2
Sujet: How the contracts should be
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Maniac23</b></div><div>Thank you for your comment. You really put effort in this. I guess you are right, I get your arguments. I just played around how we could look like...
I totally agree on Krejci, he resigned after a very good playoff year, but to me it's just ridiculous how he gets more than Bergeron.... The Backes contract is what it is, but without this awful deal we would have less problems resigning McAvoy, Carlo, Heinen and DeBrusk... I think at 4M at least you could try to trade him, but 6M for a 4th liner....?!

Our most important player is 33 now... We need to win at some point in the near future... Krejci is 32.... Our rivals key players are Eichel/Mittelstadt, Matthews/Marner/JT, Kuch/Stamkos/Point... Florida has a "new Bergeron" with Barkov. We probably can't compete long term, but with team friendly contracts we can build a deep team. Pasta and Marchy are good examples, but without Backes and a lower Krejci deal we could try to build a decent 3rd and 4th line as well. (Nashville for example)</div></div>

I agree with you and I think two of the following will need to be moved/bought out before next season (Backes, Krejci, Rask, Krug, Miller) - I think ultimately it will be Krug and Krejci (because they have value) - although I could see Rask and Hope it's Backes. I think they will have to give up something fairly substantial to get out from under Backes. He becomes a lot easier to deal after next year, with one year left. Possibly Seattle or a team needing to get to the floor. which they will need for Debrusk and Bjork.

I think they have a decent 3rd and 4th line. I am fine with the 4th especially. They need more from the kids. Problem is they need more from Heinen, Donato &amp; Bjork in particular. That fourth line is being forced to play up in the lineip.

JFK looks like he could be a pretty decent 3rd center (with a possibility of #2 in a couple years). Goods news is; I think (hope) Studnicka and Frederic will be ready to play major roles next year. That being said, they haven't got that this year from the forwards they expected it from. Hopefully one of them can turn into Bergeron's replacement in few years.
Forum: Armchair-GM29 nov. 2018 à 8 h 51
Sujet: How the contracts should be
Hindsight is fun but you can't really play that game. Because what you didn't do was pay Bergeron, Marchand and Pastrnak the money they "should" be getting.

Krejci - The deal is fine. MAYBE a little too much, but you are way underpaying him at 6m. Statsny is the easiest comparison and Krejci has been better throughout his career. Statsny was making 7m on the equivalent contract and just resigned for 2x6.5m. Spezza is another, as well as Ryan Johansen.

It was the market value. Although I agree the term was too long for that deal, the money was right on. Krejci is currently making about 380K per point. Other guys in that range: McDavid, Johansen, Little, Neilsen, Craig smith.

You want to pay him like Turris or Brassard, but he is better. Especially when you take into account the deal was signed after he had led the playoffs in scoring twice. None of the guys mentioned have done it once.

KRUG: bad news for you. He is getting a substantial raise. 6.5+ per season. I am not a huge fan of his, but he is better than he gets credit for defensively. He is also top 10 offensively in the league. He is an elite passer and by all accounts a leader in the locker room.

RASK: Again revisionist history. He was coming of a vezina and that was the market value. Look at Rinne, Lunkqvist, fluery, Varlamov, Miller and Bobrovsky's Contracts at the time. Price as well. Everyone wants to compare him to Vasielvsky or Murray or Holtby on their 1st or bridge deals. I will grant you the cost has come seemingly down on goalies, because of Contracts like Jones and Holtby's new deal. I expect those to go back up again though. Look at the deal Helleybuck just signed after one year in the NHL. The gave him the Rinne deal, which he deserved at the time. Also for the all criticism he gets. He is the NHL leader in save %. Everyone knows his flaws, but that being said, the Bruins D has been a bit of a mess until McAvoy and Carlo showed up. Trotman, Warsofky, Morrow, Bartkowski, Mezarjos, JML to name a few. Chara has also been better the last two seasons, than he was in the previous two before that (?).

I guess with all the above nonsense - I am trying to say the $ is close. They may have overpaid by 500K on the guys you mentioned (Backes deal is bad. Would have been fine with 6m for 2-3 years, but 5 is too many).
but the reason they were able to do it was because Bergeron should be making 10M like, Kopitar and Toews. Or at the very minimum 8+ like Getzlaf.

It's also easy to forget the deals they didn't make - Boychuk - Everyone was up in arms about moving him, but can you imagine paying him 6m for three more years after this? UG. Lucic and Soderberg are two more that come to mind.
Forum: Armchair-GM15 nov. 2018 à 11 h 33
Forum: Armchair-GM12 nov. 2018 à 19 h 33
Forum: Armchair-GM1 oct. 2018 à 16 h 31
Sujet: Dal - Tor
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Maniac23</b></div><div>Thank you for your opinion. I just think with the big Tavares contract and the Matthews/Marner contracts in the next year, the Leafs have a problem. To me it seems like Marner and Matthews have a higher priority than Nylander for Toronto. I mean, i tried something with Radulov here... But getting a good, young D (like Heiskanen, Sergachev, McAvoy to name a few) would really help the Leafs. They have the "Big 4" (Tavares, Matthews, Marner, Nylander) in their offence, giving away one of them for a D seems legit. I used Radulov because he is a RW and Heiskanen seems untouchable for Dallas, and I saw a little coincidence with the Carrick deal...</div></div>

Thanks for seeing my point. I don't disagree with your thought about the Leafs getting a good player back with a lesser cap as being a good option for the Leafs. But as I indicated, I think there is something more important, and that is not to give up unreasonable contracts to RFAs. (at least in the minds of Leafs management). I'm not sure if other teams really want to overpay for salary for Nylander as parachuted RFA, after all other GMS have upcoming RFAs to sign. I betcha most GMs agree with the Leafs an there approach with Nylander. Not that it isn't Nylander's to not sign any contract he doesn't like. Looking at long term comparables, 6.5m seems about right. If Nylander wants more, he just might have to sign a cheaper short term contract and then hope for a greater payday in a few years.
Forum: Armchair-GM27 sept. 2018 à 14 h 7
Sujet: Bruins CBJ - blockbuster
Few things here. First off, this trade just doesn't make sense, here are the reasons why.
1. This team will have a significant cap overage, meaning they'll have far less cap room for next year. Chara, Debrusk, McAvoy, and to a lesser extent Carlo and Donato all have bonuses in their contract that they're likely, if not sure to hit. They've got 5 million in room (in real life, not in this trade), but it's fake.
2. In this scenario, you're trading for a center, who's good, but is paid a decent amount. Arguably, the Bruins top four prospects all project as centers. Studnicka, Frederic, JFK, and Donato. Maybe Donato is a winger, but still, it doesn't make much sense to me to have 19 million or so locked up in centers when you have a whole bunch coming up.
3. This screws them up like crazy cap wise. Carlo, McAvoy, Chara, Donato all need extensions.
4. You trade Krug....and you traded his replacement also.

Honestly this list could go on for a while...it just doesn't make any sense for boston. You get two good players, but it screws up the whole team.
Forum: Armchair-GM16 sept. 2018 à 15 h 47
Sujet: Gggg
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Maniac23</b></div><div>I agree 100% with you. With a healthy &amp; competitive Bergy everything is possible, if we lose #37 we will not be in the race for the cup. But if healthy I see him doing great at least 2 more seasons.</div></div>

It's not just health. Players slow as they get older. The decline happens fast in a lot of players. One season and your like yeah he's still good, next season you are like man what happened oh that's right he's 34. You could see it already last year. I know people will talk about stas, but he was clearly not the same player he was when he was younger. Age takes it's effect. All good players age out. They extend that career playing on lower lines. This is why I keep saying Boston needs to find a 1C. They can't just expect him to be there playing at a high level at 34 keeping up with 20 some players at their physical peek. It's just asking for the wheel to fall off the wagon. the legs slow, injuries happen more, wear and tear over years catches up and you can't keep up. No matter what the sport is you look at. Only the really top of the crop extend into their 30s playing at the same high level. But even they slow down. Jordan was not the same Jordan at 34 as he was at 26. You got a player like Chara here who gets away with it because he's 6'9. If he was 6'3 he'd be retired. He's just a freak at his position.
Bergy slows down this year and the team takes a step back.