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Forum: Armchair-GM14 janv. 2019 à 12 h 41
Sujet: Red Wing Buy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Larkinisking</b></div><div>FWIW I seriously doubt that either Kronwall or Nyquist would waive for Calgary, Nyquist wife is from Michigan a school teacher there. Just starting a new life there in Detroit. He might waive to go there! But i doubt he signs long term there. Kronwall wants to retire a Red Wing. He might waive for the Leafs that's about it. I see Gus waiving for an Eastern Conference team or possibly Nashville.</div></div>

Appreciate the background information on both, things that are hard to know for someone who's not a fan of DET. I wonder if for Nyquist the fact that he played with Backlund at last year's World Championship and that both played under Peters when he was AC in Detroit would help the Flames case. But the points you raised are very good, these are human beings with real lives after all.
Forum: Armchair-GM14 déc. 2018 à 1 h 55
Sujet: Red Wings Trade at Deadline
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TJTwolf</b></div><div>Nice to see someone thinking about 'connections' that are linked to the game but not necessarily obvious. Money, term, competitiveness and the place (family, schools for kids, quality of life) obviously play big parts with signing contracts, and in waiving a NTC the place and chance to compete are obviously going to be the motivating factors. I imagine in that case that dropping a hint might occur if your buddy plays somewhere or the chance to work with a coach who gets the best out of you etc, we obviously have little idea how it plays out behind closed doors. It may also be that they get told in some cases exactly where they want to move the player. In that case I would imagine the points you made (if he and Backlund are mates or he gets on well with Peters) become highly relevant to the decision.
As far as the actual trade itself goes. it's a good deal for Calgary and if he fires up with Backlund it could put an already potent forward corps over the top, and if he and Backlund ARE buddies it may not turn out to be a rental as he might be more likely to want to re-sign, (subject to cap which will take some creativity or further trades) so the condition on the pick may not be as unlikely as you think. Decent gamble. It should work for Detroit too who are still stumbling about in semi-rebuild until some of the older guys are gone. Mangiapane looks to be just the kind of guy you'd want coming in from his OHL &amp; AHL stats, plus a slight move up in the draft and a bonus pick, the condition being perhaps more likely than you might think being the only sticking point.</div></div>

Appreciate the feedback. I try to look for things outside the obvious like you mentioned. The reason I see his re-signing as unlikely is more-so related to the Flames having a bit of a cap crunch after this year, with them having to re-sign Tkachuk to 6.5-7.5M first, and then also secure 2 goaltenders for next year. Flames may be able to juggle some other contracts around, but the cap may be too tight to give Nyquist what he wants/is worth.
Forum: Armchair-GM16 nov. 2018 à 0 h 33
Sujet: Fire Mike Smith into the Sun
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy316</b></div><div>you're foolish this is the only game Price has played well this season dont be so foolish kid

your system was clearly the problem , believe what you want you were out worked by a group that was projected to be a NHL bottom feeder because we had no '' stars'' outside Price Gallagher and Weber. I know a bad system when i see it MTL had one last year and we shook it off moved out players who didnt fit with our new direction and have been top 10 in the NHL all year long</div></div>

The Habs are a lot better than people are giving them credit for, I watched all night long as was consistently impressed by their speed and work ethic, they never quit on the puck or on their checks. I meant Price carried the Habs tonight, but I know he had been bad this season. I don't know what specific issues with our system you're talking about, but I'd be open to hearing more. Overall I've found the Flames have played well, but haven't gotten much help in net from Smith, Rittich on the other hand has played very well.
Forum: Armchair-GM16 nov. 2018 à 0 h 30
Sujet: Fire Mike Smith into the Sun
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Price_is_the_goat</b></div><div>"the Flames are reliant on their best players to lead the way to win games"....... PRICE IS OUR BEST PLAYER. so whats wrong if he helps us win????? You just contradicted urself. im 100% flames would trade an arm and a leg to acquire a player like Price. Not only did the young D cost u the game, but so did Smith. u can't really blame the young D, because they're young. And this was arguably one of Price's best games of the season. before that the Habs were carrying him.</div></div>

I meant tonight, yeah teams rely on their best players to win games. I agree that the Flames would trade a lot for Price, and frankly they do need to make some sort of move about this season. I don't disagree with anything you said in this, Price was fantastic tonight and definitely needed it after his rocky start to the year, and the Flames would kill for someone of his talent.