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Preston_Mattesich

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Forum: Armchair-GM20 janv. 2023 à 12 h 45
Sujet: lou wakes up
-Personally don't think the Islanders as currently constructed should be sending out picks for veterans with high cap hits - as you said, the rest of the roster isn't contender-level and I don't think that adding Boeser is enough to drag them into the playoffs in the first place.

-Arizona says no; even if they don't, Varlamov and his 16-team NTC say no. You're basically giving them a more expensive rental goalie, a 1st next year, a 3rd, and a $250K obligation on top of that for an incredibly good goalie. Arizona might be taking the long way around a rebuild but Vejmelka is still young enough to be an important part of it - I don't see them moving him for anything short of an egregious overpay.

-Parise's third on the team in goals and makes the absolute league minimum. I could easily see him getting a 2nd or a 3rd & an interesting prospect at the deadline - dude plays all three phases of the game, and can slide up and down the lineup. Smart contenders love a Swiss army knife like him - he can do anything you ask him to.
Forum: Armchair-GM16 juin 2022 à 14 h 28
Sujet: Realistic 22-23 Season Opening Roster
I don't mind the guys you signed and agree with your overall approach, however:
- As much as I love Bratt he shouldn't be getting more than Hischier. It's not like 8 x 7.5m would be a bad contract for him, but I don't see him signing a long term contract outside of the 6.3 - 7m range.
- Boqvist should get about 1m less, think Siegenthaler's last deal is a good comp for him (and Zetterlund).
- If Wood signs for one year slightly below his QO that'd be great, but realistically I'd expect both him and the front office to be happy with him being around for one more year at 3.5m.
- That's a bad Husso contract, his resume is too short to warrant any such AAV. A 4 x 4 might be fine just to make sure the Blues cannot match but 5m is just reckless. That last year could really hurt when Hughes, Holtz, Mercer and Slafkooley are through their ELCs.
- E-Rod isn't a great contract either, I'd rather offer (+ a little more AAV) that to Palat, Copp or Nichushkin. Or go cheaper with Marchment whom had similar impacts and better production.
- Rather have any of Cooley, Nemec or Jiricek at #2 ahead of Slaf, but if you think Juraj is BPA at #2 I can respect that opinion.

It's a good team overall.
Barring simultaneous goaltending injuries, they should make the playoffs via WC I'd think.
Shows how much the Devils could achieve with having some faith in further developing the core while addressing needs in key areas.
Thumbs up.
Forum: Mock-Draft15 juin 2022 à 13 h 39
Sujet: 2022 Predictions - Past Trends over Rankings
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Preston_Mattesich</b></div><div>Super interesting and in-depth analysis of each pick. I like Savoie and Kemell higher than where you have them just because of how explosive and flashy they both can be. I think you're spot on with Jiricek but where I disagree is the difference between him and Nemec. I think both guys are comparable defensively but Jiricek's proven offensive upside puts him head and shoulders above Nemec who in my opinion has been inconsistent on offense at best. Great mock though.</div></div>

My take historically as been the same as yours -- Jiricek &gt; Nemec by a decent gap. Maybe I've softened up a little too much the past few weeks on Nemec! But yeah, if I'm personally the GM I take DJ first for sure.
Forum: Armchair-GM9 juin 2022 à 19 h 46
Sujet: Let the kids play
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Preston_Mattesich</b></div><div>messed up, meant to put dobson top 4. also, didn't lee start his career at center? I could be wrong but thats what I thought. lee had a down year in basically every category, he can still be that good player that he was before the injury but i dont think putting him in the bottom six where the lines should basically be rolled anyway is outrageous. and goalies i didnt touch at all so</div></div>

Past 6 years lees 82 game goal pace
16-17 - 34
17-18 - 40
18-19 - 28
19-20 - 24
20-21 - 36
21-22 - 30
This year was the only one since the injury so i dont see whats wrong. He had a tough 1st part of the year but he really picked it up and was great at the 1 year mark since the injury which is the usual amount of time it takes to recover.
I figured that about the goalies.
Forum: Armchair-GM8 juin 2022 à 14 h 18
Sujet: Let the kids play
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Preston_Mattesich</b></div><div>raty probably wont play this year for one. although they have center depth, they need more high speed scoring which miller brings to the top 6. by let the kids play, i mean the kids that tore it up with the bottom six minutes they had this year such as wally and bellows. i mention in the description that the lines should pretty much be rolled which is my justification for keeping bellows on the third line.</div></div>

Lou doesn't trade his guys so I don't think there's a chance Raty gets traded, he had a D+1 seasons similar to Anton Lundell and he was great in his 8 games in the AHL. JT Miller wants between 8 and 9 mill on his next contract. Miller had a career year, its highly unlikely he scores at the same rate on the isles. Nelson has had a lot of success as the isles 2C, it just doesn't make sense to move him to accomadate a declining J.T miller.
Forum: Armchair-GM8 juin 2022 à 14 h 53
Sujet: Let the kids play
Trading that much for JT Miller as a rental is an overpay; doubling down on that overpay by giving him a long-term extension that starts with his age-30 season might be doubling down on that. You've given up what could be the Islanders' two best prospects (assuming that whoever they pick at #13 is better than anyone else in the system other than Raty) and retained 2x$2.5M on Josh Bailey to do that - you're really putting the team in a short term position to maybe be a little better but they're going to have *nothing* in the cupboards to add at the deadline, or to replace the aging guys on a heavily over-30 team.

I can't see Palmieri getting a 1st in that deal - I think you need him to rebuild value this coming season because you're selling him as damaged goods after last season's struggles.

As long as Lou is the GM, I don't see him trading Cizikas. Rumors from last summer had Seattle offering him much more money in terms of AAV but he took the longer term deal to stay on the Island, and Lou doesn't strike me as the type of guy who isn't going to just renege on that one year later.

I might argue that bringing back Chara &amp; Greene in 22-23 would be just as disastrous as relying on Salo &amp; Aho as your LD2/3 this season - Salo probably can be sheltered as LD3 but Aho shouldn't be brought back as anything beyond a 7th D.
Forum: Trade Machine Proposals23 mai 2022 à 12 h 43
Sujet: Potential Fiala Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LNels31</b></div><div>Idk if the article I was reading was right but it was saying that if a team decides to offer sheet fiala instead of trading the picks come from this years draft so for NJ fans that think they’ll just offer sheer him will still give up the #2 pick. I don’t think guerin takes a 2023 first. I keep hearing he could be targeting someone in this draft. But either way we’re going to get good compensation for Fiala even though I wish we could keep him. Give us #2 or Holtz.</div></div>

That's not how an Offer Sheet works. A team can't tender an offer sheet to an RFA until the free agent signing window opens up. This would mean the 2022 draft would have already passed and that the 1st round pick moving in a Fiala offer sheet would be a 2023 pick.

Also, I think both of those are overpays for the Devils to obtain Fiala considering they are not a Fiala away from contention at this point. Giving up a #2 overall or a top prospect on an ELC who is touted as a potential high goal scorer for a pending RFA...just too high of an asking price for NJ, I think. If you can get that from another team, that's cool, but I don't think that kind of payment is on the Devils' radar.
Forum: Armchair-GM10 mai 2022 à 13 h 57
Sujet: NJ TO THE YOFFS
I think the 1st for Fiala is a big, bold move if it sticks at 5OA. Hard to see Minnesota blinking at that offer - Fiala is good, but they're in a cap squeeze with those buyout penalties and a top 5 pick might bring in a guy on an ELC that can play NHL minutes right away. I wonder if getting rid of Zacha &amp; the 2nd makes it enough for Guerin to just bite the bullet.

Boeser trade seems to be fair value - a roster player, a recent 1st round prospect, and a high 2nd feels like a good deal for Boeser. Just need to convince Canucks fans that Ty Smith can play the right side as well (CP has him listed as LD/RD), because they need a little more help on that side than the left side.

Isles trade is a non-starter, if only because they've got 13 forwards under contract next season and adding those 2 guys just forces them to have to make other moves. If you have an LD to dangle in that deal, there's probably some traction to that deal.

Wood for a mid-round pick is totally fair, just not sure who takes that bait.

As far as the signings, I think you can probably get Jersey's RFAs a little cheaper, but it'll be balanced out by the fact that Fiala &amp; Boeser probably come in pricier than what you have here.