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Smjth

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Forum: Armchair-GM26 juill. 2023 à 21 h 22
Sujet: Commence
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Smjth</b></div><div>Most creative Nylander trade i've seen, i'll give you that. Not sure it makes any sense for the Preds though</div></div>

I agree with this. NSH would still likely decline. It just doesn't make a ton of sense to trade for a player that pushes NSH in a "win more now" mode while trading Saros, who is the only reason NSH is in a position where they can even claim to compete.

It has nothing to do with value at this point. Trading Saros moves the window to compete from 2-3 years to 4-5 years. By that point Nylander is 32-33 and is on the decline and even if an extension was signed as part of the deal, he would be on the back half of that contract. Additionally any veteran leadership is gone outside of Forsberg (Josi, ROR, Schenn, and Nyquist) and it just wouldn't make sense. IMO, if it was Marner instead then I might be more onboard as he would still be 29-30 by the time NSH is competing, but TOR likely declines this if it is Marner instead.
Forum: Armchair-GM18 juill. 2023 à 20 h 37
Sujet: Lots of changes
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>McRanteskog</b></div><div>There is nothing wrong with Girard or his contract, he’s just the flavour of the month trade chip COL fanbase uses to find ways to move salary to afford Toews new contract.

He may appear to line up on the “third pairing” but look at his utilization and ice time, he plays second pairing minutes, I believe he had 3rd highest average ice time on the team?</div></div>

I have pointed this out ad nauseum so I know by heart that he's actually 4th behind Makar, Toews, and just barely Byram. He's waaaay ahead of Manson though, which places him firmly in the top 4, regardless of how lineups are posted.

As a bone to the op, all else equal Hanifin is preferable to Girard. But all else ain't equal, and the difference is significant.