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Forum: Armchair-GM25 juill. 2019 à 10 h 57
Sujet: Ottawa Senators Depth Chart
I'm not a Sens fan, but I do think they have a lot of talent. I do think you overstated it a bit though.

Of your 8 listed centers; 2 (Chlapik and Paul) are probably career AHLers, 1 (Norris) isn't ready yet and should spend the year in the AHL, and 2 (Anisimov and White) should play the wings. I would make a top line of Tkachuk, Batherson, and Duclair and see what they can do together.
On the Defense, Chabot and Brannstrom are great young talent. Just pair each with an experienced partner and that's your top two lines. Figure out who of the rest are the best shut down pair and that's your third line.
For the wingers you listed, I wouldn't say they are some of the "best prospects in hockey". Batherson is going to be a star. The other three will probably peak out as 3rd or 4th liners.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 juill. 2019 à 14 h 43
Forum: Armchair-GM19 juill. 2019 à 14 h 34
Sujet: Year 1 projection
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dbuch29</b></div><div>Darling would absolutely be fine as a #3 goalie.

PEB &amp; Calvert are completely defensive minded and Kamenev has proven to be really solid defensively, Calvert is probably more defensive than Nieto. Idk what the argument is.

It’s just finding value. Avs are in a position to get value from Vegas by taking clarksons cap. Trade a 6th instead of Nieto, it doesn’t matter</div></div>

So where are you going to play Darling? You don't carry three goalies. To keep him stashed with the Eagles, you would take development time from Werner. I would hope we don't have any goalie injuries early in the season. By the time we do have one, Werner should be fine as an emergency 3rd. They just signed Miska to the AHL deal so it's plain they are planning on him being the back up.

That was a brain fart on my part. I meant Colin Wilson instead of Calvert. Nieto-PEB-Calvert are the 4th line. They aren't going to score much, but they will kill penalties and shut down the other team. Putting Kamanev on the fourth line makes it worse because he is not as good at that job as the person he will replace at it. Kamanev has too much offensive ability to waste playing him in a totally defensive role. Either he needs to stay in the AHL and play a top six role and be ready to fill in on the big team in case of an injury to someone on the top 3 lines, or make a move that creates a spot on the top three lines for him. Having him up with the Avs to play on the 4th line does both him and the team a disservice.

I'm all about finding value, but that isn't enough value for me. Vegas has no leverage so they are going to have to overpay for any deals they make to clear space. I would be willing to take on Clarkson if it got us Gusev, or one of their decent prospects (maybe Nicolas Hague) and a 2nd. A second by itself is not enough.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 juill. 2019 à 11 h 5
Sujet: Year 1 projection
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dbuch29</b></div><div>He’s fine to be a backup incase of emergency jesus.

Kamenev kills penalties, nieto is replaceable

A 2nd rounder is a high price dude, especially because we don’t have one</div></div>

You have obviously not seen Darling play in the last couple of years.There's a reason no one has signed him. There are still a few teams that could use a decent back up goalie.

I didn't say Nieto wasn't replaceable, but he would need to be replaced by someone suited to fill his role. Greer would fill it better than Kamanev. I don't think we are better with Greer than with Nieto though. Kamanev is more of a second or third line player. The fourth line needs to be more defensive minded. If you want to make a move to get Kamanev minutes, trade Calvert instead and put Kamanev on the third line..

A Vegas 2nd rounder is probably going to be in the 50's. There's about a 50/50 shot of whoever is drafted there of ever playing an NHL game, That's not much of a return. Plus you retained part of Nieto's salary.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 juill. 2019 à 9 h 56
Sujet: Year 1 projection
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dbuch29</b></div><div>Darling so that there is a legit #3 goalie who can be called up if there’s an injury. Don’t want to throw Werner to the wolves + Miska’s on an AHL deal.

Deal Nieto so Kamenev can play if he shows well.

Put Clarkson &amp; Cole on Long Term Injury Reserve because... they’re... injured long term?</div></div>

Darling isn't a legit NHL goalie anymore. He is trash.

Kamanev can't fill in for what Nieto does. Nieto is a grinder and penalty killer. Kamanev is neither of those and if you put him in that role, you're going to get burned.

Putting people on LTIR when there is cap space for their contract is of no value. They would just be put on regular IR. If players were acquired later to get close to the cap, they would be placed on LTIR then. LTIR is for cap relief, not just because someone is out for an extended time.
Forum: Armchair-GM17 juill. 2019 à 13 h 26
Sujet: Vegas will only move money to sign Gusev or get a player back
You say they don't need to trade Gusov and get cap relief, but that is exactly what you did by including Reaves. Shedding Reaves' contract and replacing it with a cheaper one is the only reason you were able to get under the cap.
Here's the situation without including "cap relief".
Vegas has to add some D-men to the roster. You did that by signing two to cheap contracts and recalled another while sending down Zykov. No big deal on Zykov. He'll clear waivers.
That still leaves you over 300K over the cap even with trading Gusov for just picks and prospects. And even if you get under the cap, there is no room to call anyone up in case of an injury.
There are two scenarios that make things work.
Trade Gusov and Reaves or another bigger contract (cap relief) for little to no cap hit in return or trade Eakins and Reaves for little or no return and keep Gusov.
That's the decision they are facing.