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Forum: Armchair-GM28 août 2020 à 11 h 26
Sujet: Another Offer We Cant Refuse
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>It's not that bad: we'd owe Backes and Eriksson each $2.5 million. Then after this (next) season, Backes drops off and we'd only owe Perry $2 million and Eriksson $2.5 million. In exchange, my thinking goes, we get to keep all of our young skaters through the expansion draft and we have Virtanen as long as we want him, plus the second-round draft pick.

Vancouver gets much-needed cap relief, so they would be more than happy with this deal. This allows them to re-sign Pettersson and Hughes without strain in 2021 and keep Markstrom and Toffoli this year if they want to (and Tanev and Stecher, or sign their replacements).</div></div>

But do we really need Virtanen? His presence just crowds the ranks with the slew of homegrown young forwards we have whom we're trying to develop into solid contributors. Plus he has arbitration rights which I'm sure Murray isn't keen about. I'd welcome Demko but I can't fathom why Vancouver would want to part with him before they get their starting goalie problem fix first. I get that they desperately need cap space and Eriksson is clearly someone they'd like to get rid of but this just seems like a lot to give up to simply unload his contract. And besides, I feel like Murray executed his one "Hey, I'll take that bloated contract off your hands for a sweet asset" move in acquiring Backes. There's only so many of those guys I can tolerate sitting in the press box.
Forum: Armchair-GM21 août 2020 à 11 h 54
Sujet: Projected Lineup 2020-2021
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dzmets</b></div><div>Every team has injuries. The top 5 teams in point sure per man games lost this year were Pittsburgh, CBJ, Colorado, Arizona and St Louis all of which finished well ahead of Anaheim despite suffering more significant injuries.</div></div>

Like I said, that's not to say this team should be a contender because we're not deep like these the teams you mentioned clearly were. There's very little margin for error with the Ducks but this roster as it stands right now is not nearly as bad as you make it out to be. This is may be, more or less, the roster that finished the season but that doesn't mean Murray didn't make strides to improve the roster, he just did it at the deadline. If this team stays relatively healthy and the younger guys finally play with consistency, this team should at the very least hang around fighting for a playoff spot by season's end, especially if Gibson is back to form.
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Forum: Armchair-GM20 août 2020 à 16 h 26
Sujet: Projected Lineup 2020-2021
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dzmets</b></div><div>The roster is the same as last year's team that finished near the bottom nothing was added to it. Getzlaf and Henrique are a year older and no new young blood with high upside has been added to the lineup to give hope that the team can improve. This roster would definitely finish near the bottom and that may be the goal but that was my observation.</div></div>

This is not at all the team that started the season, nor does it take into account he injuries the team suffered throughout the season, the assumed progression of young players like Terry, Steel and Jones or the how well (relatively) this group was playing before the shutdown. That's not to suggest we should expect this group to compete for a playoff spot but they should have a much better result than the last two seasons.

In regards to this roster though, there's not a chance Matt Irwin is retained, especially at the expense of Djoos and Larsson not playing. But otherwise this is what the roster should look like, minus Grant. I don't think he's coming back.
Forum: Armchair-GM17 juill. 2020 à 17 h 36
Sujet: Fringe Playoff Contender
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mhockey91</b></div><div>Yeah like Manson struggled this year, but look at his team. Back when ducks were a playoff contender he was a legit top 4 D man. Never forget when the value for Manson was Nylander. Not saying it is now obviously, but a guy like Manson is bringing in either a guy like Lilly or a First round pick</div></div>

Manson's game has taken a serious hit the last two years and is a big contributor to why this team has struggled, not necessary the other way around as you suggest. Mans has one really good year coming off the heels of showing steady improvement since breaking into the league. But he got paid and got married and it seemed to stop. I'm hoping the old Mans comes back around but I think a team would be crazy to commit a first to acquire him until he proves his carriage didn't turn back into a pumpkin.
Forum: Armchair-GM17 juin 2020 à 14 h 15
Sujet: Rebuild in Duck Pond
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Stanley_Cup_To_Manhattan</b></div><div>I don't think you are familiar with the term "Rebuild".</div></div>

Show me an example where a team made as many drastic changes in one offseason and actually built a winner. And we've been rebuilding. This is a total tear down. And it also signals to the crop of young players we've been cultivate for the last several years, whom are finally being put into a position to step up, that they aren't going to be part of any winning hockey for at least 3-4 years and this critical stage in their young careers are going to be wasted on a total loser of a team. What was the point of collecting all of these assets the last several years to just burn the team to the ground?

This team has an above-average goalie, a solid d-core that needs just a quality player to fill out the ranks and a bunch of promising young forwards to go with a handful of quality yet. What they need is a stud top-5 pick, which we're in a great position of achieve later this month, and time for these kids to mature. Making all of these moves sets us back to square one and then we're the Sabers. Except the Sabers have a much more forgiving fanbase. This fanbase will not stand such a bad team for such a prolonged time.
Forum: Armchair-GM17 juin 2020 à 13 h 32
Sujet: Ideal Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>swinny</b></div><div>Not a joke. Not saying he is worth $8 million anymore, but a 40-50 point season at 35 years old is still very effective. Hell, those are better numbers than some 2nd line centres in the league. Not that far off Thornton numbers at that age despite inferior linemates.......

Obviously his game is in decline. He's 35 lol. But if he can come out this year and put up a similar season next yeat, would a 1 year deal at around $3 million be the worst thing the Ducks could do? I think not.</div></div>

Obviously I disagree. His point-totals look okay, I guess, but it's play that's striking to me. He shows a clear lack of effort these days and all the losing doesn't seem to bother him. That's unacceptable from your captain. I mean if he actually wanted to play another year at like 3 mil that would be that big of a deal but at that point I feel like you'd be doing it just for old time's sake. Better to just move on and use that money and roster spot on someone younger and pass the torch to the next captain.
Forum: Armchair-GM9 mars 2020 à 19 h 0
Sujet: Take advantage of the biggest asset
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AFOX10900</b></div><div>So you'd rather spend it on 28-29 year old UFA's that (based off most NHL GM's July 1 signings) will become cap dumps within a few years when the team is legitimately ready to win, but before then they just give us false senses of hope and ruin our chances at getting a high lotto pick, and unless we get like Petro or Hall, no UFA is gonna make that big of a difference to this team next summer... Every cap dump I took on was 1 year, and we got essentially a free first and a few other picks... And the first two trades aren't really necessary, I just would rather play the kids assuming they're ready, and it's not like Larsson is that valuable of a piece... He's a button pairing guy with LOW end top 4 ceiling... And on this team he's stuck behind Lindholm, Fowler*, and possibly Guhle and Mahura, along with LaCombe in a few years...</div></div>

I wouldn't spend it on any free agent. We're not in desperate need for draft picks. I mean I wouldn't say no to another first but not at the expense at being so capped out. You can only stockpile so many teenagers, we don't need another first that badly. As for Larsson, I'm entirely opposed to moving him, just not for futures. D-men take a long time to develop and I'm sick and tired of moving young d-men only for them to finally flourish elsewhere. Not saying Larsson is definitely going to go that route but if we are going to pull off that kind of trade again it should be to fill an immediate hole. Because what's the end game? Trade him for a pick to draft a kid that we have to wait and develop? I'd much rather package him, Boston's 1st and Ricky for a top-pairing d-man (if that could even get the job done). Unless we have a crystal ball and know he's not going to progress beyond his level of play right now but we don't. I was stoked about the Pettersson trade at the time because I thought we were cutting bait on a kid who would never be strong enough to handle this league and getting good value for him. Ha! I think it's still too early to give up on Larsson, especially considering his progress this year.

If Murray has the green light to spend money like you're suggesting he should try to actually improve this team. There's no reason this team can't be competitive next year. These kind of moves just signal another tank year and I think that'll be counter-productive.
Forum: Armchair-GM9 mars 2020 à 14 h 37