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Forum: Armchair-GMil y a 7 heures
Sujet: Would this lineup be a contender
I just don't really see the point in paying that much to get Boeser in.
He really isn't playing well this year and is unlikely to be good value at even 4.65m.
Maybe if the Canucks retained all the way to 50% he could be interesting, but even then I'd just rather have Mercer in the top 6 over him.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mbaer84</b></div><div>i think so, at least they would be fun as hell to watch. I would push to swap Gritsyuk for Stillman just since it seems like VAN has committed to being a destination for Russians.</div></div>
I get that you may not be aware of who Gritsyuk really is but moving him for Boeser is completely out of the question.
By the start of the 23/24 season, and if Gritsyuk is in NA by then, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if he were an outright better player than Boeser at that point in time, if he isn't already.
Forum: Armchair-GMil y a 9 heures
Sujet: Meier and Ekholm next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shaners79</b></div><div>Wouldn't you rather Gravy on another deal, probably around 4.5 than Ekholm?</div></div>
No, Ekholm is a little better and I think Graves's next contract may be a little problematic for however signs it, be it with term, AAV or NTCs.
The appeal with Ekholm is that his contract will be quite easily moveable when the defensive logjam starts kicking in around the 24/25 season.
Also, if Graves signs with the Devils to something like 5x5 and then gets traded one year later, future potential free agents will lose trust in the Devils front office.
Trading for Ekholm and his contract, and moving it on the year after, doesn't carry the same reputational costs.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheFastAndTheFleuryous</b></div><div>Not to mention that Ekholm’s too good and too expensive to be on the 3rd d-pair.</div></div>
This strikes me a rather outdated idea.
The biggest contributing factor to the Devils success this year is that, when healthy, all three of their defense pairs have the capability to heavily tilt the ice in their favour.
That's the point of getting Ekholm in.
Forum: Armchair-GMil y a 12 heures
Sujet: Bruins tdl
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dgibb10</b></div><div>Ahh okay, In that case I'd keep severson for the year if you can still get 3 years of NHL play on Nemec's ELC.
What are the implications contract wise of bringing Nemec and Hughes up for the end of the season/playoffs, as I've seen an article saying thats what the devils plan to do with Luke when michigans season is done
But honestly in this case i'd be more than riding with Clifton on the 3rd pairing if it means we get another asset to help us get a star like Meier</div></div>
With Nemec it's fairly straightforward, as long as he doesn't play more than 9 regular season games in either this or next season his ELC slides both years.
I think playoff games are exempted from this but at the moment I'd think there's at least three guys in the organization better suited to playoff hockey than Nemec.

As for Luke I'm not entirely sure, but the way I understand it is that since he'd still be 19 if signing his ELC when the NCAA season is over but the NHL season is still going (whether still regular season or playoffs), his ELC should be ok to slide until the 23/24 season, provided that he doesn't play more than 9 games in the regular season.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dgibb10</b></div><div>But honestly in this case i'd be more than riding with Clifton on the 3rd pairing if it means we get another asset to help us get a star like Meier</div></div>
If the Bruins would deal a 1st along with Clifton for Severson the Devils should 100% do it.
Clifton would not be that much of a downgrade from Severson and, as you say, that extra pick could be moved for a big acquisition but I wouldn't mind the Devils just using that pick in what's looking like one of the strongest draft classes this century.
Forum: Armchair-GMHier à 8 h 54
Sujet: Trading McLeod and Wood forcing Ruff to stop ruining the lineup with them
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KDev</b></div><div>Not into Ekholm at all. He’s a great player but the term on his contract doesn’t fit what we need. His contract could become a serious problem especially if we are also looking to extend Bratt. I’d rather get a guy like Brendan Dillon in Winnipeg who has an extra year on his deal so he doesn’t inadvertently block Luke from a top 4 spot.</div></div>

Getting Ekholm in would do a lot of things for the Devils.
It'd make them better now as he'd push Smith out of the lineup.
Ekholm also negates the need to resign Graves to what I'd imagine being a rather problematic contract in its own right.
Ekholm has the benefit of being rather easily moveable in 2024 or 2025 when Nemec develop past him (and possibly guys like Vilén, Orlov and Edwards).

If this deal were to go down, I'd want the Devils to set the 23/24 defence up like this:
Siegenthaler - Hamilton
Hughes - Marino
Ekholm - Walsh
// Smith
Forum: Armchair-GMHier à 8 h 47
Sujet: Trading McLeod and Wood forcing Ruff to stop ruining the lineup with them
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shaners79</b></div><div>Your as cold as ice.</div></div>
Can't tell if compliment or insult.
It is a bit chilly where I am at to be fair so I suppose you have a point there.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NHLfan10506</b></div><div>Wood has been slumping but McLeod has been fine...even has had some strong games lately.
I don't think either have a ton of trade value.
We need one line to play heavy, put pressure on opponents defense.
It makes the other lines better.
And not something that shows up much on any stat.</div></div>
I don't see it.
Wood and McLeod have all the tools to be playing heavy, but they are doing the complete opposite.
These last 15 games they haven't been hard for the opposition to play against in the slightest.
In my view, they are responsible for putting more pressure on the other lines to make up for their own shortcomings.
I don't see them bringing anything in terms of juju or spirit to team either.
The Devils are better off without them.

Boqvist and Zetterlund does achieve in putting pressure on opponents defense.
They are the ones capable of getting results by forechecking and being difficult to play against.
The skillsets of Boqvist, Zetterlund, Bastian and Haula make the other lines better.
Forum: Armchair-GMHier à 3 h 22