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Forum: Armchair-GM20 juill. 2022 à 22 h 22
Forum: Armchair-GM14 juill. 2022 à 6 h 44
Sujet: Lets get it
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>How is Strome an upgrade to Monahan? They are both big centers that don't use their body and are below average at skating. You talk about riding the season out but why not do that with Monahan instead? Then you have even more cap space open up</div></div>

I’m leaning this way now too — keeping Monahan seems like a worthwhile gamble to increase his value and provide more optionality with cap space next year.

A better target than Strome, who probably wants multiple years, would be Stastny. Could get him on a 1-year deal I think.

That said, if CGY keeps Monahan, you have to play him. And they should 100% be giving Pelletier and/or Phillips an opportunity to play with the big club this season. So there isn’t a ton of space for another signing without a trade.
Forum: Armchair-GM13 juill. 2022 à 9 h 38
Sujet: Johnny Hockey is a traitor
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>Strange how when a UFA exercises his rights to sign wherever is a traitor by the team that "loses" that player. But the same folks show no sympathy to the team losing free agents, such as Coleman, Tanev and Markstrom.

You're going to feel real betrayed when Tkachuk leaves also.</div></div>


I couldn’t believe it when CGY got Tanev and Markstrom for no assets from VAN. Seems crazy, but that’s how UFA works.

Sucks for CGY to lose Gaudreau after the season the team had. It puts a serious wrench in the direction of the club for the next 3+ years.

And I will say this now: if CGY loses Tkachuk, it will hurt me as much as it will hurt Leafs fans if Matthews walks. Nothing stays the same forever.

I could’ve seen CGY competing again for years if Forsberg replaced Gaudreau in CGY. But that ship sailed.

Maybe JT Miller keeps the roster going for a bit?

Who knows. Realistically, a rebuild would be the smart long term move for CGY. But it’s a tough pill for fans to swallow right now.
Forum: Armchair-GM30 juin 2022 à 10 h 51
Sujet: Is this a possibility
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jah1722</b></div><div>Now talk about misinformation. Monahan isn’t a top 6 forward. And if a second hip surgery isn’t an injury issue then what is?</div></div>

Nah, you’re right. A 27 year old with 7 seasons straight of 20+ goals… averaging 26.5 goals per year even including two terrible injury seasons and 3rd/4th line minutes while hurt… who can score like clockwork playing with the highest skilled players… who has a career faceoff percentage above 50.5%… not a top 6 guy.

And his hips have both had surgery now and are better than they’ve been for years. He injured the 2nd hip playing through a bad 1st hip and putting way more strain on his good leg until it busted.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: “we’ll see”. Let’s revisit what value he fetches when he gets traded. I’m betting it’s above a coin flip that he nets assets to CGY. You can bet the other side.
Forum: Armchair-GM26 juin 2022 à 13 h 43
Sujet: JT Miller please
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BStinson</b></div><div>O great paying for a cap dump in the hopes he can prove he isnt “dead”.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TampaBayLightning22</b></div><div>Detroit passes, You're not getting rid of Sean Monahan without at least attaching a 3rd round pick to him. He's coming back from double hip surgeries in consecutive years his value isn't that high right now.

And you're not getting Filip Forsberg any cheaper than the Matthew Tkachuk deal Forsberg will cost at least $9,500,000 x 7 years on the open market. He wants more than $8,000,000 per to remain in Nashville he's not taking less from Calgary.</div></div>

My sarcasm here is that Monahan is still a good player. He’s going to come back healthier and stronger than the past 2 years have shown. And a team that plays him in the Top 6 will increase his value substantially from today’s level.

+ “We shall see”: I don’t think CGY is going to add picks to “dump his cap”, in spite of Capfriendly popular opinion.

+ The Forsberg AAV comment could well be true. He could end up starting with a 9, but my hope here is that Team Sweden (aka Calgary Flames) is an interesting landing spot for him, assuming Johnny gets a bigger bag elsewhere.
Forum: Armchair-GM20 juin 2022 à 18 h 19
Sujet: If Johnny Stays
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>You didn't hurt my feelings. But I'm always amazed though that some many homer fans just can't imagine their own players leaving as UFAs, but think signing other teams UFAs are OK.</div></div>

We were discussing CGY trading Monahan / Dube and the valuation of those specific players. Not about the Gaudreau or Tkachuk situations, or any UFA/RFA for that matter.

But on that note:

Yes, there’s above a 0% chance that Gaudreau goes to UFA and finds a higher AAV than CGY offers and he signs elsewhere. But there’s also a high chance that he stays with CGY.

+ Yes there’s above a 0% chance that Tkachuk signs his QO for $9M x 1 year and then leaves CGY. But there’s also a high chance that he stays with CGY.

That’s how UFA/RFA works. Players earn the right to decide.

As someone who closely follows CGY, and based on the progress of these two players and the progress of the team, I think that it’s above 50% chance that they stay. And CGY can make the money work with 1-2 trades.