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Forum: Armchair-GM27 sept. 2022 à 22 h 3
Forum: Armchair-GM27 sept. 2022 à 18 h 30
Sujet: strongest contracts on every team
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GenXHockey</b></div><div>Nice to see Lilly getting his dues. Most people would have went right to bunting.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bluspy88</b></div><div>Good one with Slavin. I was doing a very similar thread today (3 best per position) and I went with Toews over him, but I would change that now thinking about it. Recency bias I guess. Liljegren good too. One thing though, in my post I shied away from contracts with only 1 year left because I think part of what makes the contracts good is the cost + the years of control. Like last year Bunting gets it no doubt, but long term his contract is up this year.</div></div>

bunting and gio were my next two but my reasoning for liljgren is 1 hes young with very solid to good upside 2 its very cheap for 2 years 3 he ends as an rfa giving full control to the leafs whether he stinks or he does well
Forum: Armchair-GM20 sept. 2022 à 18 h 8
Sujet: All in if the two most likely injury candidates are hurt at the TDL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bluspy88</b></div><div>Just wanna shoutout the really respectful reply here, especially the last sentence. Great discussion. Agreed about Varlamov, really depends where they are in the standings. I think maybe if Toronto needs a goalie they could grab one of the Seattle goalies when Driedger gets back or maybe a reunion with Reimer from San Jose.</div></div>

Hey man i wanna say thank you to you as well. The majority of my interactions on this site have been negative in my short tenure so far. Doesnt seem like a lot of people open to civil hockey talk. More along the lines of bashing everyones ideas.

Im not so optimistic and am not in agreement with a lot of these Leaf rationalizers. I think that this tandem could be disastrous behind their team who doesnt play defense first. Im past the point of trying to talk logic into Torontos mind because if they both dont bounce back in the manor the Dubas dreams of, maybe he will just say f it and roll with them, hoping their team can outscore their problems all the way to another first round exit.
Forum: Armchair-GM20 sept. 2022 à 14 h 0
Sujet: Best Case Scenario Part 1
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bluspy88</b></div><div>Hey, you're the one calling yourself a bubble playoff team. I myself see LA as a solid number 3 behind Calgary and Edmonton. I'd think I'm flattering you. I think a lot of what you're saying is true but its also proving my point. Yes, Vilardi is regarded higher than Smilanic. But is Vilardi going gangbusters right now? No. And regarding Walker, I think its just a numbers game, plus fair or not, major injuries knock a player's value down a peg or two. I honestly included Walker because of several articles I read about LA-Sanheim trades and how Walker is the odd man out on the blue line on the right side. Its ok to have a good player that you trade for an also good player where you have more organizational needs. And yeah, Dallas just did that trade so I think my overall point is I'm not trying to insult your intelligence, but we know GMs pay up. And to your last point, yes they got to the playoffs. And then they got ran around by the Oilers. That's not disrespect from me, that's just what happened because there are some young players learning. But, I personally think that every team and every GM doesn't want to just "make it" to the playoffs. They want to win. Let me put it to you this way: would you rather the Kings did not make this trade, maybe made more minor/"bargain bin" trades, and got bounced in Round 1 again. Or, would you rather the Kings make this trade, and perhaps others, and say won at least Round 1 if not also Round 2, and then extend Sanheim say 5.5x5 (give or take 750k). I think a beefed up Kings squad could beat Edmonton in a rematch. I think they could beat the Blues, the Wild, Vegas, Nashville, Dallas. I really see Calgary and Colorado being too much to go past now. At some point, just "making it" isn't enough for the GM and the team. They want to win.

Your team has the benefit of a few things: Veteran players from the last core still playing well (Kopitar, Doughty, even Quick last year), "young veterans" who have established themselves (Kempe, Iafallo, Danault, Petersen, Arvidsson), young players who are either stars or still have potentially crazy upside (Fiala, Anderson, Bjornfot, Durzi, Byfield, Kaliyev, Vilardi), and good prospects that could step in soon OR be used to help you now in a trade (Turcotte, Faber, Kupari, JAD, Spence, ****emo, Clarke). Maybe I'm just very high on them, but I think they can afford to sacrifice what at the end of the day is a small part of those riches to maybe go on a run while you have these guys in your lineup that are in their prime or still playing at elite levels for now.</div></div>

I think the Kings will be in a dogfight with four or five teams. Maybe if they've separated from the pack by the TDL, Blake will want to take a swing. But he's hardly proven to be someone who "pays up". Even the Fiala move's return was less than what Wild fans were expecting. Blake has proven he's shrewd and patient. If he wasn't, Chychrun would already be an LA King (who I would much rather the Kings spend the assets you've asked for on).

As far as the Vilardi situation, it's difficult to explain it to fans on here who don't follow the Kings and Reign very closely. The frustrating part of being an LA Kings fan is that the organization has this painfully slow thought process when it comes to how they develop their prospects. Vilardi was switched to the wing last season in Ontario, which is why he was in the AHL for so long. Once he was called back up, he was placed on a rookie line and told to stay above the puck and not make any mistakes. However, the fact that he played in every game down the stretch run to the playoffs, as LA was trying to fend off Vegas and solidify their position in the playoffs, shows how much they Kings want him to succeed. And he did. As Todd gets more confidence in them, the younger guys like Gabe, Quinton, and Arthur will be let loose a little bit more. But currently Gabe's points don't do justification to his standing with the club. They hold Gabe in very high regards.

I'd hardly call a 7 game series "getting ran around". The Oilers were the better team, for sure. But the Kings were without Drew Doughty and Viktor Arvidsson. The additions the Kings made this off-season with Fiala and assuming that the Kings stay healthy, I think LA could give Edmonton a run for their money even without Sanheim. As far as "wanting to win", you're not wrong. But the Kings know they're still building up their new core. As I said above, Blake has been nothing if not patient and meticulous. He won't blow valuable assets to chase something that he doesn't believe the team is ready for yet. At least, I don't think so. In the end, just because they have the "riches" doesn't mean Blake needs to sell low on any of our pieces.

And no worries, I'm not taking this as any sort of attack on my intelligence, just a fun conversation.
Forum: Armchair-GM14 sept. 2022 à 6 h 18
Sujet: If Out at the TDL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Xqb15a</b></div><div>Even with an injury to one of those guys(though Girard missing time with a freak injury doesn’t make him injury prone) I think COL either goes in house for a guy to fill or goes the discount rack not a bigger priced item like that. I think the value is kinda high on Soucy but given what Chiarot got at the deadline what do I know.</div></div>

A 2nd + B prospect seems fair for Soucy, and would be in line with Manson's return of 2nd+ Helleson. Soucy isn't as good as Manson but his caphit would be lower so that seems fair. Maybe the prospect would be slightly les valuable than a RHD like Helleson but that ballpark is appropriate. The market will always dictate value though, like Chiarot as you said.
Forum: Armchair-GM14 sept. 2022 à 6 h 18
Sujet: If Out at the TDL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Xqb15a</b></div><div>Even with an injury to one of those guys(though Girard missing time with a freak injury doesn’t make him injury prone) I think COL either goes in house for a guy to fill or goes the discount rack not a bigger priced item like that. I think the value is kinda high on Soucy but given what Chiarot got at the deadline what do I know.</div></div>

A 2nd + B prospect seems fair for Soucy, and would be in line with Manson's return of 2nd+ Helleson. Soucy isn't as good as Manson but his caphit would be lower so that seems fair. Maybe the prospect would be slightly les valuable than a RHD like Helleson but that ballpark is appropriate. The market will always dictate value though, like Chiarot as you said.