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Forum: Armchair-GM10 févr. 2019 à 4 h 48
Forum: Armchair-GM29 janv. 2019 à 4 h 47
Sujet: Next Year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BeterChiarelli</b></div><div>While statistics show that alternating handedness for a powerplay does tend to lead to a more successful powerplay, it isn't gospel. Edmonton ran 5 left shots for a bit when they had right-handed options. Their powerplay isn't much better with Puljujarvi on it than it was off it.

Regardless, drafting for handedness or position instead of taking the best player available is a mistake 9 times out of 10. Relying on an 18 year old to be your #1RW or be the target shooter for your #1PP is equally as much of a mistake. If you're at #3, you take the guy ranked at #3 unless you have a damn good reason not to (like knowing he's a bum etc).

If you're going to make the comparison between Kravtsov and Podkolzin - which is fair - then consider all aspects of the two players, not just the scoring. The KHL and its affiliate leagues are incredibly political and quite often player stats end up skewed because of which. Kravtsov is a year and a half older than Podkolzin, which gave him both a size and strength advantage in his pre-draft year and his draft year. Podkolzin, due to who his KHL draft rights belonged to, was kept on the national program for additional playing time. Kravtsov also had the advantage of not trying to earn icetime on the stacked SKA St. Petersburgh team; Podkolzin has to compete with a myriad of former NHLers on the squad that's been hand-picked by the Russian government to perennially contend for the Gagarin Cup. While I'm not discounting what Kravtsov did as an 18 year-old in the KHL last year or what he's continue to do this year, I think more attention needs to be put on Podkolzin being 18 months younger than Kravtsov and has played KHL games as a 17 year old. It's incredibly rare for the KHL to play 18 year-olds, nevermind someone even younger. Other things to consider regarding these two players? They both played in the WJC's as 18 year-olds, but only Podkolzin put up points in the tournament. Podkolzin has represented Russia in more international events, and has shown to be more suited to playing on the smaller ice. Podkolzin has a higher ppg average at every level of international play (except the U20s, which he'll be eligible for the next two and will bring that total well beyond Kravtsov's).

Also, do note that this year's draft class is weaker than last year's: Kravtsov going 9th last year means nothing to where Podkolzin goes this year. If Kravtsov were eligible for this year's draft with the numbers he had last year, he's be contending for #1 status.

Sekera is already skating with the team, and is expected to be playing sometime in March. After the shenanigans that the Leafs pulled with Lupul and Robidas, plus Chicago's way of getting Hossa off the books, the league isn't going to tolerate any more tomfoolery regarding LTIR. There is no conceivable way that the morons running the Oilers could come up with something clever enough to sneak it past the league.</div></div>


Jesse Puljujarvi was never tried on the first pp unit.
Forum: Armchair-GM27 janv. 2019 à 2 h 7
Sujet: Next Year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BeterChiarelli</b></div><div>In which case, the pick Buffalo got from San Jose would have been a better target. That however is contingent on St. Louis falling out of the top-10. I can see Buffalo moving that pick if they already have the 2 earlier firsts. This isn't a strong draft year either; the gap between 1st Round and 2nd Round players is bigger than in previous years.

Shot-handedness is blown out of proportion, especially with wingers. It really only matters with centers in regards to which side of the ice the draw is on and for defence in regards to being able to take away a pass or chip off the boards. Take the better player available.

And to correct you, you do not have the cap space to give Johansson a $1M raise, and I explained to you why in my post.</div></div>

I believe Cozens is a better player than Podkolzin. Podkolzin had worse numbers then Kraftsov when Kraftsov was a year younger. And we do need a RHS for the pp. Ever heard of the one-timer?

I don't think Sekera will come off of LTIR. The entire LTIR business is shady. Players like Lupul are probably able to play. In which case I could give Johansson a 1 or even 2 million raise.
Forum: Armchair-GM27 janv. 2019 à 1 h 44
Sujet: Next Year
I<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BeterChiarelli</b></div><div>Tampa Bay can't trade their 1st Round Pick unless they fail to win the Stanley Cup, in which case, I can't see them downgrading the pick. They aren't a rebuilding team trying to maximize assets at the draft, and will look to bring in the best player they possibly could in order to sustain their dominance as the best team in the NHL.

Edmonton won't be drafting high enough to pick Cozens: he's essentially a consensus 5th, and Podkolzin would be a better choice at #3 if Edmonton wins that lottery. Kaliyev won't make it past pick 15: either he goes higher than that (MacKenzie has him 13th overall) or the Hurricanes stick to their owner's mantra of only drafting snipers. He's got the best shot in the draft, and despite the criticisms, is a relatively decent all-around player.

The Washington trades - should they be combined into a single trade at the deadline - are fine. I usually go Bura and a 4th for Chiasson and Rieder, as Washington's in a spot where they need to slow down on how many picks they ship out or risk having a decimated prospect pool for when they aren't contenders anymore.

Chiasson probably earns a cap%-equivalent deal to what Maroon got this year (read: more), Puljujarvi probably gets a smidge less, Khaira will probably get a smidge less, and McElhinney shouldn't get a 2nd year on his deal. The dude's 35 years old, and most goalies fall off the rails at around 31. A one year deal is fine (even though there are better options imo), but two is very risky. Johansson, should he be in good health, probably gets north of $4M.

Sekera won't be on LTIR come the end of this season, so you'll need to find a way to get the money to work with his hit either on the team, retained and dumped, or bought-out. I'd also consider an upgrade on Manning: a player at league-minimum is likely to be just as good as him, and there's some mild savings to be had stashing him in the minors and bringing on someone at around $700k.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BeastModeUnknown</b></div><div>Not sure Tampa takes that for 2 reasons. Keep the quality player, and 2 their is a condition if Tampa wins the cup this years first will be a NYR pick.</div></div>

Tampa was just a random team, any team with a late-ish first works. This is if the Oilers win the lottery and get the 3rd overall pick. I would prefer Cozens over Podkolzin. He's a fast RHS, exactly what we need. We also have the cap space to sign Johansson to a bigger deal.
Forum: Armchair-GM13 janv. 2019 à 2 h 12
Sujet: to start
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BeterChiarelli</b></div><div>The only realistic dumps you've got here are the Spooner and Kassian ones. Benning won't fetch more than Spooner, and the odds of the Blues taking Russell while giving up assets during a retool year are very slim. The Bruins aren't taking on $5.5M in dead cap either.

If things were as simple as just fluking into other teams taking Edmonton's crap so they could drop a combined $15M on Stone and Skinner, this team wouldn't be in as dire a situation as it currently is. Things don't work that way however. You've underpaid Stone and Skinner by at least $1M each. Petrovic won't get an NHL contract next season over $1M in AAV either.

Not fixing the goaltending and defence won't result in any realistic movement for Edmonton in the standings next year either.</div></div>

Our biggest problem right now is depth scoring. Adding Mark Stone and Jeff Skinner would definitely help.