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Forum: Armchair-GM30 juill. 2019 à 16 h 28
Sujet: Gallagher - Would you do it
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>d4rk1ll4</b></div><div>I seriously hope you're right. I like Gallagher alot. For fun, I just look at MTL RW situation for the next years...
I think MTL should put Domi and Suzuki at RW because KK Danault and Poehling are good natural 2-way centers. So when Caufield will be ready, in 2 years maybe, MTL top 6 RWs will be Domi, Gallagher, Suzuki and Caufield and I don't see them in bottom 6. We also have Armia and Ylonen who will fight for roster places. So I came with the conclusion that we will have too much RW. If it's not Gallagher, it will have to ne someone else. Not Domi, not Caufield, maybe Suzuki?</div></div>

Maybe Gallagher gets traded next year, but I think Montreal is going to try and make a run with this group as is this season.

I also keep forgetting Montreal got Caufield. Holy hell, what a steal.
Forum: Armchair-GM30 juill. 2019 à 15 h 55
Sujet: Gallagher - Would you do it
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>d4rk1ll4</b></div><div>I agree with you about the fact MTL is in a win-now mode. But Gallagher has maximum one 30-goal-year left. After that, it will be hard for him. And he has 2 years left on His amazing contract. He will ask for a big raise and MTL will have to pay for who he was and not who he's gonna be. Another thing: I know it's a long shot, but in 2021-22, when Weber's old and Petry's gone, who will be MTL's 1st RD? Nobody... Brook, Fleury and Juulsen are potential top 4, but not top 2. IMO, Soderstrom's potential is top 2.</div></div>

I don't see any reason for him to fall off. He just turned 27, his underlying metrics are good and consistent, and his shot totals continue to increase every year. I don't see why he couldn't continue to put up 30 goals a year.
Forum: Armchair-GM25 juill. 2019 à 14 h 8
Sujet: Easiest Answer To Cap Problem
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>I never said the cap issues is on Oshie, I said I don't get why they signed him till he's 38. I don't care how you flip that, it's a bad contract unless he retires early.

The real problem on this team is there is no youth. You have to balance out those older players with some young fast hungry players who are on the cheap and got some skill.
OV is gonna be 34 this year, he's not a strong skater to say the least. Oshie is gonna be 33, Backstrome is 32, Hags is 31.
Vrana the only guy there under 25, and he's 24 this yer.
Holtby is gonna be 30 and he's gonna want 7-8 years on a contract probably at big money. My god, no. Be paying him till he's 38 too.

This team needs to start injecting it's players from the AHL and hope some of them are good. They can't go out on the ice as one of the oldest teams in the league.
They are probably in the top 8 as far as age. The only one of those teams that is even remotely close to good other than washington is Boston and they are trying like mad to inject youth into the team.

We all know the core of a team is going to age, but you have got to find ways off adding those younger players to the periphery. Washington just hasn't done it. It's one of their biggest cap issues.</div></div>

The Caps don't have NHL talent at forward in the minors right now. They did a nice job restocking this draft, but it's going to be a few years before they're ready. And Oshie just put up 50+ points, and there's no reason to think he can't do it again with Backstrom and Vrana. You're obsessing over their age when they are all still very talented players. Yeah, being signed to 38 isn't ideal, but it's what it took to get a guy who came off a 33 goal year to sign for less than $6mil a season. The Caps are aware that they do not have Ovie and Backstrom forever. They needed to bring in and keep NHL talent now instead of waiting for someone to MAYBE produce from Hershey. As for the cap, it's really just this year that's a problem. Next year when Holtby is gone and they don't have the performance bonus overages, they'll be in good shape.

The Caps did what they had to do to win a Cup, and as far as I'm concerned, that makes every contract worth it, regardless of age. They're still going to be very good this year.