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Forum: Armchair-GM3 mars 2020 à 12 h 22
Sujet: Off-Season
I don't know. I guess, in a vacuum, the value is fine. However, I'd prefer to keep Henrique as a leader and someone with the experience of going deep and knowing what it takes to win. He's been to the SCFs and just seems like a good character guy that you want to have around your youth that is coming through. He's also well worth his contract right now. I couldn't care less about Guhle, but Jones seems to be finding his groove of late. I wouldn't move him right now. He's got fantastic work ethic and backs himself. I wasn't a huge fan of Jones following his draft (injuries, penalties, lack of scoring being a major concern), but he's grown on me since starting for the big club.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>this team really needs to draft Drysdale</div></div>

We need an elite forward more IMO. Laf, Byfield or Stuzle would be a great addition.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DriveFor25</b></div><div>ikr if they draft 3 or beyond they will draft him 100 %.</div></div>

I wouldn't hold your breath. Our D really hasn't been the issue this season, it's scoring. If anything, we only need a PP specialist with a RS. Perhaps Vatanen returns to ANA on a more moderate deal. Could happen given he liked it here and he has had a very poor injury history since leaving. I'd take him at $4M x 5-6 years.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AFOX10900</b></div><div>I hope they don't reach for Drysdale, I'd rather any of the top 4-5 forwards (Laf Byfield Stutzle and Raymond at least) over him</div></div>

Me too. I am not that high on Drysdale and don't see the top pairing potential that others do. This draft is forward heavy and i think he's getting a bit overhyped as a result. I'd pass on Drysdale, just liked I'd have passed on Broberg.
Forum: Armchair-GM2 mars 2020 à 20 h 9
Forum: Armchair-GM2 mars 2020 à 11 h 5
Sujet: Thoughts Ducks fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood</b></div><div>Wow definitely no bias with this one. Two older worse players for younger better ones. No thanks! The Ducks are going to need Gudbranson and Henrique to help the young guys continue to be a bottom 3 team in the west.</div></div>

LMFAO!! Okay bro. Yeah, Kerfoot and AJ are better than Henrique, who is out scoring, out-producing, out-pacing both them this season on a bottom-feeder team. Henrique has more goals this year than Kerfoot and AJ combined! Moreover, neither has even sniffed Henrique's best year. Hate to break it to you, but younger doesn't mean **** when your players are worse, especially considering they're on a better team!

You clearly haven't watched Gudbranson at all since he moved to ANA. Congratulations on showing how clueless you are about West Coast teams.

Fine! We'll keep them. You can keep your 3rd line C and that winger you keep trying to move like he's not a 1 season wonder. Best keep those picks too in case you miss the playoffs..... again! :awesome
Forum: Armchair-GM27 févr. 2020 à 16 h 23
Forum: Armchair-GM26 févr. 2020 à 16 h 22
Sujet: Leafs 2019-2020 Trade Deadline
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DarthBriggles</b></div><div>Now that the trade deadline has passed, I can say with absolute confidence that Anaheim is in rebuild mode and any player over 24 is part of the fire-sale. It's just too bad Toronto GM Kyle Dubas didn't try to make any real moves.</div></div>

Well you're wrong. How does moving Kase, who has been disappoint this season and is made of glass, Ritchie, who has been nothing but a disappoint since his draft year and held out at RFA talks last year, Shore, Grant, Holzer, all expiring contracts, and Sprong, a kid that has been stuck in the AHL all season and wasn't going to make it on the big club, an indication that ANA is in rebuild mode? Literally none of those assets are core players and had no future with ANA. We had a shake up amongst our depth players and tried to add more speed. That's literally the definition of a retool - developing new assets that will eventually replace the old or exchanging assets of equivalent value in order to change/refresh the identity and play style of a team. That's not the same as stripping it all back and starting again.
Forum: Armchair-GM25 févr. 2020 à 14 h 4
Sujet: Lines at Morning Skate
Rakell on the RW sucks. Love the 3rd line. I've enjoyed watching Jones' play of late. Steel also seems to be taking steps forward finally too. Both need to work on their shooting in the off-season though. Our RW is just so bad. Looking forward to seeing the new guys in action, but expecting a loss tonight.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>csick</b></div><div>Heinen was a good pickup. This team on paper looks better than the bottom 5 teams lol</div></div>

Did you see the defence? Barf! I really hope Djoos bumps Larsson out of #3LD once Fowler is back. He has been awful this year. In fact, in looking for a silverlining for this season, our top 4D has been pretty strong. I am cautiously hopeful of Djoos becoming a solid addition on our bottom pairing.
Forum: Armchair-GM25 févr. 2020 à 13 h 50
Sujet: Without the scraps
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AFOX10900</b></div><div>Heinen's 3 yrs are slightly better, though I haven't looked into it more than that, and according to B's fans his best year was 17-18, and he's been worse ever since, Ritchie's worst year was 17-18 and has been better since</div></div>

I have no concerns about Ritchie putting it all together in BOS. He's too much of an idiot for that. I just think Heinen is so "meh". Even Milano for Ritchie would have made more sense, giving up Ritchie to take a flyer on a kid whose shown promise but who hasn't put it all together. Heinen doesn't have any stand out skills and really is unlikely to improve at all because he wasn't in need of a change scenery like a Milano. Essentially, all we can expect is a 30-35 pt guy who is solid defensively. Not bad, but just not that exciting is all.
Forum: Armchair-GM25 févr. 2020 à 4 h 48
Sujet: Lets See What Weve Got
Overall, I'm happy with how the TDL went. The only move I don't like is the Ritchie trade, but that's only because Heinen is just so vanilla. Not a bad player, but doesn't really excel at anything. Reminds me of Logan Shaw. Would have preferred a pick to be honest. Some are saying the Kase deal was bad and BM should have got more. I'm going to assume that was the best deal on the table. It's not what I hoped for, but, if it's a question of taking the deal or not, I'd take the deal because Kase's value was only going 1-way. The rest are good deals. Getting anything for Grant, Holzer, Shore is a win in my book. Losing Sprong sucks and as that Pettersson trade continues to look terrible for us. I don't understand why he was never given an opportunity here. At least we have Sprong 2.0 in Milano, who I believe is a better team player whilst also suffering the same defensive deficiencies as Sprong.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Salzy</b></div><div><a href="/users/OldNYIfan" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@OldNYIfan</a> <a href="/users/Jah1722" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@Jah1722</a> <a href="/users/mytduxfan" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@mytduxfan</a> Curious to see who you guys think we should go after if we target a top 4 RD by trade/FA</div></div>

I wouldn't. We need to get younger in that position. Unless we're trading Rakell to EDM for Bouchard or to NYR for Nils Lundkvist, I just stand pat with what we have. The draft is the best way to improve RD. Lots of RH D-men will be available around our 2nd 1st round pick.
Forum: Armchair-GM23 févr. 2020 à 20 h 51
Sujet: Who wants Rakell Come and get him
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ragsandbluesfan</b></div><div>Because hes better offensively, and defensively, and has more term, and hes much more consistent</div></div>

How can a guy whose peak goals and points in one season is 1 goal and 5 pts less than Rakell's and whose P/GP is 0.54 vs. Rakel's 0.63 be better offensively? I think you'll struggle to justify that one.

Better defensively? Ok, sure. I won't pretend to have watched Zucker enough to say he's worse defensively. Rakell is ok defensively, but nothing special. So I'll assume Zucker is better. However, I am sure the difference (if any) is small. Zucker isn't some Selke nominated winger or anything, so let's not pretend that his defensive game is leaps and bounds beyond Rakell's. Moreover, they're scoring wingers, so they're getting paid to score and the focus of their game will be putting the puck in the net.

More term? I'd give you that if Zucker wasn't being paid 5.5M vs. Rakell's &lt;$4M? I mean, we're talking about 1 year here. You're going to have to explain why a contending team that is close to cap would value 1 more year at a more expensive rate for a guy who is less offensively-gifted (as established above) than Rakell. Surely, if you're that close to the cap and pinching every $, you take the cheaper and offensively better guy. I mean, Rakell still has 3 full playoff runs left, so it's not like he's on &lt;$4M now and then going to get a massive increase next year or something. Rakell is also younger, so you're getting a player in his prime years for longer. Yeah, I don't think any contending team will say that Zucker is more valuable because he has more term.

Zucker is more consistent? Yeah, he's more consistent because Rakell has 2 x 30+ goal seasons whereas Zucker only has 1. So yeah, he consistently produces less than Rakell. That's not an upside. I mean, if you're specifically referring to Rakell's down year this year, Zucker has a similar points total. Again, don't think consistency adds value. Production is key and Rakell is better at producing.


Rakell is younger, better offensively, cheaper than Zucker. His contract adds massive value because contending teams don't have the cap for big contracts and he comes with enough term for 3 x playoff runs. For these reasons, he should return more than Zucker.
Forum: Armchair-GM23 févr. 2020 à 20 h 27
Sujet: Deadline Rebuild
I like the fact you've taken a completely different approach to address our issues. Despite being a big believer in keeping Manson, I actually quite like the trade you've put together, especially considering that TOR a risk for not actually making the playoffs. I think the value is absolutely there. I just wouldn't personally do that deal because I don't like that RS without Manson. I am not on the Julius Honka hype train at all and certainly would never even consider playing him top pairing. Would rather just get a 2nd or 3rd for Grant. I don't understand why some fans want him signed. He's a neat player, but nothing special and totally movable. If we keep him, he only gains further leverage to demand a stupid contract after the good year he's had. No thanks. Don't understand moving Rowney. He's been good us and all we're returning is a few late round picks. Not worth it to me considering we'd probably spend more trading for a replacement or overpay on someone at UFA.